Accelerating digital engineering across electrified, connected vehicle platforms
Overview
Our client is a leading global manufacturer of construction equipment and commercial vehicles, widely recognized for its innovation in sustainable mobility, advanced engineering and safety-driven design. With operations across continents and a legacy of engineering excellence, the organization is embracing a digital-first future by transforming its product development ecosystem to support next-gen vehicle platforms.
HCLTech has been a strategic technology partner, providing application lifecycle management (ALM), model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and PLM toolchain integration. Our engagement spans implementation, administration, support and customization services — helping the client harmonize complex engineering processes across global teams.
The challenge
Establishing a globally standardized, traceable and scalable product development framework
The client faced increasing complexity across its vehicle platforms, engineering systems and software components, driven by rising modularity, digitization and the need for global collaboration. Disparate engineering practices, fragmented tools and inconsistent processes across teams and geographies hindered alignment between systems and software. Critical gaps in end-to-end traceability — from requirements through validation to release — limited visibility and control across the product lifecycle. Additionally, the complexity of the ALM and MBSE ecosystem created a continuous need for administrative support and user enablement. The client sought a unified, global way of working that would standardize lifecycle practices, streamline collaboration and ensure comprehensive traceability across domains.
Our solution
A robust ecosystem combining lifecycle tooling, expert support and traceability
We partnered with the client to architect and implement a unified, traceable and future-ready engineering ecosystem. The engagement aimed to align cross-functional workflows with product architecture while advancing tooling maturity through the integration of ALM, PLM and MBSE platforms into a cohesive, end-to-end environment.
By delivering lifecycle-wide platform support, establishing a continuous digital thread and standardizing processes from concept to release, we enabled real-time visibility, closed-loop traceability and seamless global collaboration. This empowered the client with a scalable foundation for accelerated development, improved governance and engineering efficiency.
- Integrated PTC Windchill RV&S with Windchill Modeler and enabled co-usage with Codebeamer to maintain end-to-end traceability
- Delivered L1 and L2 user support for access, installation, queries and project setup
- Administered modules across change, defect, requirements, test management, source configuration and project management
2. MBSE and ALM continuity
- Supported PTC Modeler with installation, access setup and XMI import/export
- Seamlessly integrated Modeler with Codebeamer to enable uninterrupted MBSE workflows
- Ensured information flow across engineering teams by linking ALM, PLM and MBSE platforms
3. Lifecycle enablement and reporting
- Built more than five custom dashboards and program-specific reports to enhance visibility and decision-making
- Standardized KPIs across programs for improved governance
- Created global templates and streamlined processes for managing requirements and tests
4. Global user adoption and enablement
- Delivered hands-on training, ongoing user support and real-time issue resolution
- Enabled consistent ways of working across geographies and product lines
- Reinforced system usability and security with custom login enhancements
The impact
Global harmonization, accelerated reporting and traceability by design
Through this collaboration, we delivered substantial business and engineering value, enabling a globally aligned and digitally connected product development environment.
Key outcomes included:
- 100% end-to-end traceability from requirements to testing to release, closing visibility gaps and reinforcing compliance
- 200+ end users enabled and supported across ALM, PLM and MBSE workflows spanning systems, software and validation functions
- 80% reduction in manual effort for dashboard and report generation through tailored automation
- 5+ customized dashboards and analytics tools deployed for role-based visibility and faster decision-making
- Seamless information flow across Windchill RV&S, Modeler and Codebeamer, supporting 120+ MBSE engineers
- Integrated ALM–PLM–MBSE backbone established, aligning systems, software and product data to support a resilient digital thread
The result: a globally standardized engineering ecosystem with enhanced visibility, lifecycle consistency and enterprise-scale agility.
Looking Ahead
Scaling digital engineering excellence across next-gen platforms
HCLTech continues to deepen end-to-end engineering enablement for our client, expanding integrations, enriching analytics and strengthening governance, to meet the rising safety and quality expectations of automotive-grade product development. With a unified digital thread and global ways of working firmly in place, we are enabling the client to scale innovation, accelerate release cycles and maintain leadership in premium, sustainable construction solutions.
As our client advances into electrified, autonomous and connected vehicle platforms, we remain a core strategic partner — driving PLM–ALM–MBSE convergence, optimizing digital engineering processes and enabling AI-powered analytics for engineering intelligence. Together, we are building the foundation for digital engineering maturity, end-to-end lifecycle traceability and faster, more resilient product innovation.
