Producing with Quality: The Nidec Global Appliance Story

Gerson Heusy & Mark Lobo

With the mission of developing innovative solutions to improve the quality of life for its customers, Embraco is one of the largest manufacturers of hermetic compressors and refrigeration solutions in the world. Founded 48 years ago, Embraco is recognized for delivering differentiated, energy efficient, and top-performing products and services. As regulations for energy efficient products continue to strengthen around the world, Embraco has embarked on a digital transformation journey to maximize the efficiency of its internal processes. Watch this session to learn how Embraco implemented PLM to improve its product development process, manage changes to its internal culture, and ultimately help customers achieve a better quality of life. Learn about managing globally disbursed teams while producing a high volume of products, implementing quality across the entire organization (starting with engineering), reducing the cost of non-quality by 40% while increasing time-to-market by 30%, and extending the digital thread from design into the factory.