Case Study
FORD ENHANCES MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY
© Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / altair.com / Nasdaq: ALTR / Contact Us CASE STUDY 90% INCREASED REDUCED ALTAIR® KNOWLEDGE STUDIO® SPEEDS STAMPING PROCESS SELECTION INCREASING FIRST-TIME-THROUGH RATES FORD ENHANCES MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY Background Information Sheet metal stamping is fundamental to the automotive manufacturing industry. A vast array of different tool, die, and process combinations are employed to create an equally diverse array of components. Traditionally, identifying the optimum stamping process for a given part design has been a labor-intensive and time-consuming task that relies heavily on the stamping engineer’s knowledge and skill level. To address this issue, Ford Mexico began documenting successful metal stamping production runs
