WEBASTO – Feel the Drive
Product Lifecycle Management powered by ⁴PEP and 3DEXPERIENCE
Webasto is a leading global automotive supplier headquartered in Stockdorf near Munich with a history spanning more than 120 years. The company develops innovative roof systems and battery, and heating solutions for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and specialty vehicles. With more than 15,300 employees and over 50 locations worldwide, Webasto is one of the top 100 automotive suppliers. The focus is on sustainable, electrified, and future-ready mobility solutions.
Today, ⁴PEP forms the backbone of Webasto’s harmonized PLM landscape and enables efficient global product development from a single source of truth.
Customer Quote
“With the PLM platform introduced in collaboration with ILC, we have created a harmonized and integrated system landscape that significantly improves our global collaboration and sustainably strengthens our ability to innovate.“
Mario Voggenreiter, PLM Application Consultant
Company
- Webasto SE
- locations: Stockdorf (Germany), over 50 locations worldwide
- industry: Automotive supplier/mobility industry
- products: Roof, battery, heating, cooling, and thermal management systems
- group revenue: € 4.3 billion (2024)
- group employees: 15,300 (2024)
- www.webasto.com
Challenges
- highly fragmented PLM landscape that evolved over time
- no consistent single source of truth across the product lifecycle
- high administrative effort and long search and maintenance times
- lack of global and cross-divisional engineering collaboration
Highlights & customer benefits
- introduction of an integrated and harmonized PLM platform based on ⁴PEP and 3DEXPERIENCE
- seamless integration into SAP (ECC R/3 and S/4HANA)
- consistent and synchronized product structures (dBOM => eBOM => mBOM)
- support for global engineering work 24/7 across all locations
- scalable rollout strategy with pilot projects and global expansion
- significantly reduced project and process costs through standardization
- greater transparency and traceability of product structures and changes
- more efficient collaboration between development, manufacturing, and IT
- future-proof PLM basis in line with global IT strategy
