Case Study: Spartan Motors achieves enterprise-wide PLM standardization and faster change management with Aras Corporation

Fuels Innovation, Productivity & Quality with Aras Enterprise PLM

Spartan Motors, a leading designer and manufacturer of custom chassis and specialty vehicles with about 1,800 employees across six facilities, faced a growing complexity from acquisitions and mixed product lines (engineer‑to‑order, configure‑to‑order and repetitive manufacturing). The company relied on SolidWorks CAD/PDM plus multiple standalone engineering databases and manual, paper‑based change processes that created inconsistencies, poor visibility and inefficiencies, so they needed a scalable enterprise PLM that wouldn’t disrupt their existing SolidWorks environment.

Spartan implemented Aras Enterprise PLM to consolidate disparate systems and standardize processes — deploying engineering BOMs, configuration and product structure management, enterprise change management, automated part/drawing numbering and ERP integration. The web‑based, item‑centric solution now manages 1.8 million BOM lines and over 330,000 released parts, automates >500 ECOs per month, eliminates re‑keying, speeds approvals and quoting (customer change quotes in ~15 business days), and has measurably improved productivity, quality, reuse and cross‑department visibility.

Spartan Motors

Dave Baer

Project Manager, Enterprise Systems