With the world’s population expected to balloon from 7 billion today to 11 billion by the end of the century, sustainable food production is a growing priority among governments, scientists and business. “We need to double our food production by 2050 if we are to satisfy requirements on a global scale,” said Thomas Böck, executive board technology & systems at CLAAS group, a world leading agricultural equipment manufacturer whose combines, forage harvesters, balers and tractors are renowned for their technology and quality.

“Today the focus is more on intelligent, energy efficient machines that accomplish more while keeping operational costs to a minimum," Böck said. "It is these machines that have the preference of farmers who speak less about machine power or productivity and more about resource efficiency. They need to effectively harvest farmland and use water and energy resources as well as technology wisely to achieve more output - a greater harvest,” he said. “At CLAAS, we know that agricultural equipment is increasingly equipped with smart technology to be IOT-ready and manage working processes automatically increasing the efficiency throughout the whole production process.”

To help its customers meet these demands, CLAAS needed to improve synergies by boosting collaboration at its development and production sites around the world. To achieve this goal, CLAAS adopted Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its Single Source for Speed industry solution experience. Now, designers at CLAAS sites around the world have access to a unique source of product information that enables collaboration, design reuse and digital simulation before manufacturing to reduce production errors and waste.

To learn more about how CLAAS is moving from ideas to production with 3DEXPERIENCE, view the video here and read the case study: