Machinery products often involve complex configurations and require a significant amount of time to design and manufacture. Accuracy is key as machinery products play a crucial role in the production processes of many other industries. Machinery manufacturers need to consistently deliver custom products that meet specific customer requirements and quality standards.
DriveWorks design automation, 3D product configurator, and CPQ solutions enable machinery manufacturers to automate complex engineering design tasks, maintain quality standards, and deliver customized products quickly.
Accuracy
Machinery customers increasingly want tailored solutions with complex configurations. Managing custom orders with traditional manufacturing workflows and large amounts of manual workload can lead to errors and bottlenecks.
DriveWorks enables manufacturers to automate the generation of SOLIDWORKS models, BOMs, and drawings for custom machinery orders. Using intelligent rules-based technology to generate accurate “same but different” designs automatically, manufacturers reduce errors and rework and improve customer satisfaction.
Speed
Long sales cycles and inaccurate quotes can cause machinery manufacturers to lose sales and reduce margins. Quote preparation can take days or even weeks, especially when it relies heavily on design engineering input.
With DriveWorks CPQ solution, sales teams and distributors can quickly configure machinery, calculate pricing based on real-time costs, and generate accurate quotes. DriveWorks design automation solution automatically generates CAD models, drawings, and manufacturing documents in minutes and hours, rather than days and weeks.
Clear communication
Machinery products are often complex and technical, making it difficult for sales teams to have a complete understanding of the products they are selling and the requirements of the customer. When there are multiple configuration options to choose from, this can lead to errors, rework, and conflicts between teams.
Guided selling functionality in DriveWorks CPQ, powered by rules-based technology, ensures that only valid configurations can be sold. This reduces the level of back-and-forth dialogue between sales and design teams and minimizes errors.
Efficiency
Many machinery manufacturers use disconnected systems for CAD, ERP, CRM, and quoting. This leads to data duplication, errors, and inefficiencies.
DriveWorks integrates seamlessly with other business systems, creating a single flow from configuration to production & shipping. Integration enables machinery manufacturers to maximize the value of their DriveWorks CPQ solution with streamlined workflows, improved accuracy, and efficiency.
MicroStep reduce layout generation time from 2 weeks to 30 minutes with DriveWorks
MicroStep, based in Slovakia, manufactures custom CNC cutting machines. Before using DriveWorks, the design team would receive a basic hand drawn sketch from a member of the sales team. From the sketch, the design team then had to figure out exactly what the customer required. This was a lengthy process involving lots of dialogue between teams, and taking up to 2 weeks.
Using their DriveWorks configurator, MicroStep’s sales teams can guide a customer through the specification process, automatically selecting the parameters for their custom machine. With the 3D preview, customers can visualize their configuration options, reducing the likelihood of revisions. The configurator presents manufacturable options, reducing errors at the production stage, and manufacturing documents are automatically generated and sent to the customer for review.
MicroStep’s layout generation time has reduced from 2 weeks to 30 minutes.
Configure, design, sell, and manufacture custom machinery faster
DriveWorks technology enables you to accurately configure custom machinery equipment, calculate pricing, and automatically create documents and data for sales and manufacturing.
Learn more about DriveWorks technology and how your business could benefit with a DriveWorks demo. One of our technical experts will take you under the hood of our technology and explain the features of our design automation, product configurator, and CPQ for manufacturing solutions in more detail.