Masterpiece is a novel set of tools for finding, cleaning and controlling the elusive 'dirty data' in engineering inventory databases
Masterpiece delivers instant ROI to large manufacturing and processing companies, and signals the end of the 'garbage in/garbage out' syndrome, which often undermines bulky ERP systems. Developed in direct response to the needs of Sparesfinder's customers, Masterpiece focuses specifically on the complex area of engineering spares inventory - that is the information held on the spare parts needed for the machines that make the end product.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 November 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Masterpiece finds and cleans the information held on spare parts currently stored in the disparate and disorganised databases of manufacturing organisations.
It allows manufacturers to implement a global data-cleansing tool using their own chosen data standard, regardless of inventory systems or languages.
With the resultant consistent data, multisite companies can reduce their operating costs and working capital and properly leverage their size, both in purchasing and in better inventory management - an area that is ripe for improvement and where vast cost savings can be realised.
'Customers were telling us they were not getting maximum ROI from their ERP systems - for the simple reason that the systems didn't recognise much of the data held on their spare parts across the world.
In its simplest terms, what one factory calls a spanner, another often calls a wrench', said Roger Hutton, Sparesfinder's CEO.
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'We've spoken to operations managers who knew the part they needed was in their local storeroom, yet that part did not show up on their ERP system because the data was such poor quality.
Masterpiece solves this problem by not only finding the data, but then cleaning it and linking it directly to an area - engineering inventory.
This is not just cleaning data for the sake of it'.
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Sparesfinder's existing services help manufacturers view and manage engineering parts across their global enterprise, via a web-based virtual warehouse.
Not only does this eliminate the needless purchasing of new parts, it vastly reduces downtime in an environment where the halting of production - even for an hour - can cost a manufacturer thousands, sometimes millions of pounds.
The Masterpiece service complements Sparesfinder's existing offering, effectively finding spares that have sat 'anonymously' in storerooms around the world because the data held on them is too old, inconsistent or disparate to be recognised by an ERP system.
Masterpiece uses a combination of software tools to calibrate data from across multiple databases to create a single, standardised format.
It performs this task for millions of lines of data, quicker, more economically, and more effectively than anything else in this niche area.
And as a managed service, with no software costs and minimal IT support requirement, Masterpiece delivers ROI virtually immediately.
Importantly, Masterpiece takes advantage of the vast reservoir of knowledge within large manufacturers - which means responsibility for the project can be broken up and allocated to whomever can most cost effectively complete the work.
It could be engineering experts with an in-depth understanding of their category and the business; local stores staff who can check and inspect items at zero travel cost; or OEMs and suppliers who know what they sold you, even when the records are incomplete.
Masterpiece converts an otherwise daunting and time-consuming task into a high profile inventory optimisation project with measurable ROI.
Hutton again: 'This is not just cleaning data for the sake of it - a Masterpiece project funds itself.
Engineering spares have tended to be overlooked by large manufacturers, often because they were purchased long ago, or were acquired through mergers and acquisitions, and are generally just not seen as being important.
The fact is that engineering spares are valuable corporate assets worth many millions of dollars - and they're sitting right under manufacturers' nose
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
3D viewer tops half a million users
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Lattice3D has reached 500,000 users of its XVL technologies
This announcement marks a significant milestone for Lattice3D, developer of far-reaching XML-based 3D technologies that provide usable 3D data, at very high compression rates, across the enterprise. Lattice3D's technology enables suppliers, clients, distributors and employees in the automotive, manufacturing, architecture and aerospace industries to convert and compress 3D images into an XVL file, access the data through Lattice3D's powerful applications, then create easy-to-use, visual tools such as 3D manuals, parts lists, marketing brochures, assembly instructions and parts databases.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 February 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Tardec, the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Centre has adopted the XVL ultracompressed 3D data format
XVL Implemented at Liebherr Group
International manufacturer to take advantage of 3D compression
By enabling each member of the product delivery process to access the 3D data, Lattice3D's XVL solution bridges the gap between the design, manufacturing, sales and service stages of a product's lifecycle.
'The news that Lattice's XVL technology has already reached 500,000 users underscores our belief and support for this technology', stated Jumbo Okazaki, Vice President, Electronics and Information Business Dept, Mitsui USA.
