How to choose the ideal Delmia Ortems integrator to optimize your production lead times?

In an industrial environment where competitiveness is intensifying and customer demands are constantly evolving, precise control of production lead times is a key success factor. In the era of Industry 4.0, companies are looking for high-performance solutions to align their resources, production flows, and logistics processes. The Delmia Ortems software, recognized for its advanced capabilities in industrial planning, occupies a central place in this quest for optimization. However, the effectiveness of this tool does not depend solely on its intrinsic features, but especially on the quality of its integration into the industrial ecosystem. It is with this in mind that the choice of a Delmia Ortems integrator who is expert and adapted to your needs becomes a major step.

The digital transformation of workshops and optimized production management require tailored support, capable of taking into account the full complexity of technical, human, and organizational constraints. Through an approach combining precise diagnostics, seamless interconnection with the ERP, and true business expertise, the integrator plays a strategic role in unlocking the full potential of industrial planning. In this context, this article explores the essential criteria for choosing an ideal Delmia Ortems integrator, the key deployment stages, as well as the concrete benefits observed in optimizing production lead times.

The essential criteria for choosing the Delmia Ortems integrator suited to your industrial challenges

The choice of an integrator is never trivial as it determines operational success and the sustainability of the deployed solution. Current industrial environments are characterized by significant diversity of processes, often heterogeneous specific constraints, and a complex information system. It is essential that the integrator demonstrates dual functional and technical expertise, access to the heart of “field” issues, and a deep understanding of specific business challenges.

First, industry experience is a fundamental criterion. An integrator who has already supported numerous companies in the manufacturing sector not only has a fine knowledge of production flows but also of the constraints related to the supply chain, manufacturing automation, and relationships between different departments (production, maintenance, logistics). For example, Visiativ, a major player for over 30 years, embodies this tradition of field expertise, capable of co-constructing projects around the Delmia Ortems software with a view to optimizing industrial performance.

Next, the ability to integrate the Delmia Ortems software into your existing digital architecture proves to be decisive. It is not just about installing a new tool, but about ensuring synchronization with ERP, MES, PLM systems and IoT devices. An integrator mastering this multi-domain interconnection ensures smooth production management, avoiding breaks in the production flow that can penalize meeting deadlines.

Moreover, a robust support methodology, encompassing the initial diagnosis, training, and post-implementation support, is a guarantee of successful adoption by teams. The integrator must also demonstrate a real ability to adapt industrial planning to your specific context, taking into account resources, time constraints, and production hazards.

Here is a list of key criteria to keep in mind when choosing a Delmia Ortems integrator:

• Validated sector expertise supported by industrial references
• Technical skills in ERP-APS integration and multitasking management
• Personalized and flexible methodology to adapt to each organization
• Comprehensive support from consulting to training and support
• Ability to measure gains and continuously manage performance

For example, an aerospace components manufacturer will benefit from specific support adapted to strict quality standards and precise management of production ranges. Conversely, a consumer goods manufacturer will often need to prioritize short cycles and increased responsiveness to ensure product availability in the face of fluctuating demand.

The essential steps of Delmia Ortems deployment for sustainable lead time optimization

The deployment of the Delmia Ortems software in an industrial context cannot be improvised. For the benefits in terms of industrial performance to be realized, it is important to follow a structured approach. This begins with a detailed scoping phase, during which all flows, constraints, resources, and objectives are analyzed.

Configuring the tool is a key step where each resource, each manufacturing range, each sequencing constraint and calendar is rigorously modeled. This phase ensures that Delmia Ortems is perfectly adapted to the realities of the plant. A configuration that is too rigid or approximate can cause errors in planning and difficulties managing unforeseen events.

Schematically, the deployment process involves:

1. A precise diagnosis of needs and operational constraints
2. Personalized solution modeling and configuration
3. Testing and adjustment phase in real environment
4. Progressive training of key users and field teams
5. Change management support to encourage adoption and sustainable use
6. Post-deployment monitoring to secure scaling and continuous improvement

During testing, users concretely assess the consideration of unforeseen events – machine breakdowns, urgent order changes, resource fluctuations – which allows rapid adjustments before the official launch.

The integrator’s role is also to ensure a smooth transition between departments: production, maintenance, and supply chain are thus aligned. To this effect, collaboration between IT, process, and business teams is essential to reduce resistance and maximize business value.

