CASE STUDY VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES
Vitesco Technologies unlocks the power of the metaverse
The metaverse platform helps an automotive supplier improve efficiency and sustainability
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You enter Vitesco Technologies' production facilities in Foix, France. You pass through a few doors and security checks and stand in front of one of the company’s production lines. The line is running smoothly; the monitors show the latest performance data, but something is odd. There is no noise.
Suddenly, you hear someone. People appear next to the production line. You recognize colleagues from Mexico, Germany and Shanghai.
Welcome to Vitesco Technologies' metaverse platform. Without the necessity of business travel, colleagues at Vitesco Technologies, a German-based automotive supplier of powertrains, can collaborate in real time on digital twins and representations of company assets.
The company’s decision to implement a global standardized metaverse platform pays into its Direction 2030 strategy. Introducing the metaverse to its business processes, it can foster business excellence by reducing time to market, improve sustainability and strengthen employees’ engagement through an immersive environment that fosters collaboration and connection across the globe.
Our metaverse platform enables us to rapidly onboard emerging metaverse use cases across the entire organization. I am convinced that the platform will further advance our digitalization initiatives.
Christoph Schmid / Head of IT Infrastructure, Vitesco Technologies
From factories in southern France to multiple global regions, an immersive, unique environment of efficiency and transparency appears via digital twins of active factory production lines. In those virtual representations, data is revealed, and operations are monitored and evaluated in real-time. It is a whole new world.
Working with Accenture on metaverse experiences, Vitesco Technologies' digital twin technology provides accurate depictions of operations, supply chain and product flow. Company leaders can set and achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) in real-time. No need to fly employees back and forth to multiple factory locations for quality control — wasting time and money with production delays and taxing the environment with unnecessary travel.
Important to key stakeholders' future investments, the metaverse solution promotes sustainability while providing detailed transparency into the production at each facility.
We aim to reduce new lines’ ramp up times by training local colleagues in the metaverse before the line is assembled onsite. Our platform will also enable us to monitor and improve our production lines’ performance.
Julien Cazor / Head of Production System & Manufacturing Excellence, Vitesco Technologies
The platform contains modules from the Accenture Metaverse Framework (AMF). By virtualizing industrial systems with improved data-insight and visualization, the company can realize operational benefits, supply chain advantages, optimized delivery and streamlined manufacturing processes. Increased economic efficiency and the goal of achieving zero-defect production quality add to the benefits of a virtual environment.
Clients in the automotive industry, including major players in the electronic vehicle space, are aligning with like-minded innovators in the business-to-business market. As Vitesco Technologies provides solutions to its business partners, its metaverse welcomes new opportunities for business engagement. The company aims to expand its reach with a goal of showcasing various scenarios on the metaverse platform for commerce and collaboration, such as virtual convention spaces.
The industrial metaverse is a consequent next step on our journey toward the factory of the future. It will combine all data we collect from the shopfloor and enable new ways of collaboration and simulation.
Jürgen Broda / Head of IT Manufacturing Applications, Vitesco Technologies
While the focus on innovation provides business demand, it also sparks reskilling of Vitesco Technologies’ workforce. Employees can socialize and work with one another in a virtual environment that enhances collaboration. By attracting new talent and developing existing talent with knowledge of ground-breaking technologies, the company strengthens its position as an innovative industry leader ready to drive change into the future.
With bold ingenuity, the pioneer in powertrain electrification bursts forth like a speedboat zooming toward an innovative future in the metaverse. Vitesco Technologies aims to drive change exclusively in the cloud, relying on boldness and innovation to stay competitive in managing and marketing to business clients. Bringing speed-to-market for automotive products, recognizing and meeting demand with greater cost savings and operational efficiency. The company plans to use the metaverse to grow business, reskill the workforce, and raise its reputation and competitive presence.