'We have successfully promoted this technology among our clients and are impressed with the power offered by Lattice3D's applications to enable the use 3D information throughout the enterprise, increasing time to market, lowering costs, and improving product quality'.
Lattice3D provides easy-to-use applications based on XVL, a standards-based XML language that enables users to convert and compress 3D images up to 20 times more than previously possible.
The XVL-based applications also make proprietary 3D data assets available in areas of business that were previously unable to access and use them including technical documentation, sales and marketing.
Lattice3D has reached 500,000 users of its XVL technologies
This announcement marks a significant milestone for Lattice3D, developer of far-reaching XML-based 3D technologies that provide usable 3D data, at very high compression rates, across the enterprise. Lattice3D's technology enables suppliers, clients, distributors and employees in the automotive, manufacturing, architecture and aerospace industries to convert and compress 3D images into an XVL file, access the data through Lattice3D's powerful applications, then create easy-to-use, visual tools such as 3D manuals, parts lists, marketing brochures, assembly instructions and parts databases.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 February 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Tank researchers compress design data
Tardec, the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Centre has adopted the XVL ultracompressed 3D data format
XVL Implemented at Liebherr Group
International manufacturer to take advantage of 3D compression
By enabling each member of the product delivery process to access the 3D data, Lattice3D's XVL solution bridges the gap between the design, manufacturing, sales and service stages of a product's lifecycle.
'The news that Lattice's XVL technology has already reached 500,000 users underscores our belief and support for this technology', stated Jumbo Okazaki, Vice President, Electronics and Information Business Dept, Mitsui USA.
'We have successfully promoted this technology among our clients and are impressed with the power offered by Lattice3D's applications to enable the use 3D information throughout the enterprise, increasing time to market, lowering costs, and improving product quality'.
Lattice3D provides easy-to-use applications based on XVL, a standards-based XML language that enables users to convert and compress 3D images up to 20 times more than previously possible.
The XVL-based applications also make proprietary 3D data assets available in areas of business that were previously unable to access and use them including technical documentation, sales and marketing.
NASA joins the XVL fan club
NASA has chosen to use Lattice3D and its XVL-based applications for its Digital Shuttle Project
This announcement marks another customer win for Lattice3D and its XML-based 3D technologies. Lattice3D's technology provides the world's best 3D compression and its ability to publish complex CAD data to the web and MS Office documents at very high compression rates. Lattice3D allows companies to convert and compress 3D images into an XVL file, access the data through Lattice3D's powerful applications, then create easy-to-use, visual tools such as 3D manuals, parts lists, marketing brochures, assembly instructions and parts databases.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 23 February 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Resellers sign up for catalogue publishing tools
Lattice3D has appointed five new resellers for the European market
Trillium signs for XVL technology
Trillium Teamologies has become a reseller and systems integrator for Lattice3D XVL technology
'As we focus our overall information modelling on XML-based representations, we are impressed with Lattice3D's XVL-based applications and intend to use them to compress, share, and publish 3D designs across our organization and our aerospace partners', said Paul Keller, Research Engineer, NASA Ames.
'We look forward to working on several other projects with Lattice3D in the near future'.
NASA Ames will join a massive list of marquee and Fortune 500 clients to Lattice3D including Toyota, Mitsui, Sanyo and about 2000 other high-end manufacturers.
Many customers and now more than 500,000 end users take advantage of Lattice3D's technology to produce and digitally publish interactive electronic training manuals that use 2D and 3D data to provide visual help and support information.
'We are pleased to gain NASA Ames as a new client and are looking forward to working with NASA and its suppliers', said Alexander Garcia-Tobar, President and CEO, Lattice3D.
'We are excited that our product will help NASA Ames increase efficiency, lower costs, and contribute efficiency to their designs'.
This announcement marks another customer win for Lattice3D and its XML-based 3D technologies. Lattice3D's technology provides the world's best 3D compression and its ability to publish complex CAD data to the web and MS Office documents at very high compression rates. Lattice3D allows companies to convert and compress 3D images into an XVL file, access the data through Lattice3D's powerful applications, then create easy-to-use, visual tools such as 3D manuals, parts lists, marketing brochures, assembly instructions and parts databases.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 23 February 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Resellers sign up for catalogue publishing tools
Lattice3D has appointed five new resellers for the European market
Trillium signs for XVL technology
Trillium Teamologies has become a reseller and systems integrator for Lattice3D XVL technology
'As we focus our overall information modelling on XML-based representations, we are impressed with Lattice3D's XVL-based applications and intend to use them to compress, share, and publish 3D designs across our organization and our aerospace partners', said Paul Keller, Research Engineer, NASA Ames.
