TMD Friction introduces tool for simplified data use and access protection

TMD Friction, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., is among the world’s largest manufacturers of brake friction materials for the automotive and brake industries. In addition to disc brake pads and drum brake linings for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, the product portfolio also includes brake friction products for motorsports and friction materials for industrial applications.

One of the company’s stated goals is offering their employees an efficient work environment. TMD Friction therefore was looking for an IT solution to facilitate ease of work in several aspects – and in a minimum of time. The plan was to enable the design and aftermarket teams to access CAD viewables more quickly, and make better use of SAP data for their processes – even without deep SAP knowledge. Furthermore, they wanted to relieve the IT crew from dealing with file shares & Co. for access protection. TMD Friction successfully achieved these goals in the shortest possible time: with the DSC solution CROSS·POINT, and DSC Software AG as the company’s implementation partner and PLM specialist.