Your teams are spending hundreds of hours importing, converting, and correcting different files as well as doing endless training. And don’t forget the homegrown idiosyncratic workflows your team has developed to deal with all these software packages. How much time is that taking?
Outside of engineering, your IT and license management professionals are paying support for all these different systems, managing the applications in-house, and dealing with nuances of license management.
From a strategic point of view, your company is essentially taking itself hostage by putting some of its most valuable intellectual property - the data, calculations and models underlying successful products – in several CAD systems. Employees find themselves up against the barriers of rework, data translation, and the damaging effects of innocent human error.
Consolidating on one CAD tool delivers concrete benefits and is a critical part of any company’s digital transformation plan. PTC defines digital transformation as a strategy to solve broad business challenges using digital technologies. With one CAD system, everything is integrated, as a single digital thread weaves its way through the entire design and production environment. This helps to improve productivity, speed time-to-market, improve quality, enhance collaboration and reduce costs.
Are you exploring or implementing model-based definition (MBD)? Do you have digital transformation initiatives underway? If so, consider CAD consolidation. These initiatives can lead to breakthroughs in cost, quality, and competitiveness, but the first step is a common CAD system that all can use.
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