'We look forward to working on several other projects with Lattice3D in the near future'.
NASA Ames will join a massive list of marquee and Fortune 500 clients to Lattice3D including Toyota, Mitsui, Sanyo and about 2000 other high-end manufacturers.
Many customers and now more than 500,000 end users take advantage of Lattice3D's technology to produce and digitally publish interactive electronic training manuals that use 2D and 3D data to provide visual help and support information.
'We are pleased to gain NASA Ames as a new client and are looking forward to working with NASA and its suppliers', said Alexander Garcia-Tobar, President and CEO, Lattice3D.
'We are excited that our product will help NASA Ames increase efficiency, lower costs, and contribute efficiency to their designs'.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Build your own electronic manual
Electronic manuals can be more effective than traditional paper manuals and cost less to produce
Engineering Adventures has developed a powerful new program framework that allows companies to very easily build their own electronic manuals. Traditional paper manuals can be very time consuming and expensive to produce. Writing long technical descriptions on how to build or test equipment can be very difficult and does not always provide the easiest way for maintenance engineers to find out how that machine works.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 June 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Blended training combines the new with the old
The term 'blended training' is now becoming increasingly used by companies to describe the way they combine traditional and electronic learning, to provide the best overall results
Free engineering training web site enhanced
Any company that produces an industrial software application of their own can add the details to the search engine at the Engineering Adventures website and make the program available to all engineers
Advances in technology, however, mean that companies can now take simple pictures or video clips to show how their machines are assembled.
These can very easily be saved onto CD-ROMs within a directory structure that allows the user to quickly search for the demonstrations they require.
The resulting manual allows the engineer who builds the equipment to demonstrate clearly how it should be done.
This peer group to peer group training is much more effective than someone else trying to explain the technique in a large written manual.
Also, using a recorded soundtrack makes it much easier to produce and operate.
The finished product can be delivered by CD-ROM, Intranet or sometimes the Internet.
This removes the need for bulky paper files and means that several manuals can easily be carried in a briefcase if you have to travel.
The new 'eLibrary' system developed by Engineering Adventures is very easy to use.
It allows companies to combine picture, video, text and sound files along with any Power Point, Adobe, *.exe or web site information they may have.
The person building the manual only needs to save the information into their required directory structure and the program does the rest.
Absolutely no programming is required.
A fully working copy of the program can be downloaded from the Engineering Adventures web site at www.engineeringweb.co.uk.
This program will allow you to enter your own information and if you have a basic knowledge of computer media files it should allow you to produce your own manual in a matter of hours.
Engineering Adventures has developed a powerful new program framework that allows companies to very easily build their own electronic manuals. Traditional paper manuals can be very time consuming and expensive to produce. Writing long technical descriptions on how to build or test equipment can be very difficult and does not always provide the easiest way for maintenance engineers to find out how that machine works.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 June 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Blended training combines the new with the old
The term 'blended training' is now becoming increasingly used by companies to describe the way they combine traditional and electronic learning, to provide the best overall results
Free engineering training web site enhanced
Any company that produces an industrial software application of their own can add the details to the search engine at the Engineering Adventures website and make the program available to all engineers
Advances in technology, however, mean that companies can now take simple pictures or video clips to show how their machines are assembled.
These can very easily be saved onto CD-ROMs within a directory structure that allows the user to quickly search for the demonstrations they require.
The resulting manual allows the engineer who builds the equipment to demonstrate clearly how it should be done.
This peer group to peer group training is much more effective than someone else trying to explain the technique in a large written manual.
Also, using a recorded soundtrack makes it much easier to produce and operate.
The finished product can be delivered by CD-ROM, Intranet or sometimes the Internet.
This removes the need for bulky paper files and means that several manuals can easily be carried in a briefcase if you have to travel.
The new 'eLibrary' system developed by Engineering Adventures is very easy to use.
It allows companies to combine picture, video, text and sound files along with any Power Point, Adobe, *.exe or web site information they may have.
