Success story · Aerospace & PLM

Safran Electronique & Défense supports its engineering offices on 3DEXPERIENCE.

The MyPLM platform has been live since 2018. In engineering offices where teams turn over constantly, help has to sit inside the tool rather than in a training session that is already behind you.

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3,000people in engineering offices
2018live since
3domains covered by the platform
Context

A platform that is settled in, teams that keep changing.

Safran Electronique & Défense designs embedded systems for aerospace and defence. Its PLM platform, deployed under the name MyPLM on 3DEXPERIENCE, has been live since 2018 and covers design, detailed engineering and the systems engineering tied to application lifecycle management.

The blind spot

Training prepares people, it does not stay with them.

About three thousand people work in the engineering offices concerned, with a high rate of team turnover. Every arrival means getting to grips with a dense tool, while the initial training quickly drifts away from the moment the question actually comes up.

Initial trainingPeople learn the tool before they really use it.
A few weeks laterThe application is only used now and then.
The step that blocksNo one is around at the moment it matters.
Scope

The application covered by K-NOW.

The solution

Help available inside the platform, not beside it.

K-NOW delivers guidance and contextual help directly in the screens of the PLM platform.

At the moment of the question

Help is triggered in the screen concerned, months after the initial training if need be.

Built for turnover

Newcomers find the right move without taking up an experienced colleague's time.

On dense processes

Design, detailed engineering and systems engineering are covered by a single setup.

Updated without IT

Content follows working practices as they change, with no work on the platform.

kSTEP 2 / 3Create the new revision.
kSTEP 1 / 3Open the product model.kSTEP 3 / 3Share it in the project here.
K-NOW
Step-by-step guidance
Create a revision
K-STUDIO
Train yourself
Search for a component
Track a design project
Results

Getting started no longer depends on the training calendar.

A platform settled in for the long run

MyPLM has been live since 2018, and the support setup has followed its evolutions.

Turnover absorbed

Every new arrival finds in the tool the help they need to move forward alone.

Help in the right place

Content appears in the screen concerned rather than in a document read beforehand.

A base for what comes next

The setup follows the successive evolutions of the platform and of its functional scope.

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us about this roll-out.

Does K-NOW replace training at Safran?
No. Initial training stays in place to prepare people. K-NOW takes over inside the application, at the moment someone gets stuck on a step, sometimes long after the session. The setup stays hybrid.
Which applications are covered?
Live : 3DEXPERIENCE→ (MyPLM platform, engineering offices).
How large is the roll-out?
3,000 people in engineering offices, 2018 live since and 3 domains covered by the platform.
What does it change day to day?
A platform settled in for the long run. MyPLM has been live since 2018, and the support setup has followed its evolutions.
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