Mumbai, India—June 13, 2014—Geometric Ltd., a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM), global engineering services, and offshore software product development (OSPD) solutions and technologies, announced that it signed an application maintenance contract with Volvo Cars, Sweden covering major applications from the computer-aided design (CAD) and PLM landscape.
Geometric has partnered with Volvo Cars for its global engineering and manufacturing needs since 2010, and recently extended its application maintenance services (AMS) engagement to include additional CAD and PLM applications for new product development and manufacturing engineering. Geometric is going to deploy its application maintenance services framework, AMS4E, based on well-defined 4E methodology, which is designed to enable, ensure, enhance and evolve the targeted PLM, engineering information technology (IT) and manufacturing IT applications to deliver value to Volvo. Geometric is also going to leverage its extensive understanding of Volvo’s product development IT landscape, combined with its independent software vendor relationships and experience in PLM, to support Volvo’s new product development programs.
In addition to application maintenance, Geometric works with Volvo across multiple projects related to the design and development of complex and large-scale CAD and PLM strategic initiatives, and provides offshore support through a dedicated delivery center in Chennai, India.