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News Release from: CoCreate Software | Subject: OneSpace.net
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2005
Online collaboration cuts out
misunderstandings
The Robbins Company, a designer and manufacturer of tunnelling and mining equipment, uses OneSpace.net to streamline product development.
The Robbins Company is the world's leading manufacturer of hard rock tunnel boring machines Since the early 1950s, Robbins tunnel boring machines and mining equipment have been used in more than 700 projects worldwide
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 15 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company develops and manufactures globally with customers, contractors, suppliers and project teams all over the world.
"OneSpace.net is an excellent fit for our global environment", said Stefan Kolb, Technical Manager at Robbins' German subsidiary.
"So far, I've seen it avert time-consuming and costly misunderstandings and travel expenses".
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"We know that our overall savings will be considerable as we use this software more and more".
OneSpace.net is collaborative product lifecycle management (PLM) software.
Robbins enlists the tool to hold design reviews in OneSpace.net's meeting centre where teams discuss, inspect and change drawings, models and interfaces.
Team members and customers anywhere can view models and other data with the tool's two-way application-sharing function, built specifically for engineers so that it can handle large graphic files without bogging down.
Clear communication promises to lead to product success.
"OneSpace.net increases the advantages of 3D modelling exponentially", said Kolb.
"We envision including team members, customers, contractors, consultants, suppliers and field service personal in our OneSpace.net meetings".
"They then can see our products live - over the entire life cycle - including early concept studies, the design process, manufacturing, assembly, operation and disassembly on the job sites".
"Everyone involved in a project gets a much more tangible view of our tunnel boring machines, compared with, say, e-mail or ftp services".
"It's like we are right there showing them".
Kolb adds: "With input from customers and suppliers, we end up with better products and shorter delivery times".
"That means we aren't just saving money, but potentially growing our sales and competitive edge".
The company can also use OneSpace.net's project workspace to store and retrieve information online.
Team members can access project data at any time from any location via the Internet.
This guarantees that the team works on the same version of a file - a key tactic for drastically reducing misunderstandings.
Robbins first used OneSpace.net with CoCreate's free trial.
"For the trial we involved 10 team members from Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US who were working on one project", said Kolb.
"OneSpace.net was easy to use, and the team was up and running quickly".
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