PDM...need help convincing management
PDM...need help convincing management
(OP)
I need some help convincing management why we need a PDM. We are a 3 person drafting department, so we very seldom work on the same project. We are currently updating our SW parts the same way we did using Autocad. Copy the file to a pending folder, then move the pending file back over the original. This sometimes creates problems in the assemblies. I'm trying to explain to management SW is different than Autocad and how parts/drawings/assemblies are linked and referenced. Can anyone pass some info our way?
Thanks,
DT
Thanks,
DT






RE: PDM...need help convincing management
The cost of overwriting one assembly file will pay for PDM Works. When someone takes ownership of a file no one else can overwrite that file. Can you say this is true for the system you are using?
Bradley
RE: PDM...need help convincing management
We only have 2 draftspersons and 5 designers and a whole other group that takes the assemblies when we're finished. On occasion we work on each others subassemblies (and of course we've messed things up!). This could also save some sanity on the drafters as the designers change things and forget to tell them.
Just telling them that we spend $X and it is going to save us overwrites isn't going to cut it. We need some kind of case study to say, if we spend $X, we could save $Y. Has anyone actually put numbers to paper to show management that this is a savings?
Jeff
RE: PDM...need help convincing management
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Specialist
Invacare Corp.