Parts Management
How Much Time do Engineers Spend Recreating Parts?
Auto manufacturers assemble thousands of cars every week, with most vehicles using identical standard components. For instance, virtually any OEM automaker uses many of the same door hardware and body clips across brands. As well as the same brake pads,…
MoreLEGO Lovers Can Teach Manufacturers About Parts Management
You probably know LEGO as the perfect gift for the builder in your life, or maybe you know them from the incomparable pain felt when you step on one of those tiny bricks. Regardless, everyone knows LEGO. But did you…
MoreDoes your internal part library contain duplicate or obsolete parts?
Through no fault of their own, most engineering design teams are on a hamster wheel of creating and recreating standard parts. Unable to find the part they need in their internal libraries, the same part is often created multiple times…
MoreDoes Your Engineering Department Work in a Multi-CAD Environment?
Regardless of your industry, chances are most players in your supply chain use CAD systems. Which is great! Technology is a beautiful thing. However, as with my Dell not being compatible with your Mac, most of these companies use different…
MoreHow Efficient is Your Parts Management?
Many old stories begin with the phrase “Back in the day…” Well, back in the day when Industrial Design Engineers, Procurement Professionals and Supply Managers needed to vet suppliers and find parts, they went to their bookcase where they housed…
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…
MoreEngineering Efficiency Report Highlights the Common Gaps in the Engineering Process
Engineers in today’s environment are faced with countless challenges. Shorter production times coupled with an increasing demand for unique solutions multiply the workload for engineers. To exacerbate the situation, engineers are constantly under pressure to cut costs in the design…
More3DfindIT.com: CADENAS Search Engine Honored with 2020 Design World LEAP Award
Online 3D Search Engine Recognized for its Innovative Ability to Help Engineers Find and Source Design Components Cincinnati, OH – October 15, 2020 – CADENAS has been awarded a 2020 silver LEAP award for 3DfindIT.com, by Design World Magazine and…
MoreNative CAD vs. Neutral CAD
Which type of CAD Files are superior? Get the ‘Native vs. Neutral’ eBook here. The debate still rages in all its fury among engineers about which type of CAD files are superior. Is the answer native CAD file formats, or…
MoreIndustry Standard Parts – What They Are and How to Ensure Compliance.
As an engineer, you will run across the terms industry standards or industry-standard parts. By the end of this article, you will have a solid understanding of these terms. We will address the following questions: What are industry standards?…
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