Improve Accuracy Every Time

Improving accuracy with DriveWorks

Error rates in custom manufacturing are often high because products can be difficult to design, configure, and sell accurately. With so many options available, it’s difficult for sales teams to sell complex custom products effectively, and large volumes of repetitive manual design work can lead to mistakes and bottlenecks.

How does DriveWorks improve accuracy in custom manufacturing?

DriveWorks solves these challenges by simplifying configuration and pricing, automating designs, and guiding sales teams step by step through the selling process. The result is faster quoting, improved accuracy, and a smoother buying experience.

DriveWorks improves accuracy for manufacturers of all sizes and provides design automation, 3D product configurator, and CPQ solutions for a wide range of industries.

DriveWorks technology enables:

• Rules-based engineering to eliminates design errors
• Automated SOLIDWORKS® designs to ensure consistency every time
• Guided selling to prevent misconfiguration
• Automated pricing to protect margins
• Streamlined approvals to speed up response times
• Real-time integration to ensure business data alignment

What are the benefits of improved accuracy?

Improved accuracy in custom manufacturing delivers operational, financial, and customer-focused benefits, including:

1. Consistent product quality
2. Less rework
3. Faster design and sales cycles
4. Improved customer satisfaction
5. Competitive advantage
6. Adherence with regulatory requirements

How DriveWorks improves accuracy

Rules-based engineering logic

DriveWorks enables engineers to efficiently create and manage a wide range of product variations by automating the design process through pre-defined engineering rules and logic.

By capturing expert knowledge and design intent within a set of configuration rules, DriveWorks eliminates repetitive manual tasks and reduces the risk of human error.

Automated SOLIDWORKS generation

DriveWorks automates repetitive, time-consuming SOLIDWORKS tasks and significantly improves accuracy by reducing reliance on manual input and the potential for manual error.

When routine design processes are handled automatically, designs are generated consistently according to pre-defined rules and validated data.

Guided selling

DriveWorks enables sales teams to accurately configure and price custom products and automatically generate accurate quotes. Customers can also self-serve custom products with confidence.

When the configuration process is powered by rules-based technology, only manufacturable products are sold, reducing rework and speeding up quote response times.

Automated pricing logic

Using rules-based pricing logic, DriveWorks ensures that quote pricing is always up to date and accurate.

Complex pricing and discounts that might have previously taken days to put together are automatically calculated, ensuring accuracy and margin optimization.

Streamlined approval workflows

With built-in approval workflows, DriveWorks streamlines the approval process, ensuring the correct teams approve the correct documents.

This improves overall quote accuracy and quote response times, leading to enhanced customer satisfaction.

Real-time data integration

With real-time data integration, DriveWorks eliminates manual data entry and disconnected systems.

Integration with ERP, CRM, and other business systems, product configuration, pricing, and manufacturing documents always reflect current business rules, reducing errors and rework and ensuring business-wide accuracy.

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