The person building the manual only needs to save the information into their required directory structure and the program does the rest.
Absolutely no programming is required.
A fully working copy of the program can be downloaded from the Engineering Adventures web site at www.engineeringweb.co.uk.
This program will allow you to enter your own information and if you have a basic knowledge of computer media files it should allow you to produce your own manual in a matter of hours.
Graphical interface produced for biotech client
BitBox has completed a project for Techne of Cambridge incorporating touch sensitive graphical display programming methods into their Touchgene molecular biology thermal cycling equipment
BitBox Ltd, the software and electronics development specialists, have completed a project for Techne of Cambridge incorporating touch sensitive graphical display programming methods into their Touchgene molecular biology thermal cycling equipment. PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction biotechniques - use rapid and complex thermal cycling on large numbers of sample tubes, to transform, grow and anneal DNA.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 June 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The major problem for the research scientist has been to programme, modify and record these cycles, some of which can involve 30 heat/cool loops within an hour.
Using the graphical display improves the operator interface, making simpler and more easily understood programming.
In addition the new Touchgene unit has Smart memory cards, which can be removed by the researcher after using the thermal cycler: this ensures that no other operator accidentally modifies or erases his programme, and also keeps his modification ideas confidential, when needed.
BitBox also provided an external interface system to allow a PC to remotely control the programmes used on multiple cyclers, for large-scale test work.
The Touchgene is a significant product advance in biotechnology research equipment, using the best of electronics and software expertise.
BitBox Ltd, the software and electronics development specialists, have completed a project for Techne of Cambridge incorporating touch sensitive graphical display programming methods into their Touchgene molecular biology thermal cycling equipment. PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction biotechniques - use rapid and complex thermal cycling on large numbers of sample tubes, to transform, grow and anneal DNA.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 June 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Assistance with Web Site Software
BitBox of Basingstoke has announced a Website Management service, aimed at those companies with the ability to design the basic format of their site, and write the pages
The major problem for the research scientist has been to programme, modify and record these cycles, some of which can involve 30 heat/cool loops within an hour.
Using the graphical display improves the operator interface, making simpler and more easily understood programming.
In addition the new Touchgene unit has Smart memory cards, which can be removed by the researcher after using the thermal cycler: this ensures that no other operator accidentally modifies or erases his programme, and also keeps his modification ideas confidential, when needed.
BitBox also provided an external interface system to allow a PC to remotely control the programmes used on multiple cyclers, for large-scale test work.
The Touchgene is a significant product advance in biotechnology research equipment, using the best of electronics and software expertise.
Assistance with Web Site Software
BitBox of Basingstoke has announced a Website Management service, aimed at those companies with the ability to design the basic format of their site, and write the pages
But many companies find they do not have the time, expertise or knowledge available in-house to present the files to the web server, point the domain name and do all the other bits needed to get the website operational. The software engineers at BitBox are used to working in different languages, and with many different computer interfaces.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 June 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Graphical interface produced for biotech client
BitBox has completed a project for Techne of Cambridge incorporating touch sensitive graphical display programming methods into their Touchgene molecular biology thermal cycling equipment
Low power data acquisition and logging electronics
A very low power data acquisition and logging electronics unit has been announced by BitBox of Basingstoke, for battery powered remote measurement systems
BitBox has the expertise to take webpage designs and ideas, and present these in the correct format to the required webserver.
The expertise can cover all the other necessary stages, from establishing the webspace initially to pointing the domain name at the right space.
BitBox believe that the customer is the best person to design the appearance and content of his own website, from his own experience.
BitBox offers a service to bring the customers own design into operation on the web - economically and efficiently.
BitBox is an electronics and software development company, supplying software expertise as a service to those companies who cannot justify full time in-house new product software specialists.
This normally means that the projects are new product development tasks, where the software is one part of the overall project, and BitBox engineers work for a short time as part of the customer's own development team.
This background has led BitBox into prototype and small scale production batch manufacture of electronic boards, and now into website management services.
