METUS
The software solution for sustainable product success
Develop products and platforms consistently, from market segments to production in a consistent manner
When developing new products and platforms, it is important to consider all requirements of engineering, production, product management, marketing, procurement and logistics. This drives you to consider aspects such as costs, customer value, sustainability, manufacturability at an early stage. However, the challenge lies in managing and aligning these diverse requirements. Moreover, the shift from purely mechanical products to mechatronic or even cyber-physical systems significantly increases product complexity and variety.. To address this, systematic complexity management becomes imperative.
Benefits
1.5 x
faster time-to-market
With METUS, you optimise your product portfolio. Thus, through standardisation and modularisation, engineering and any order-specific efforts in both the development and order processing phases can be significantly eliminated or reduced.
100 %
Transparency
METUS visualises different perspectives on products and platforms and how they connect to each other. It is a platform to model exactly those with full transparency on cause and effects. Various types of visualisations are available to clearly communicate all areas.
360 °
View of the product
METUS integrates all relevant disciplines in one common data model, creating an end-to-end chain of dependencies from the market to the supply chain - in order to depict an optimal product portfolio.
20 %
Reduction of manufacturing costs
Modelling with METUS makes it easy to identify potential cost savings. The implementation of modularisation and platform strategies offers additional material cost, production and procurement advantages for companies.
METUS – the control centre for product and platform decisions
Companies achieve sustainable market success with a future-proof product portfolio when teams collaborate and coordinate on product and portfolio decisions early and reliably. METUS provides a unique 360-degree view of products, platforms and the entire product portfolio for all stakeholders.
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Definition of objectives and scope
The use of METUS can pursue various objectives – to gain a market understanding, to optimise your product portfolio, structure market requirements, to design product architectures, compare modularisation scenarios, conduct early cost and revenue calculations or to evaluate production processes and supply chains.
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Collaborative modelling involving key disciplines
METUS helps promote collaboration among involved disciplines such as development, production, product management, marketing, purchasing and logistics by connecting relevant data.
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Design and comparison of possible solutions
METUS enables transparent visualisation and optimisation of structures and dependencies. The tool assists you in quickly and easily creating and quantifying different scenarios or solution options to make better decisions.
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Implementation of the concept
By incorporating alternative scenarios, all involved disciplines are systematically integrated and aligned towards an optimal product concept. The result serves as a blueprint or "product DNA" for subsequent detailed development.
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Support from our experts
Our experts provide support in applying METUS and help to gradually build competence in your organisation in order to independently conduct future projects.
