We make material intelligence

work for you

What if?

Every engineering enterprise asks itself ‘what if?’ What if we could…

…make better products?

…save time?
…reduce risk and cost?

So what if you could achieve all of these things in a matter of months, simply by transforming your company’s
approach to materials information management, with a configurable IT solution that’s been tried and tested
by over 150 enterprises worldwide?

At Granta Design, we make material intelligence work for you.

“Summing it up, per annum, we’re
looking at savings of $10m across
the sites involved.” Rolls-Royce*
Rolls-Royce presentation at Material Intelligence
*

Seminar, Coventry, UK.

Gaining insight from

materials property data
The big picture
Successful enterprises are thinking hard about digital transformation.

Concepts such as Industry 4.0 and the Digital Twin depend on the ability to manage and combine data
from the real and virtual worlds. Consistent, traceable information is essential to establishing a Digital
Thread throughout the product lifecycle. For manufacturing businesses, information about the materials
from which products are made is critical to supporting these initiatives. But there’s a problem…

The digitalization of materials information lags behind other areas.

Across an enterprise, data for corporate processes in finance, HR, or product design is managed
systematically and seamlessly integrated into business workflows. But materials information is typically
scattered across companies in different formats, often disorganized and inaccessible, or segregated into
separate software systems.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

And no doubt, if you are reading this, you are ready for a change.

Now is the time to transform the way you approach materials information by developing and applying your
very own ‘material intelligence’.
Where are you on the road to
digital transformation?
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Finances
Human Resources

Product Design
Materials
What is material intelligence?

Materials information is key to making the right decisions, from research, design and simulation, to procurement,
manufacturing and quality assurance.
But...

How accessible is materials information to those across your organization who need it?
How controlled is materials information – is it accurate, is it secure and only available to authorized personnel?
How traceable are your processes – can you inspect the materials data behind design decisions?
How integrated is your materials information with key engineering systems, such as CAD, CAE, and PLM?
How compliant are you with regulations where materials information supports risk management and reporting?

Material intelligence is all about being able to confidently answer these questions, supported by a single, robust information
system that captures all your analysis, contextual knowledge and experience, helping you to apply this information:

when you need it;

where you need it;

and fully integrated into the business processes that need it.
Why does materials information matter?

Meet corporate
goals for lower
Minimize environmental
Increase product regulatory risk impact
lifetime by due to restricted
understanding substances
materials behavior

Achieve lower
costs by
Specify the right substituting
materials for materials
Gain competitive Implement
global
advantage by additive
manufacturing
lightweighting manufacturing
locations
with composites

Avoid risks to
human health
Reduce
Ensure ROI materials-related
from simulation warranty issues
with the right
input data
GRANTA MI™

GRANTA MI is the industry standard software for materials information management. It brings together all of your
company’s proprietary materials information into one place, combined with an unrivalled library of reference data.

We DELIVER a single, robust, ‘gold source’ materials information system. Capture your proprietary materials information,
from test results and analysis through to application experience. And you can fill in any gaps using trusted information
from Granta or our expert data partner organizations.

Materials engineers can build the database and analyze with it.
Researchers can solve key problems using it.
Testing and quality assurance can update it.
Analysts can simulate using reliable data from it.
Engineers and designers can choose materials from it.
Procurement and manufacturing decisions can depend on it.

We PARTNER with you to help you implement GRANTA MI, configure it for your projects, and integrate it with your
engineering IT solutions, ensuring that your system adapts to changing requirements through regular updates and support.

A one-stop solution to your materials information management is a simple proposition, but it has powerful implications.

We ENABLE your engineers, designers, and managers to achieve project goals, reduce cost, risk, and time to market, and
encourage innovation. The result is better, greener, safer products.
DELIVER
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What are the benefits?
Research and
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Innovate, for example, with
composites or additive
manufacturing
Eliminate test duplication
and avoid wasted effort
Capture and re-use
application experience
Design and analysis Procurement Service, compliance,
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“Something that would have taken
18 months took less than three
or four months to reach the same
conclusion.” Ethicon Surgical Care*
*
Seminar, Lowell, MA.

Accessing corporate materials

knowledge – in this case on
microstructures
Working with Granta Design

Implementing GRANTA MI is straightforward, thanks to our years of experience in this sector.

Our five-stage process helps to ensure a smooth transition from your existing materials information set-up
to GRANTA MI, including data migration and seamless integration with your platforms, workflows, and
preferred engineering software. Using standard technology and processes, our Services Team is ready to
work with you to roll out a system in a matter of months.

“We cut about 80% of the time it used

to take to generate models”
Honeywell Aerospace*
Seminar, Wichita, KS.
*

Capturing valuable data about

materials performance

Airbus Helicopters Ethicon Surgical Care Jaguar Land Rover PSA Peugeot Citroën Sulzer
Boeing General Motors Lockheed Martin Rolls-Royce TRW Automotive
Doosan Babcock GKN Aerospace Molex RUAG Space UTC
Emerson Electric Honeywell NASA SAFRAN Vestas

More case studies at www.grantadesign.com/casestudies

 INTEGRATE
• Connect to your
workflows and preferred
engineering IT
• Partners include Altair,
IMPLEMENT ANSYS, Autodesk,
Dassault Systèmes, PTC,
Siemens PLM
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maintain software • Configure targeted
• Configure for your data apps for specific
and processes end-user groups
• Support to migrate data • Training and support
& validate the system

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develop a plan
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Intelligence Survey™
process
What makes Granta Design special?

If you’re excited about the prospect of working with Granta, then you might want to know a little bit more
about us.

Granta Design was founded in 1994 as a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge by Professors
Mike Ashby and David Cebon. Today, we are the largest company and R&D organization operating in the
materials information technology market.

To date, we’ve helped hundreds of engineering enterprises to embrace material intelligence and
successfully manage their materials information. The results speak for themselves – accessible data,
time savings, slashed costs, reduced risk, optimized products, and happy engineers.

Our Education Division provides a unique set of materials teaching resources, helping universities to inspire
over 100,000 students every year and to inform the next generation of engineers, scientists and industrial
designers about materials.

Collaboration is at the heart of all we do, bringing people together to meet materials information
challenges. We participate in collaborative R&D projects, support customers through industry consortia,
and maintain close partnerships with other leading software companies.

It’s easy to call yourself an industry leader, but we think you’ll find that, in our case, it’s actually true!
“With a proven solution, plus the track-record and
services to support a fast deployment, Granta was able
to meet our needs, especially for the data required for
modeling.” PSA Peugeot Citroen*
*
Press release

Digital continuity for materials

data in CAD, CAE, and PLM
International Headquarters: Granta Design Limited, 300 Rustat House, 62 Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EG, UK
UK/Int’l: +44 (0)1223 218000 USA: 800-241-1546 France: 08 00 76 12 90 Germany: 089 921 315 230

info@grantadesign.com
www.grantadesign.com © 2018 Granta Design Limited. GRANTA MI is a trademark of Granta Design Limited.