Renowned for combining tradition and innovation, Spanish wine producer Familia Torres needed a powerful platform on cloud to transform the way it manages projects, documents and the digital approval process of its packaging. Spanning five generations and 151 years of winemaking history, Familia Torres has a firm belief in social, environmental and economic sustainability. The company brings together its long-held traditions with constant innovation to maintain its world-leading reputation.
Familia Torres recently implemented ENOVIA collaboration and project management applications on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to conduct its product development activities, including approving artwork, box layouts and label designs.
“We needed an integrated platform to handle project management, document management and the digital approval process,” said Francesc Gómez Montenegro, chief operating officer of Familia Torres. “We handle a large number of innovative projects in very different fields, such as our newest premium brandies: Reserva del Mamut 1985 – our most exclusive brandy produced using the Parellada grape variety and aged for over 30 years in French oak; we only produce 999 bottles – and Alta Luz, the first so-called cristalino (transparent) brandy in history made in Barcelona. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is supporting us to bring these products to market and improve our innovation product development process.”
Bringing visibility to product development
Before implementing the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Familia Torres distributed information across the organization by email and physical paper documents. It meant that important information could be easily missed, and changes were difficult to track.
“Now, ENOVIA on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform always gives us up-to-date visibility of the status of a project and the assurance that we’re working with the most up-to-date version of a document, such as the latest label artwork,” Gómez said.
Familia Torres worked with Dassault Systèmes partner Abgam to steer the success of its digital initiative.
The implementation phase took six months and today the 3DEXPERIENCE platform is used across the organization at Familia Torres’ main winery in Vilafranca del Penedès.
“The 3DEXPERIENCE platform helps us in our ‘Continuous Improvement’ approach, as the templates set out the specifications that determine the project tasks, ensuring full visibility and bringing agility to our approval process,” Gómez said. “The templates ensure all project team members follow all required steps. It’s a bit like booking a plane ticket, when you forget to fill something in or use the wrong format the system asks you to correct your input. In a highly complex project environment like ours, this autocorrection element really helps to keep everything aligned and on track.”
Cloud aligns with digital strategy
Familia Torres opted for a cloud implementation of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform as part of its wider digital strategy to move all of its software to the cloud. Today, the company is benefiting from anytime, anywhere access to the platform, and appreciating the out-of-the-box functionality and regular updates, which take into account its own specific needs.
“The improvements we’ve suggested are often incorporated into the standard cloud tool in subsequent updates,” Gómez said. “All 3DEXPERIENCE clients mutually benefit from this.”
Now, regardless of whether any of the Familia Torres team are traveling, in the office or working at home, they can all securely view documents, make comments visible to everyone and move the approval process forward.
“The information is in the same repository, it’s traceable with version control and accessible to all team members,” Gómez said. “This provides us with security, agility and autonomy that undoubtedly improves the progress of our projects. It’s a great advantage!”
To learn more about how Familia Torres is speeding up product launches and using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to help meet its sustainability goals, read the full case study.
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