In Special Purpose Machinery Manufacture and plant engineering, adapting to changing requirements during the development process is of crucial importance. Customer requirements, technological developments and external influences require a flexible and efficient approach. A project overview in the form of BOM helps to structure the project. For many companies, this means keeping a self-created Excel list.
Where many people work on a document, errors can quickly occur. As soon as you start working with ExcelBOM , you will be familiar with the typical problems:
Communication problems often arise, particularly between design and purchasing, as both departments have to work closely together in many processes. With our CONNECT module, we offer you the solution to your problem with our intelligent BOM !
In Special Purpose Machinery Manufacture and plant engineering, there are many processes in which design and procurement must be closely coordinated:
With CONNECT, we offer you solutions that are ideally suited to the needs of Special Purpose Machinery Manufacture and plant engineering:
Project-oriented industries, such as Special Purpose Machinery Manufacture, work with BOMs, such as structured BOMs, modular BOMs or quantity BOMs. So that all departments can work in just ONE BOM , the CONNECT module of pdm4cad provides the project overview list. Here, the articles in the structure BOM are stored with additional data. The purchasing department can process all orders directly from BOM . Drawings in neutral format can be pulled from the system without having to bother the design department. Working in one BOM, across all departments - ideal for CAD projects.
long lead time itemspurchased parts that have a long lead time often have to be ordered at the start of the CAD project. The long-running parts must be transferred to the correct place in the design system during the course of the project. CONNECT from pdm4cad automatically takes over the correct allocation and allows your BOM to grow steadily. Manual re-entry is no longer necessary!
Interdisciplinary, cross-departmental work plays a key role at Special Purpose Machinery Manufacture . Work processes from different departments run simultaneously and interact with each other. Individual work steps, such as ordering long runners, even have to be completed in advance and taken into account in the process. The BOM, which is equally important for purchasing and construction, is not rigid, but grows dynamically. Our CONNECT module from pdm4cad takes this aspect of the growing BOM into account.
With CONNECT from pdm4cad, we give you the option of generating inquiries and orders directly from the structure parts list of your CAD software, e.g. SolidWorksBOM. The purchasing department can filter this structured parts list, select components and request or order them directly. Direct access to the required neutral formats saves an enormous amount of time. You always have an overview of the delivery times and can control and monitor them via BOM .
Far too much time is wasted, for example, by purchasing staff laboriously re-saving drawing data in neutral formats for inquiries or orders or - even worse - using outdated data that the designer has not updated. With our CONNECT module from pdm4cad, the purchasing department has direct access to the CAD system with the latest project data. pdm4cad creates the neutral formats automatically. A win-win situation for everyone involved.
Each item in an assembly is managed with a parts list item number or parts list path. Each installed component therefore has a unique position. You always know where the component is installed on your machine (= location on machine). A significant advantage for your company is that the incoming goods department can pick ordered components more precisely (according to assemblies). With our pdm4cad CONNECT module, the time when ordering spare parts is a real time waster is over. This function saves you a lot of time and money.
Logistics in every company faces the challenge of optimizing the picking of incoming goods. Many special machine manufacturers can only assemble goods according to projects. The employees usually lack detailed information about the delivered parts. With our CONNECT module from pdm4cad, we want to provide your employees with a supportive system. On the basis of qualified article data, the incoming goods department receives all important information down to the lowest parts list level - by assembly and project. Picking is accompanied and monitored, with a significant advantage for your company: The increase in your effectiveness.
Gone are the days when complex Excel lists had to be created manually to evaluate suppliers. The pdm4cad CONNECT module takes important key figures from various system data and thus enables a permanent supplier evaluation. This analysis can be generated with just a few clicks and used to make important decisions - promptly and on a daily basis.
Many project-oriented companies in the mechanical engineering sector have a low vertical range of manufacture and therefore buy in a lot. In some cases, entire assemblies are ordered from external suppliers. For the most part, parts have to be provided to the supplier, so-called provisions. These are procured and delivered separately. Depending on the course of the process, the provided parts are classified in the design or purchasing department. CONNECT from pdm4cad uses special identifiers to identify the parts provided and excludes these parts from the usual order. Supplies can be generated by separate orders with individual delivery addresses.
Standardized data structures in design are essential in the development of machines. Information, whether from E-CAD or M-CAD software, must be integrated into the entire value chain. Data dependency between mechanics and electronics is becoming increasingly important. With the mechatronic BOM , our CONNECT module from pdm4cad builds a bridge between the two worlds and gives you an overview with great effect: a BOM for data from M-CAD and E-CAD. CONNECT recognizes duplicates in the data material and removes them. The result is a high-quality and transparent BOM that saves you time and money.
Commercial project overview
Shopping cart function for grouping articles
Notification of changes
BOM-Management: Growing quantities and long lead time items
Display of revision statuses
E-mail inquiry and order incl. order form and the current neutral formats of the drawings (PDF, DXF, STEP, etc.)
Management of the respective delivery status
Supplier management
smart BOM-Management
Short training period
Individually configurable
CAD data management
Management of all file types
adheres to Windows standards
clear due to article structure
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