PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest European manufacturer of passenger cars and
utility vehicles, with 15% of the market, has achieved a niche as world leader in the key areas of automobile innovation and technology due primarily to its effective use of information technology. In response to increasing demand, PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to launch 26 new car models between 2003 and 2006. And to meet its growing social responsibilities, PSA Peugeot Citroën will continue its tradition of introducing breakthrough technology such as its HDi diesel engine, one of the cleanest engines in the world. To meet these ambitious objectives, PSA Peugeot Citroën needs a robust computing environment and high-performance tools to get new car models to market faster. And with 17,000 designers, engineers and technicians working in design centres and manufacturing locations spread throughout Europe and the Far East, strong collaboration and highperformance multi-site computing are critical. When the software managing the workload across their multi-site computing environment – the Network Queuing Environment (NQE) product from Cray, Inc. – was no longer adequate, PSA Peugeot Citroën deployed Platform LSF across its diverse mix of computer hardware, including Cray, HP, Compaq and IBM products, to manage their increasingly complex batch processing requirements, and greater need for performance and reliability…

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