Waimea streamline configuration and quoting with DriveWorks

Configure, design, sell, and manufacture custom vehicles faster

DriveWorks is used by transportation manufacturers in countries all over the world. DriveWorks design automation, 3D product configurator, and CPQ solutions enable manufacturers to automate complex engineering design tasks, maintain quality standards, and deliver customized products quickly.

Ensuring design consistency and reducing errors with DriveWorks

The challenge

Waimea, based in New Zealand, manufacture specialist utility vehicles. Their vehicles are used across a range of industries, including power & energy, forestry, and road & traffic.

They needed a solution to enable their sales teams to configure and manage their custom vehicle range.

The solution

Before using DriveWorks, Waimea managed their configurations using Excel spreadsheets. There are 30 combinations of trucks and equipment, each with long lists of build materials. Each combination required its own spreadsheet, with hundreds of rows. This became unmanageable as different members of the Waimea team made live changes in the spreadsheet, without knowing the impact on data elsewhere.

Waimea’s DriveWorks CPQ implementation enables their sales team to configure custom-built vehicles with ease and provide accurate quotes. Using a configurator solution with guided selling technology, they can configure custom vehicles with viable optional extras.

Added benefits

Waimea integrated their DriveWorks implementation with SQL and PDM, ensuring all data is taken from one source of truth.

Waimea’s new, automated process has improved accuracy and reduced the need for rework.

DriveWorks automatically generates csv and svg files, creating accurate tables and diagrams based on user inputs.

Waimea have added component costing to their configurator so the sales team can provide customers with fast, accurate pricing. This improves the buying experience and increases the likelihood of purchasing.

How DriveWorks makes a difference for custom vehicle manufacturers

Custom vehicle manufacturers face several challenges. In an increasingly customized and competitive industry, manufacturers need to streamline processes and maximize sales. Some of the more significant challenges include complex configuration demands, the cost and availability of resources, regulatory compliance, and maintaining efficiency in design and production processes.

Manufacturers use DriveWorks design automation, sales configurator, and CPQ solutions to streamline their manufacturing and sales processes, enabling them to operate more efficiently and competitively.