Brandon Truck
The Challenge
Multiple models & options
Models 500+ components
User-defined parameters 50+
In house ERP
Reduce engineering time
Reduce drawings tine
Update of Excel BOM’s
On demand quoting
Speed manufacturing turn around
The Challenge
Multiple models & options
Models 500+ components
User-defined parameters 50+
In house ERP
Reduce engineering time
Reduce drawings tine
Update of Excel BOM’s
On demand quoting
Speed manufacturing turn around
The Benefits
KBEWorks compresses the entire configuration cycle (Design, drawing, quoting, manufacturing and quoting) from one week to fifteen minutes.
Based on previous experience, development & deployment of automated configuration system was shortened by a factor of five.
Maintenance of automated system is greatly simplified with KnowledGraph reducing long term maintenance cost.
KBEWorks compresses the entire configuration cycle (Design, drawing, quoting, manufacturing and quoting) from one week to fifteen minutes.
Based on previous experience, development & deployment of automated configuration system was shortened by a factor of five.
Maintenance of automated system is greatly simplified with KnowledGraph reducing long term maintenance cost.
The Solution
Multiple models & options
500+ components
50 user-defined parameters
Customized user-forms
ERP integration (read & write)
Manufacturing integration
Control over production drawings
Update of Excel BOM’s
Prepare Engineering reports
On demand quoting
Generate cutting scripts
Multiple models & options
500+ components
50 user-defined parameters
Customized user-forms
ERP integration (read & write)
Manufacturing integration
Control over production drawings
Update of Excel BOM’s
Prepare Engineering reports
On demand quoting
Generate cutting scripts
The people at Brandon Truck know that design automation helps reduce engineering cost, minimize waste of material, increase sales and insure a better overall quality of manufactured products. Brandon heard from their SolidWorks reseller that VISIONKBE had developed a software framework that greatly facilitated building rule based automation applications (design, drafting, quoting, etc.) integrated with the 3D CAD model. With KBEWorks, a typical end user (designer, salesperson, estimator) can define a variation of an existing product in a fraction of the time it would take the engineering team using CAD in a traditional fashion while respecting all the design rules (insert such motor when load exceeds, change dimensions to accommodate new motor, adjust base plate, etc.) that are required as complex or numerous as the design requires.
KBEWorks frees precious technical resources from repetitive work that can then be used for more pressing projects such as improving the product and developing new ones. "We are always looking for ways to improve our design and manufacturing process and better respond to our client needs. Of all the automation tools we looked at, KBEWorks is the one that best answered our needs", says Pierre Laforce, director at Brandon Trucks.
KBEWorks has an intuitive graphic user environment integrated with SolidWorks. Combined with an easy to understand workflow, KBEWorks lets the people who know best the product, the designers, define and implement the rules and parameters needed for an automated Design To Order system. "KBEWorks knowledge management tools allow a SolidWorks designer to quickly modify and adapt the design rules of our automation according to changing design and manufacturing needs. This true ease of use prevents the creation of Black Boxes that can't be modified if the specialists behind the project leave" says Pierre Laforce.
The conditions to successfully implemente an automation project are often linked to properly managing the overall complexity of the design process. To facilitate capture of and management design knowledge, KBEWorks KnowledgeGraph offers the means to see, understand and edit all the links and rules that govern the automation project.
KBEWorks frees precious technical resources from repetitive work that can then be used for more pressing projects such as improving the product and developing new ones. "We are always looking for ways to improve our design and manufacturing process and better respond to our client needs. Of all the automation tools we looked at, KBEWorks is the one that best answered our needs", says Pierre Laforce, director at Brandon Trucks.
KBEWorks has an intuitive graphic user environment integrated with SolidWorks. Combined with an easy to understand workflow, KBEWorks lets the people who know best the product, the designers, define and implement the rules and parameters needed for an automated Design To Order system. "KBEWorks knowledge management tools allow a SolidWorks designer to quickly modify and adapt the design rules of our automation according to changing design and manufacturing needs. This true ease of use prevents the creation of Black Boxes that can't be modified if the specialists behind the project leave" says Pierre Laforce.
The conditions to successfully implemente an automation project are often linked to properly managing the overall complexity of the design process. To facilitate capture of and management design knowledge, KBEWorks KnowledgeGraph offers the means to see, understand and edit all the links and rules that govern the automation project.
