How Much Time do Engineers Spend Recreating Parts?
Summary
All the while Joe’s Garage had a Cadillac with a smashed front end waiting for a couple of body clips just to finish the job. By painstakingly wasting valuable time recreating a 3D representation of a purchased component for their design, an engineer is adding layers of inefficiency into their process. Engineers too often spend valuable time entering part master data instead of using their skills to concentrate on the development of innovative new products. Up until 2015 when engineers and developers at P&G needed a purchased part not found in the internal library, they searched the internet manually for the relevant product information of the respective manufacturer. Using smart catalog technology, manufacturers of standard and purchased parts can extend their digital product information to include important metadata (such as kinematics, end-of-life, customs tariff numbers and more).
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