CASE STUDY Global RV Systems Manafacturer Riverbed Steelhead ® Appliances Enable a Global Manufacturer to Deploy a Centralized SAP PLM System This large global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of communications equipment, services, and systems is headquartered in Illinois. The company generated $2.1 billion in revenues in 2005, and has more than 11,000 employees around the world, in 60 locations. Design staff is distributed among 15 locations, including international offices. Challenge: Deploying a Better PLM System In 2005, the manufacturer was rolling out a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) sys- tem from SAP to support product development in 15 design centers around the world. The new system, mySAP PLM, involved deploying the SAP database to manage part numbers, SolidWork

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