Case Study: Wittur achieves 20+ hours/day search savings and €184,000/year cost reduction with Dassault Systemes' EXALEAD OnePart

Wittur - Customer Case Study

Wittur, a global manufacturer of elevator components, struggled with fragmented legacy SQL databases, inconsistent material codes, frequent part duplication, and obsolete data after a series of acquisitions—making it hard for engineers to find and reuse existing parts. To address this, Wittur turned to Dassault Systemes and its EXALEAD OnePart search application to provide a single, centralized search across 2D drawings, 3D geometry and metadata.

Dassault Systemes implemented EXALEAD OnePart (integrated with SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional and legacy systems) and a Drawing Information System (DIS) to index drawings, BOM metadata and shape geometry while enabling geography-specific filtering and thumbnail previews to encourage part reuse. The deployment cut engineers’ search time by more than 20 hours per day (≈€184,000 saved annually), reduced redundant part creation, and is rolling out from ~100 users toward a planned 1,000 users for faster, more accurate access to up‑to‑date production information.

Wittur

Marcus Aichinger

Corporate R&D Manager Processes and Tools