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Data, bibliographic and document management software
News Release from: Synergis Software | Subject: Adept
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
Document management software aids
compliance
Concrete pole manufacturer Ameron International uses Adept engineering document management to help improve product engineering and fast track its industry certification processes.
Concrete pole manufacturer Ameron International has selected Synergis Adept engineering document management (EDM) to help improve product engineering and fast track its industry certification processes Since implementing Synergis Adept document management with Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD design software, Ameron engineers have realised major productivity improvements, including managing, measuring and improving product development operations
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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FCI uses Adept to manage product design information including drawings, parts lists, operation sheets as well as general business and ISO-certified marketing documents.
The Adept implementation also facilitated Ameron International's ISO industry certification and total quality management programmes, and is now instrumental in helping the company meet Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
"I estimate we are at least 50% more productive in design and engineering as a result of our utilisation of Adept", said Mark Luna, a Senior Engineer for the Concrete Pole Product Division of Ameron International, whose products are sold primarily to utilities, city lighting and public works agencies, electrical distributors, architects and developers.
"We were able to install, bring in all of our old drawing files, set up our 'library cards' and implement the solution in two days, and most of that time was spent deciding on our own internal data fields and the manner of our library usage".
"My belief is that in engineering time alone, we broke even within a few months and continue to achieve returns by way of efficiency and increased productivity", said Luna.
Ameron is already extending the value of its Synergis Adept system outside of its engineering department to purchasing, customer service and its internal certification co-ordinators.
"The software is becoming increasingly appealing to even more divisions and departments at Ameron", said Luna.
"We are looking forward to expanding our use of Adept throughout the organisation".
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