But many companies find they do not have the time, expertise or knowledge available in-house to present the files to the web server, point the domain name and do all the other bits needed to get the website operational. The software engineers at BitBox are used to working in different languages, and with many different computer interfaces.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 June 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Graphical interface produced for biotech client
BitBox has completed a project for Techne of Cambridge incorporating touch sensitive graphical display programming methods into their Touchgene molecular biology thermal cycling equipment
Low power data acquisition and logging electronics
A very low power data acquisition and logging electronics unit has been announced by BitBox of Basingstoke, for battery powered remote measurement systems
BitBox has the expertise to take webpage designs and ideas, and present these in the correct format to the required webserver.
The expertise can cover all the other necessary stages, from establishing the webspace initially to pointing the domain name at the right space.
BitBox believe that the customer is the best person to design the appearance and content of his own website, from his own experience.
BitBox offers a service to bring the customers own design into operation on the web - economically and efficiently.
BitBox is an electronics and software development company, supplying software expertise as a service to those companies who cannot justify full time in-house new product software specialists.
This normally means that the projects are new product development tasks, where the software is one part of the overall project, and BitBox engineers work for a short time as part of the customer's own development team.
This background has led BitBox into prototype and small scale production batch manufacture of electronic boards, and now into website management services.
Monday, September 3, 2007
E-business services from an engineering background
Practical experience of design through manufacturing combined with commercial realism, is enabling SolidBase to provide the Internet services that engineers now need
Speed, cost savings, flexibility, increased efficiency and improved customer service are all well documented benefits of the Internet revolution, yet how do you make sure that your company is reaping the rewards? 'UK manufacturing companies are all at very different stages in their use of the Internet,' says Kevin Ison of SolidBase, 'which is why our Internet Solution Specialists can draw on a range of tools and services to match individual customers needs.' 'We cater for companies just beginning to develop their presence on the World Wide Web as well as those who are now ready to provide their customers with online ordering, product configuration and customisation, or web-enabled technical support.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 July 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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SolidBase acquired to form super reseller
New and existing SolidWorks users are to benefit from the creation of a SolidWorks 'super' reseller
Vision of manufacturing to be presented at TCT2000
SolidBase will be presenting 'Knowledge Based E-Business' as part of a compelling vision of manufacturing for SMEs at this year's Time Compression Technologies Conference - TCT 2000
As engineers ourselves we understand the engineering/manufacturing marketplace and this has enabled us to identify relevant and effective Internet solutions for the sector.' SolidBase UK has specialised in providing CAD and Business Solutions for Engineering Companies since 1996.
These also include knowledge-based business, e-business and Web Solutions.
Practical experience of design through manufacturing combined with commercial realism, is enabling SolidBase to provide the Internet services that engineers now need.
In addition to providing the latest e-business purchasing facilities for business to business transactions, SolidBase can also create on-line catalogues, enable manufacturers' customers to configure products on-line, obtain quotes on-line or download 3D product images for seamless integration into their own assemblies.
Speed, cost savings, flexibility, increased efficiency and improved customer service are all well documented benefits of the Internet revolution, yet how do you make sure that your company is reaping the rewards? 'UK manufacturing companies are all at very different stages in their use of the Internet,' says Kevin Ison of SolidBase, 'which is why our Internet Solution Specialists can draw on a range of tools and services to match individual customers needs.' 'We cater for companies just beginning to develop their presence on the World Wide Web as well as those who are now ready to provide their customers with online ordering, product configuration and customisation, or web-enabled technical support.
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 July 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
SolidBase acquired to form super reseller
New and existing SolidWorks users are to benefit from the creation of a SolidWorks 'super' reseller
Vision of manufacturing to be presented at TCT2000
SolidBase will be presenting 'Knowledge Based E-Business' as part of a compelling vision of manufacturing for SMEs at this year's Time Compression Technologies Conference - TCT 2000
As engineers ourselves we understand the engineering/manufacturing marketplace and this has enabled us to identify relevant and effective Internet solutions for the sector.' SolidBase UK has specialised in providing CAD and Business Solutions for Engineering Companies since 1996.
These also include knowledge-based business, e-business and Web Solutions.
Practical experience of design through manufacturing combined with commercial realism, is enabling SolidBase to provide the Internet services that engineers now need.
In addition to providing the latest e-business purchasing facilities for business to business transactions, SolidBase can also create on-line catalogues, enable manufacturers' customers to configure products on-line, obtain quotes on-line or download 3D product images for seamless integration into their own assemblies.
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