Successful support requires structured skill development, with practical training adapted to each profile. The objective is to embed optimized industrial planning within the company culture.

ERP-APS-workshop integration: best practices to secure your production flows

The efficiency of production management thanks to the Delmia Ortems software largely depends on the reliability of exchanges between different systems. A robust ERP-APS-workshop interconnection architecture is essential to avoid breaks in production flow and guarantee complete visibility of resources.

An integrated approach involves designing these interconnections from the project’s conception. Indeed, the most common failure errors often lie in a fragmented approach where systems operate in silos. Real-time synchronization between the ERP and Delmia Ortems allows obtaining up-to-date data on manufacturing orders, machine capacities, and stocks.

Visiativ, recognized for its multi-domain expertise, offers tailor-made integration with proven connectors that facilitate continuous data communication. This interoperability responds to client system complexities, often heterogeneous, and adapts to future developments.

Here is a table describing key interactions between ERP, APS, and workshop:

System	Main function	Key interactions	Impact on scheduling
ERP	Order, stock, purchase management	Transfer of manufacturing orders, stock updates	Data foundation for scheduling, flow visibility
APS (Delmia Ortems)	Advanced planning, scheduling	Resource allocation, scenario simulation	Lead time optimization, adaptation to hazards
Workshop	Order execution, real-time feedback	Progress reporting, management of field constraints	Dynamic schedule adjustment

The goal is to ensure smooth information flow, enabling decision-makers a sustainable and reliable vision to make rapid and informed decisions regarding production lead time optimization.

Optimizing production lead times with Delmia Ortems: feedback and concrete benefits

Many industrial companies have seen their performance transformed thanks to the implementation of the Delmia Ortems software, notably through partnership with an expert integrator such as Visiativ. These projects perfectly illustrate how the right technological and methodological combination enables tangible results.

Among the most frequently observed benefits are:

• Significant reduction in semi-finished product stocks, generating direct savings and better material turnover
• Improvement in delivery deadline adherence, enhancing customer satisfaction and competitiveness
• Increase in machine utilization rate, optimizing equipment use and limiting downtime
• Strengthening collaboration between scheduling and production, smoothing daily exchanges and adjustments

These improvements result from dynamic planning, which integrates hazards (breakdowns, customer urgencies, maintenance constraints) in real time, thus offering a unique capacity to simulate different scenarios and choose the most suitable solution.

However, industrial companies also experience difficulties when they neglect certain phases of the project, notably:

• Underestimating the impact of human and organizational change
• Too rigid process modeling that may limit flexibility in the face of unforeseen events
• Lack of governance and follow-up after the deployment phase

Choosing an integrator like Visiativ allows benefiting from support throughout the lifecycle, from design to continuous support, thus ensuring a successful and sustainable digital transformation. The integrator’s role goes beyond software installation to embed itself in a continuous improvement logic.

Visiativ: an expert Delmia Ortems integrator to support your transition to agile and efficient production

In an industrial context where digital transformation has become essential, relying on a recognized partner is a major asset. Visiativ asserts itself as a reference integrator in the deployment of Delmia Ortems solutions and other Dassault Systèmes software, with deep sector expertise and a results-oriented approach.

Thanks to ongoing dialogue with client teams, Visiativ co-constructs projects that meet specific requirements, while placing innovation at the heart of processes. This field closeness is accompanied by comprehensive technical expertise, including PLM, BPM, ERP management, as well as IoT integration, guaranteeing optimal interoperability.

Relying on an agile methodology and the richness of a network of expert consultants, Visiativ offers personalized solutions, while ensuring the digital maturity growth of industrial players. The broad spectrum of applications covered – ranging from aerospace to chemistry, through metallurgy – demonstrates its capacity to manage the complexity of modern industrial environments.

Visiativ’s positioning as a high value-added integrator is based on:

• An integrated approach covering consulting, deployment, training, and support
• Strong commitments in performance optimization and return on investment
• A willingness to sustainably support skills development of teams
• An ability to anticipate technological and business evolutions
• An international network to support projects regardless of their scale

Committing to Visiativ means choosing a partner capable of transforming a Delmia Ortems project into a genuine lever for digital transformation and continuous improvement, thus anchoring production management in an agile, flexible, and resilient dynamic facing tomorrow’s challenges.