Value engineering, mechatronics, safety and reliability

Value Engineering

In today's competitive market, product manufacturing companies need to add value to products through design optimization, feature additions and cost reduction keeping performance, quality and reliability of product as best-in-class. Mahindra Satyam is engaged in Value Engineering (VE) for Fortune 100 customers across industry domains such as construction/industrial farm equipment, manufacturers of heavy machinery, healthcare and consumer products. Value Engineering domain experts at Integrated Engineering Solutions (IES) work hand-in-hand with clients to come up with best possible solutions to beat price erosion, material inflation and labor wage inflation through proven value engineering model. Mahindra Satyam’s Value Engineering model addresses several vital areas to improve value, quality and reduce cost.

Highlights:

Achieved $225 mn cost savings for customers through Value Engineering solutions such as Six sigma, reliability, sourcing and should costing
400+ engineers working on Value Engineering across industries such as Consumer, Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial, Telecom and Semiconductor
100+ engineers AVS certified by INVEST (SAVE)
Helped in launching 90+ new products across North America, Europe and Asia
100+ IP disclosures with 25 granted & 50 filed patents
Conducted 6 Sourcing events in India and China
Done 100+ benchmarking product studies
Conducted “Value Engineering for Quality Improvement” projects for clients

Safety and Reliability

Increasing complexity of products and systems is posing new technological challenges in their design & development. There is constant pressure on designers to reduce the product development time while ensuring a fail-free, safe and reliable system or product.

At Mahindra Satyam, our Safety and Reliability Group provides solutions that help ascertain the product’s intended function and also ensures the product’s safety aspect. We engage with our customer's right from product design stage and help them optimize the design and eliminate / validate risks in the designs proactively before the product is manufactured and delivered to the end-user. Our services help customers achieve good and robust designs without affecting critical product development metrics such as time-to-market while reducing the probability of product failure or recall.

Highlights:

10+ years of expertise in providing consultancy, training and solutions across Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial & Consumer Products industries
20+ designs delivered with safety compliance
50+ Reliability fixtures developed; 40+ vendor relationships – for developing reliability test fixtures
Consultancy for complying to safety standards: ISO 26262, ISO 15998 , ISO 13849
Established relationship with international reliability forums academia and research organizations

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Mechatronics

Mahindra Satyam offers a broad range of integrated engineering solutions for electromechanical products. Our global team, with a mix of technology and management experts, helps companies across the world design, develop and analyze their electro-mechanical product portfolio.

Highlights:

Expertise across multiple domains such as Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial & Consumer Products and Semiconductors
Application of electromechanical systems for product design
Design and development of motion control drives, sensors and actuators; system integration; testing and validation; automation and analysis
Application building using special purpose motors such as linear motors, stepper motors, and Limited Angle Torque (LAT), radial flux induction motors

Case Examples:

Design and development of a vision-guided robotic manipulator having capability to pick and place harness loops
Design and prototype development of a beverage dispenser suited to a gym environment having multiple smart interface systems
Development of an artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic-based comprehensive motor testing technique to be used for predictive analysis and remote diagnostics of electrical machines

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Multi-dimensional RFID impact assessment, technology evaluation and strategic consulting
High-level business analysis, reporting and intelligence services
Middleware deployment, integration and implementation services
Business case justification and ROI analysis

Reduce Time to Market

Delays—whether from economic downturn, geopolitical problems, or other reasons—equal lost opportunity and revenue. We understand the importance of giving wings to ideas and work towards reducing time-to-market.

Our expertise in Engineering and PLM, along with our Global Delivery RightSourcing™ Model, help A&D companies quickly bring concepts from design to manufacturing. We thoroughly evaluate new products or components for technical feasibility, in a process that includes a review of conceptualization, design, prototyping, and commercialization. We apply a wide spectrum of engineering services in CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM, and customization.

Our service portfolio includes end-to-end PLM implementation services that encompass Process Consulting, PLM System Selection, Product Configuration, BOM, Product Release Management, and Change Management, as well as PLM integration with other enterprise systems, and Product Support and Maintenance.

