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Engineering team spending hours updating CAD models, errors and rework increasing, and quote turnaround times getting slower, could all be signs that your business is ready for design automation. In this blog, we explore seven signs your business needs a design automation solution to streamline your design process, improve accuracy, and scale custom products more efficiently.

As product configuration becomes more complex, communicating options effectively becomes harder, leading to miscommunication, errors, and rework. Incorporating a 3D product configurator into your sales process helps to streamline complex configuration, providing sales teams with guided-selling tools and customers with the ability to rotate, zoom, and change different product features in real-time, within a 3D view.

For custom product manufacturers, the complexities and inefficiencies associated with manual design and sales tasks can be an obstacle to growth. Manual processes can slow down sales cycles, increase error rates, and overload teams. The solution is to automate and standardize design, configuration, pricing, and quoting processes. Design automation and CPQ technology solutions enable manufacturers to manage product complexity, reduce manual effort, and handle increased demand without overloading teams and causing bottlenecks.

Last week saw the return of our DriveWorks Configure & Automate Summit, bringing together an international group of DriveWorks resellers, product managers and customers for two days of in-person collaboration, knowledge sharing and networking. Now in its second year, the Summit created valuable opportunities to exchange ideas, strengthen relationships, explore the future of design automation and CPQ, whilst also celebrating the achievements of the DriveWorks community.

DriveWorks simplifies complex configuration by capturing product rules, automating processes, and enabling consistency between sales, engineering, and production. DriveWorks design automation, 3D product configurator, and CPQ solutions enable manufacturers to streamline configuration, automate repetitive tasks, and scale the production of custom products efficiently.

Free trials are one of the best ways to explore new software and assess whether it is the right fit for your business. However, while testing features and functionality is important, the real challenge is proving the return on investment (ROI) the software could deliver once fully implemented. Use the DriveWorks Solo ROI Calculator to estimate your return on investment based on automating one of your own products and discover how quickly you could benefit from using DriveWorks.

If you want to learn more about DriveWorks technology, our monthly webinar series is perfect for you. Learn about design automation, product configuration, and CPQ, see DriveWorks technology in action, and gain practical insights from our experts. We also host dedicated sessions focused on developing knowledge and skills for existing DriveWorks users.

DriveWorks technology helps to ensure that quality isn’t sacrificed as product complexity increases. Using DriveWorks design automation, product configuration, and CPQ technology, manufacturers can confidently deliver custom products that meet customer requirements, comply with regulations, and maintain consistently high quality.

Manufacturers who produce custom or engineered to order products know how quickly complexity can slow things down. DriveWorks demos show how automation and intelligent rules can take that complexity and turn it into a competitive advantage, delivering instant 3D previews, accurate configurations, and reliable manufacturing data at the click of a button. If you’re looking for ways to boost productivity, reduce errors, and sell more, explore DriveWorks demos today.

Transportation manufacturers need to deliver highly customized products quickly and accurately while meeting safety standards and maintaining profit margins. DriveWorks overcomes these challenges by automating design and sales processes, enabling manufacturers of truck bodies, trailers, specialty vehicles, and other transportation equipment to create custom products faster, reduce errors, and improve efficiency.