Case Study: Ashok Leyland achieves faster, more consistent engineering simulation with Hexagon SimManager

MSC Software’s SimManager enables improved engineering productivity and lifecycle management at Ashok Leyland

Ashok Leyland, a major Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer, faced challenges in managing its complex and growing computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulations. Their reliance on disparate scripts and macros for automation led to inconsistent results, a lack of process traceability, and duplicated work, hindering engineering productivity. To address this, they turned to vendor Hexagon and its SimManager simulation process and data management (SPDM) platform.

Hexagon's SimManager provided a centralized system to automate the entire simulation process, from pre-processing to final report generation. The solution integrated with existing PLM systems and used configurable templates to ensure consistency across various analysis types. This implementation delivered significant measurable impacts, including an 80% reduction in post-processing time for crash and durability studies, a 15% savings in pre-processing, and human effort savings of up to 4-5 man-days per simulation iteration, greatly accelerating product development.

Ashok Leyland

Haridas P.T

Assistant General Manager, Computer Aided Engineering