Expertise

PLM, ALM, ERP, MES, APS and EAM expertise for end-to-end digital continuity

PLM, ALM, ERP, MES, APS and EAM are at the heart of the digital transformation of industry. CNEXT supports you on each of these building blocks and on the links between them.

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Automated industrial production line

Digital continuity, from the design office to after-sales service

We believe the product belongs at the centre of information systems. A part created in the design office should be able to be industrialised by manufacturing engineering, produced, traced and then maintained, with no re-keying or loss of information.

Our consultants work on a specific building block or across the entire chain. They combine business and technical expertise, and master the leading solutions on the market. CNEXT is a Dassault Systèmes Consulting & System Integration (CSI) partner.

Our six areas of expertise

Choose the area that matches your project.

PLM – Product Lifecycle Management

Bills of materials, changes, configuration: product data from design to end of life. Discover our PLM expertise

ALM – Requirements and systems engineering

Requirements, MBSE, software and testing, with end-to-end traceability. Discover our ALM expertise

ERP – Industrial enterprise management

Purchasing, production, inventory, quality and finance on a single data repository. Discover our ERP expertise

MES – Production execution

Manufacturing orders, traceability, quality and OEE in real time. Discover our MES expertise

APS – Planning and scheduling

Realistic constraint-based plans and equipment connectivity (IoT). Discover our APS expertise

EAM / CMMS – Asset maintenance

Preventive maintenance, work orders, parts and maintenance costs. Discover our EAM / CMMS expertise

Our expertise

Six areas of expertise for a continuous digital thread.

From design to maintenance, we get the right data flowing at the right time between engineering, the shop floor and maintenance teams.

PLM

PLM consulting and integration

Product Lifecycle Management

Structure and share product data, from design to end of life, to speed up development and make your bills of materials more reliable.

  • Reliable bills of materials (BOMs) synchronised with the ERP
  • Change and configuration management
  • Collaboration between engineering and industrialisation
  • Product lifecycle
  • Digital continuity

Discover our PLM expertise

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PLM

ALM

ALM consulting and systems engineering

Application Lifecycle Management

Master requirements, embedded software and regulatory compliance, linked to PLM, for ever more connected products.

  • Traceability from requirements through to testing
  • Compliance with your industry’s safety standards
  • PLM–ALM link for mechatronic products
  • Traceability
  • Embedded systems

Discover our ALM expertise

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ALM

ERP

ERP consultant for industry

Enterprise Resource Planning

Align purchasing, production, logistics and finance on a single, reliable reference system shared across the whole company.

  • Selection and deployment of an industrial ERP
  • PLM–ERP–MES integration with no re-keying
  • Data migration and performance management
  • Performance management
  • Supply chain

Discover our ERP expertise

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ERP

MES

MES integration

Manufacturing Execution System

Manage the shop floor in real time: production orders, traceability, quality and production performance.

  • Real-time tracking of production orders
  • Unit-level traceability and quality control
  • OEE and continuous improvement
  • Industry 4.0
  • Production performance

Discover our MES expertise

Automated industrial production line

MES

APS

APS advanced planning

Advanced Planning & Scheduling

Optimise constraint-based planning and scheduling to meet your deadlines, level the workload and reduce your inventory.

  • Master production schedule and capacity management
  • Detailed constraint-based scheduling
  • Scenario simulation before decision-making
  • Scheduling
  • Capacity and workload

Discover our APS expertise

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APS

EAM

EAM and CMMS consulting

Enterprise Asset Management

Maximise the availability of your equipment with tool-supported maintenance, first preventive and then predictive.

  • Preventive and condition-based maintenance
  • Mobility for field technicians
  • Predictive maintenance and digital twin
  • Asset maintenance
  • Digital twin

Discover our EAM and CMMS expertise

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EAM / CMMS

In addition

We also provide project management and work on the IT, systems and networks that support these solutions (architecture, deployment, infrastructure).

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Frequently asked questions

Do you work on a single building block or on the entire industrial information system?

Both. We can provide an expert on a specific topic (for example an MES version upgrade) or support a programme that links PLM, ERP and MES.

Are you an integrator or a consultancy?

CNEXT is a consultancy that also works on integration: scoping, business-side project assistance (AMOA), architecture, configuration, development, migration and application maintenance. We also reinforce the teams of major integrators.

Where do you operate?

CNEXT is present in six cities in France (Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, Le Havre, Marseille) and works across France and Europe (Belgium, Switzerland, Germany…).

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contact@cnext-consulting.fr
La Turbine, 32 boulevard du Port
CS20001, 95015 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex