Biesse Group Software Purchases and Digital Transformation Initiatives

Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by Biesse Group and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 4100 Biesse Group employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.

During our research, we have identified that Biesse Group has purchased the following applications: Siemens Teamcenter for Product Lifecycle Management in 2015, Microsoft Azure Cloud Services for Application Hosting and Computing Services in 2017, Microsoft 365 for Collaboration in 2019 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.

Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems Biesse Group is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with Siemens Digital Industries Software , Microsoft , Salesforce or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.

We have been analyzing Biesse Group revenues, which have grown to $790.0 million in 2023, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for Biesse Group intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.

About the Customer

Biesse Group America, Inc. designs ready-to-use woodworking systems and plants. The company acts as a provider of technology solutions, supplying systems, and engineering solutions for customers.  Biesse Group’s investments in research and development total €14 million annually, and the company has more than 200 registered patents. The company has 12 industrial sites, 39 subsidiaries, 300 agents and selected resellers, and a 90 percent export share. The company is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Biesse Group America, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Biesse SpA.

Scope and Challenges

For fifteen years, Biesse Group has been using a legacy software. However, as CIO Giovanni Bellucci explained "the process was not fully optimized nor supported by suitable management tools. It was not a PLM solution, but just a data management tool.”

In the second half of 2015, they made a case study and analysis of internal to define the functional requirements that needed to be implemented in the new platform. By the end of December, they selected Siemens Teamcenter as their new PLM Platform.

Outcome and Implications

Teamcenter and Geolus were implemented by the system integrator of Biesse Group, supported by Siemens in specific project stages.  

“Like all projects, this is not just an IT project, but rather an initiative that requires the collaboration and convergence of IT skills and key business roles,” says Luca Presciutti, IT project manager and IT business analyst for research and development at Biesse Group. “Organization and project management were handled at four hands, involving information systems (with technical roles and business analysts with process and system expertise) and business roles, that is, process owners.”

Once finalized, the project will involve approximately 1,000 out of 4,000 employees, so 25 percent of staff will be impacted by Teamcenter. “Those 1,000 users are mostly located in Italy in the wood, stone and mechatronic business units,” Presciutti says. “More Teamcenter users will be in the business units in India and China, and others will be able to access service information from 37 subsidiaries dealing with sales and service.

The system went live in January of 2017.

Quotes

CIO Giovanni Bellucci said: “We had clear goals: to organize and optimize processes that were often hybrid and unstructured; to reduce errors and response time of inadequate obsolete systems; and most of all, to make product information accessible to all stakeholders in different business areas and roles. With Teamcenter, we found a solution that offered all the capabilities we needed. Furthermore, the platform is open to future extension towards other modules and applications, so it offers solid confidence in the long term. Teamcenter can grow beyond the current project boundaries, for instance with the addition of configurators and advanced virtual commissioning and simulation capabilities.”