Lotte Central Research Institute is using Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform to capitalize on its R&D knowledge and improve work efficiency.

Dassault Systèmes announced on the 5th that it supplied its '3D Experience' platform to Lotte Central Research Institute to build a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system.

Lotte Central Research Institute is responsible for research and development (R&D) of food and beverage products of Lotte Group affiliates such as Lotte Welfood, Lotte Chilsung Beverage, and Lotte GRS. Recently, we have established research centers in Indonesia and Vietnam to find new growth engines, provide industry mentoring, and are leading the way in research and development of new future foods.

Lotte Central Research Institute established a company-wide PLM system to: △capitalize product research and development knowledge and secure data visibility; △establish a virtuous cycle of improved work efficiency and increased performance through the reuse of knowledge assets; and △improve the overall level of product management through a strengthened history management system.


The strategy is to establish a rapid decision-making structure based on the real-time product development status and integrated data dashboard provided by the 3D Experience platform.

This PLM system is the first PLM system introduced at Lotte Central Research Institute. Prior to system construction, Dassault Systèmes conducted PI (Process Innovation) consulting to support the construction of a PLM system optimized for Lotte Central Research Institute based on global standard processes and Dassault Systèmes' food and beverage specialized PLM.

It is applied to key areas of the food and beverage research and development process, including product development project management, product and raw material information management, mixing ratio and recipe management, change history management, and linkage with food code information.

Lotte Central Research Institute plans to expand its PLM system to facilitate future product development collaboration with each food affiliate's business unit.

Furthermore, we plan to establish a dedicated digital transformation organization and, after stabilizing and internalizing the PLM system within the organization, establish a digital work culture utilizing electronic research notebooks, AI, and machine learning, thereby continuously pursuing digital transformation. We also plan to become an industry leader in digital transformation of the product development process.

“Building a PLM system using Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform is the starting point of Lotte Central Research Institute’s digital transformation,” said Son Ju-wan, DWI (Digital Work Innovation) Team Leader at Lotte Central Research Institute. “We previously visited Dassault Systèmes’ headquarters to learn about digital transformation cases and technology trends from global food and consumer goods companies, and we are currently reviewing whether we can apply this to Lotte Central Research Institute’s roadmap. By advancing digital transformation, we will change the way we work and systematically capitalize on our R&D knowledge to enhance our company-wide organizational capabilities.”

“We are delighted to support the establishment of a PLM system for Lotte, Korea’s largest global food group, through Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE,” said Jeong Woon-seong, CEO of Dassault Systèmes Korea. “This is another demonstration of Dassault Systèmes’ expertise in supporting digital transformation through PLM across the entire food industry, including ramen, fermented foods, sauces, health foods, convenience foods, confectionery, beverages, and food bio.”

In addition, Dassault Systèmes said, “We will strive to strengthen the global competitiveness of K-Food by not only helping domestic companies build PLM systems through 3DEXPERIENCE, but also introducing various digital transformation experiences and solutions with global food and beverage companies.”