Case Study: Native Instruments achieves rapid cost insights and streamlined product lifecycle management with Autodesk Fusion Lifecycle

Native Instruments - Customer Case Study

Native Instruments, a leading maker of software and hardware for music production with more than 500 employees across seven offices worldwide, develops complex products that combine electronics, mechanics, firmware and packaging. As its product range and global supply chain grew, NI faced fragmented BOMs, inconsistent change management and slow, error‑prone cost calculations that hampered time‑to‑market.

By implementing Autodesk Fusion Lifecycle’s cloud PLM, NI created complete, centralized BOMs, established a single version of the truth for change management, and integrated cost tracking from component level to full product roll‑up—enabling seamless collaboration with subsidiaries and manufacturers. The result was fewer errors, faster decisions and dramatically reduced cost‑calculation time—“more than a week” before to minutes today—helping NI accelerate product development and supplier coordination.

Native Instruments

Kai Thieme

Senior Purchase and Supply Chain Manager