Case Study: Integral Coach Factory achieves 30% faster design and 20% increased parts reuse with Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA SmarTeam

Accelerating the design process with ENOVIA

Integral Coach Factory (ICF), a Chennai-based manufacturer of rail coaches producing over 1,100 units annually, faced rising demand and an unwieldy design landscape—about 15,000 parts, 3,000 sub-assemblies and 400,000 legacy drawings—requiring faster, standardized product development and better reuse of intellectual capital. ICF engaged Dassault Systemes and selected the ENOVIA SmarTeam PLM/PDM solution to manage multi-CAD environments and consolidate legacy systems.

Dassault Systemes implemented ENOVIA SmarTeam in a phased rollout with multi‑CAD (SolidWorks and CATIA) integration, legacy-data migration, workflow management and user training; the solution reduced new design development time by roughly 30%, increased parts reusability by 20% and helped raise annual production capacity to about 1,350 coaches, while centralizing data, reducing duplication and improving planning.

Integral Coach Factory

B. M. Prasad

Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer