Oracle Customer Case Study
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Published October 2007
Eurocopter Improves Product Development
Operations with Web-based Visualization Solution
Eurocopter
Marignane, France
www.eurocopter.com
Industry:
Aerospace & Defense
Annual Revenue:
US$5.32 billion
Employees:
13,000
Oracle Products & Services:
AutoVue Electro-Mechanical
Professional
“Acceptance of the software is very high, and we get many
compliments for our strategic decision. Most of the functions
are self-explanatory, which means that users hardly need more
than 10 minutes of training.” – Manfred Seiler, Head of
Technical IT, Eurocopter
The French, German, and Spanish Eurocopter Group, formed in
1992 by the merger of the helicopter divisions of Aerospatiale-
Matra and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, is the world’s leading
manufacturer of civil and military helicopters. Manufacturing,
maintenance services, and related activities—such as supplying
airplane manufacturer Airbus with door systems, emergency exits,
and cargo hatches—comprise the company’s activities.
Eurocopter, which is a subsidiary of EADS, develops its
helicopters and aircraft components at three locations:
Donauwörth, and Ottobrunn in Germany and Marignane in
France. The company distributes production over six main plants
in France, Germany, and Spain. Eurocopter also supports 16
regional offices and affiliates on all five continents to provide
customer service locally.
Global distribution of development and production, and the
growing trend toward outsourcing development tasks to
international system suppliers represented a major challenge for
the company, according to Manfred Seiler, head of Technical IT
at Eurocopter. The company was outsourcing almost one-third of
all development tasks, and this figure was rising. At the same
time, the company faced grow