Case Study: CNH Industrial achieves rapid model-based definition and 85% fewer system clicks with Mendix

Improving Supply Chain Collaboration with CNH Industrial

CNH Industrial is a global capital goods company building agricultural, construction and commercial vehicles across dozens of plants and R&D centers. Engineers relied on disparate IT/OT systems—multi‑site Teamcenter PLM, an enterprise engineering BoM, and a legacy drawing repository—to access 2D and 3D design data, a slow, error‑prone process that required multiple system hops and excessive user clicks.

Using Mendix, CNH built the Digital Product Data (DPD) web app to present BoM attributes, drawings and JT 3D views in a single interface via off‑the‑shelf connectors and custom integrations. Delivered in 11 weeks with a low‑code approach, DPD improved supplier collaboration, increased positive user feedback, cut system clicks by 85%, and reduced effort to reconcile multiple systems by 50%, accelerating CNH’s move to model‑based definition.

CNH Industrial

Tom Grigas

IT Director of Product Design Systems