Case Study: MANN+HUMMEL accelerates product development and cost calculation with CONTACT Software

Integrated product costing and project management

Mann+Hummel, a leading global manufacturer of filtration systems, faced the challenge of accelerating its development processes and improving product cost estimation. With product lifecycles shrinking, especially in e-mobility, and development becoming more complex, the company needed to enhance digital consistency and data availability across its globally dispersed teams. To address this, Mann+Hummel partnered with CONTACT Software and its PLM platform, CONTACT Elements, as the foundation for its Design to Cost (D2C) initiative.

CONTACT Software implemented a comprehensive solution, adapting its software with around 60 change requests and optimizing the system to achieve a 70% performance increase. The implementation of web-based applications like the xBOM Manager, integrated with a Product Costing module, automated cost calculations that were previously manual. This integration saved the controlling department a four-digit number of working hours annually. The enhanced project management tools also provided significant time savings for project managers and improved overall data quality and accessibility for thousands of employees.

Mann+Hummel

Dennis Pfisterer

Director Project Office