Engineering
Don’t Scare Your CAD Manager. Help Them Out!
Is your team weighted down by fulfilling constant CAD requests? Are these tasks piling up and taking time away from the value-added designs your engineers could be working on? Are they overworking your team and cutting into your department’s budget?…
MoreMAC Trailer Reduces CAD Model Library by 77% using Strategic Parts Management
MAC Trailer opened their doors to show you how they get their top-of-the-line trailer out on the roads – It all starts with optimizing CAD model inventory. Project Overview: Starting in the fall of 2020, CADENAS PARTsolutions implemented software to…
MoreCAD in a Box is No Parts Management
DON’T Be the First on Your Block To Try Zap CAD in a Box Whenever anyone starts a conversation with “apparently,” take it with a grain of salt. “Apparently” he sliced his ball into the rough. NO, he did slice…
MoreCelebrating Black Engineers
According to The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, diversity among engineers can improve innovation, profitability, ethics, and customer satisfaction. However, Black people are underrepresented throughout all engineering roles. According to the National Science Foundation, a smaller proportion of Black people…
MoreBIM vs. CAD – What’s the difference?
BIM vs. CAD: Today’s engineering and architectural space is a thriving ecosystem of software, tools, and terminology. Among the most often confused are BIM and CAD. These two terms are closely related, yet quite different in form and function. …
MoreIndustrial Catalog Provider: Building Engineering Efficiency for Industrial Manufacturers
Manufacturing eCommerce Success: The Power of Strategic Parts Management Industrial manufacturers are always seeking ways to refine, streamline and improve their processes. In this session of the MFG eCommerce Success workshop, hosts Curt Anderson and Damon Pistulka join Andrew Hood,…
MoreHow Much Time do You Spend Searching for Supplier or Standard Parts?
Imagine repairing the Briggs & Stratton engine on your lawn mower and discovering a cracked bolt that appears to be 1/4-20. You then dump out the old nut and bolt jar on your work bench and start sifting through. You…
MoreWhat Is Torque?
Need help with common engineering terms? Check out our engineering terminology guide for the basics. As Andy Dwyer might say, “I don’t know what torque is, and at this point I’m too afraid to ask.” The word “torque” gets tossed…
MoreWhat are Digital Twins Video Interview
Digital Twin Interview with Action Engineering The digital twin interview is with Jennifer Herron, Founder & CEO, and Rhiannon Gallager, Chief Social Scientist, at Action Engineering. Action Engineering helps organizations large and small achieve their Model-Based Enterprise goals by motivating…
MoreHow KUKA and Its Robot Arm Could Dramatically Change Surgery of the Future
At the European Robotics Forum in March, KUKA combines its LBR iiwa lightweight robot with virtual reality to enhance hip replacement surgery. Hip replacement surgery is hard – especially for the surgeon. Implanting an artificial hip is one of…
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