Case Study: Harman International achieves streamlined product development and improved engineering visibility with Intellect’s Instant Application Platform (IAP)

Harman International is the worldwide leader in home entertainment and professional hi-fi systems

Harman Consumer Group, the product development and engineering unit of Harman International (brands include Harman Kardon, JBL and others), needed to speed product development and protect its intellectual property. Knowledge and best practices were concentrated in a few experts, processes and evolving documents weren’t consistently enforced or easily accessible, and that lack of visibility and standardization was slowing projects and risking the group’s competitive advantage.

Harman selected Intellect’s Instant Application Platform to build a custom PLM/work-and-project-management application after a formal needs assessment. The web-based solution captures and shares design knowledge, standardizes processes, tracks tasks and documents, and is easy to configure for on-the-fly changes. Early pilot use improved engineering visibility, organized project data into streamlined workflows, prepared the system for full production and is projected to save roughly $200,000 per year for a 40-seat implementation, becoming a key competitive asset.

Harman International