Story
Siemens Digital Industries Software@
LKQ
LKQ Uses Tecnomatix for Simulation
LKQ, a consumer discretionary organization in the United States, uses Tecnomatix from Siemens Digital Industries Software to support virtual testing for analysts and design leads.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because simulation has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in virtual testing sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Capability | New joiners can see how virtual testing actually runs |
Story
Consumer Discretionary work at LKQ spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in the United States. Simulation was splitting across regional habits. Analysts and design leads asked for a shared way to run virtual testing without freezing local judgment.
Siemens Digital Industries Software (Tecnomatix) is what they standardized on. Siemens Digital Industries Software offers PLM, CAD, simulation, and low-code tools that connect product design to the factory. LKQ uses it as the system of record for simulation, with analysts and design leads as the primary operators and other groups coming in through the same queue.
Leaders get a picture they can actually walk. Teams get fewer mystery statuses. The story is about operating change, not an unpublished percentage.
