{"id":2175,"date":"2023-08-08T07:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T07:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relaunch.cplace.com\/continental-product-lifecycle-management\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:18:38","slug":"continental-product-lifecycle-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/en\/customer-solutions\/continental-product-lifecycle-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Solution by customer &#8211; Product Lifecycle Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--Start Medium Stage -->\n\t\t<section class=\"snk-stage snk-stage_medium snk-section snk-section_dark\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-stage-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-roofline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContinental Tires Germany GmbH\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Product Lifecycle Management<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"snk-text_sm\">\u202fInnovative product life cycle management at Continental Tires<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"snk-btn-primary_arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/en\/demo\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_self\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" viewBox=\"0 0 36 36\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M18.363 6.589 16.63 8.32l8.192 8.193-17.63-.002v2.452l17.63-.002-8.19 8.19 1.732 1.733 11.148-11.147-11.15-11.15Z\"\/><\/svg><span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMake an expert appointment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 snk-stage-mediaCol\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cplace-product-lifecycle-conti-storie-stage-medium.png\" alt=\"Product Lifecycle Management at Continental Reifen\" title=\"Product Lifecycle Management at Continental Reifen\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n<!--End Medium Stage -->\n\n\n<section class=\"snk-section js-testimonial-container\">\n\t<div class=\"container snk-testimonial-container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"splide__track\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"splide__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"snk-testimonial-quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>Giving business users the ability to configure cplace using the No-Code and Low-Code approaches was a key door opener for this cooperation at eye level. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"snk-testimonial-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial-name\">Christoph Heinemann<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial-title\">Business Project Manager<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-testimonial-picture\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kundenlogo-conti-logo-quote-gross.png\" alt=\"Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH Logo\" title=\"Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_slimOnSingle snk-section_noTop\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-sm\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"snk-section-headline\">Challenge<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152515940 BCX0\">The multitude of individual departments and specialized teams at Continental Tire had resulted in a scattered landscape of processes and software solutions. A variety of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW152515940 BCX0\">had<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152515940 BCX0\"> been used over the years, in many cases created by the development engineers themselves using Excel. Although all these departments were working on the same projects, exchanging information with each other was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152515940 BCX0\">very complex<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152515940 BCX0\">, cumbersome and an obstacle to effective collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_slimOnSingle snk-section_noTop\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-sm\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"snk-section-headline\">cplace Solution<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49729039 BCX0\">Continental Tires implemented a collaborative IT system for its Product Lifecycle Management based on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SpellingErrorV2Themed CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW49729039 BCX0\">cplace<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW49729039 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed CommentHighlightRest SCXW49729039 BCX0\">cplace<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW49729039 BCX0\"> enables consistent overall program management, mapping and managing most of the cross-departmental relationships and interactions in one system. This has dramatically simplified the management of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW49729039 BCX0\">both,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49729039 BCX0\"> the diversified product <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49729039 BCX0\">portfolio<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49729039 BCX0\"> and the enormous complexity of the product engineering process. Today, the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW49729039 BCX0\">cplace<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49729039 BCX0\"> solution is in use around the world in the Research and Development, Product Planning, Supply Chain, Ramp-Up Planning and Production departments of Continental Tire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW124991038 BCX0\">Mittlerweile ist die <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW124991038 BCX0\">cplace<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW124991038 BCX0\"> L\u00f6sung weltweit in den Fachbereichen Forschung und Entwicklung, Produktplanung, Supply Chain, Anlaufplanung und in der Werkswelt bei Continental Reifen im Einsatz.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-buttons snk-buttons_bigGap snk-buttons_center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"snk-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/en\/demo\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Make an expert appointment<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_center snk-logoWall\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"snk-textBlock\"><h2>Involved Partners<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"snk-logoWall-logos\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-6 col-sm-4 col-md-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dataciders_Logo-Wall-1.png\" alt=\"Dataciders Logo\" title=\"Dataciders Logo\" class=\"snk-logoWall-image\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_slimOnSingle snk-section_dark\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"snk-section-headline\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/icon_vertical-slider-3-76-1.svg\" alt=\"Icon Vertical Slider 3\" title=\"Icon Vertical Slider 3\" class=\"snk-textBlock-icon\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Cross-organizational workflows<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW125398227 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125398227 BCX0\">Smooth interlinking of all technology and product development-related processes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/icon_graph-bar-increase-75-3.svg\" alt=\"Icon graph bar increase\" title=\"Icon graph bar increase\" class=\"snk-textBlock-icon\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>R&#038;D Supply Chain<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW130298541 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130298541 BCX0\">Powerful scheduling features enable complex time series planning<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/icon_application-drawer-16-3.svg\" alt=\"Icon Application Drawer\" title=\"Icon Application Drawer\" class=\"snk-textBlock-icon\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Project scheduling<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW108509600 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108509600 BCX0\">Individual task and time schedules for more than 1500 employees<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/icon_task-list-edit-7-1.svg\" alt=\"Icon Task List Edit\" title=\"icon_task-list-edit-7\" class=\"snk-textBlock-icon\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Program Scheduling<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW57378939 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW57378939 BCX0\">Comprehensive high-level program management reflects interdependencies between individual schedules<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/icon_code-monitor-1-62-1.svg\" alt=\"Icon Code Monitor 1\" title=\"icon_code-monitor-1-62\" class=\"snk-textBlock-icon\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Workflow Manager<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137706776 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137706776 BCX0\">Optional dynamic schedule updates in response to changing workflows<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock snk-textBlock_slim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/user-collaborate-group.svg\" alt=\"Collaboration Icon\" title=\"user-collaborate-group\" class=\"snk-textBlock-icon\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Collaborative system<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span 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