Procter & Gamble Company, a consumer goods company, has selected Dassault Systemes’s Simulia SLM as its simulation lifecycle management system to support its modeling and simulation strategy.

According to Dassault Systemes (DS), based on its V6 platform, the online collaborative environment for PLM 2.0, Simulia SLM enables Procter & Gamble (P&G) to capture, share and automate the execution of approved simulation methods, improve traceability of simulation data, and accelerate decision-making while securing valuable intellectual property.

Scott Berkey, CEO of Simulia, said: As an innovative leader in the consumer packaged goods industry, P&G continues to set the standard for product development. The partnership with Simulia will help the company develop better products and test them more efficiently, ultimately lowering costs and accelerating delivery of innovative products to consumers.

Tom Lange, director of corporate R&D modeling and simulation at P&G, said: P&G shares a common vision with Simulia regarding the democratization of predictive simulation. It is our goal to make the benefits of realistic simulation available to a broader range of users than previously possible. Simulia SLM will help our global teams accelerate innovation by providing access to simulation tools, validated processes and corporate knowledge bases throughout the product lifecycle.