Enhance MRO Process Efficiency

To ensure streamlined MRO, we leverage an experienced Repair and Development Engineering (RDE) team, which features hands-on experience in line maintenance, structural repairs, power plant repairs, and operational and functional checks of aircraft systems. We help clients:

Develop new repairs for engine/airframe components beyond repair manuals
Develop new repairs for new commercial aircraft programs and new commercial engines programs
Assess damaged part reports for faster return to service
Analyze damage tolerance, static, and stress for critical flight safety parts and sub-assemblies with FMEA and FTA
Manage design changes or modifications to parts/components experiencing repetitive failures in service/operation
Update repairs in repair manuals
Check for repair applicability of existing part numbers
Update repair applicability for new part numbers introduced

Think“Enterprise” – Leverage Information

Successful organizations in the A&D space represent models of collaborative design, manufacturing, supply chain, and process excellence. Their success depends largely on their ability to leverage technology that enables collaborative business models.

We understand the need for a solid transactional backbone (ERP) to enable greater visibility into global spending and to aggregate demand to best suppliers. We have a large and talented pool of professionals, comprising the right mix of domain experts, functional & technical consultants. These professionals optimize ERP and EAI solutions to help integrate business processes across the entire organization. We offer:

SCM services that ensure demand generation and fulfillment cycles
CRM services that maximize sales, improve service efficiencies, and enhance customer loyalty
BI solutions that enable fast decision-making
SOX compliance solutions that prepare for first-time and sustained compliance via business processes improvements

Apart from the above-mentioned ones, we deliver supply chain visibility and security through a business solutions lab that builds and simulates solutions.

Adopt Emerging Technology

Digital Manufacturing

Beset by long manufacturing lead times, cyclical demand, and geopolitical instability, A&D companies stand to make dramatic gains from digital manufacturing. Our Digital Manufacturing Solution Center transforms the way companies define the manufacturing processes.

RFID

With the definition of data standards and development of ceramic smart tags, the A&D industry is set to proliferate the use of RFID technology. While today's RFID programs are largely limited to supply chain visibility, they may soon be used to monitor asset conditions in real time.

Our RFID practice, complemented by best-of-breed partners from RFID hardware, middleware, and integration organizations, helps clients in areas such as:

Supply chain management
Retail shelf and back-room management
Logistics and transportation
Warehouse management
Production tracking
Work in progress — Just-in-Time
Asset tracking and yard management
Real-time location system
Auto-ID emerging technologies (Sensor networks, wide area wireless LANs, etc.)

In addition, we ensure that RFID technologies work seamlessly with major ERP, supply chain execution, retail, transportation and manufacturing execution systems (MES).

Enhance Product Safety and Reliability

The A&D industry leaves little room for product failure. We recognize the need for stringent precision, accuracy, safety, and reliability in building a failsafe systems and sub-systems.

Our avionic solution expertise helps A&D companies build products that work right, the first time and every time. Our services include embedded engineering, DSP, VLSI design, and real-time system/code analysis. With support from our System Architecture Group, we provide technology-intensive solutions and products that meet even the most stringent International Quality Standards for aerospace.

We have a strong team implementing aerospace standards and excellent knowledge and experience executing projects that comply with:

DO-178B considerations for software
DO-254 guidelines for hardware
Systems and software safety and certification, as per ARP 4761 and ARP 4754.

Outsource, Migrate, Upgrade

In Aerospace & Defense industry, the ability to innovate is critical.

At Mahindra Satyam, we recognize the need to align IT with rapidly changing business needs. Our application outsourcing team features superior technical skills in various platforms. Whether it is building from the scratch or converting legacy applications, we enhance businesses with strong application development/conversion capabilities.

Additionally, we offer development/enhancement and maintenance services across all packaged and non-packaged applications, and perform them at very high levels of maturity, reducing the cost of ownership considerably.

Focus on Core Competence

Many A&D companies focus on their core competence by partnering with Mahindra Satyam BPO, our BPO arm. Mahindra Satyam BPO understands the A&D market, and can manage an organization's critical, non-core business processes.

Mahindra Satyam BPO provides cost efficiencies, quality processes, round-the-clock operations, unmatched infrastructure, and committed professionals. Its highly scalable, globally networked and secure offshore computing and physical infrastructure combine with a unique onsite/offsite/offshore delivery model to deliver exceptional ROI.