Mech-Tool (United Kingdom)
Last update: 01/01/2005
Company Overview
The North Sea is one of the world’s harshest environments for offshore oil production. But Ron Davison, Technical Director of Mech-Tool Engineering, knows the competitive environment can be just as... More
The Challenge
A decline in its traditional business, combined with aggressive competition from suppliers with significantly lower labour costs, was eroding Mech-Tool’s profit margin.
Dassault Systemes Response
Mech-Tool chose CATIA V5 and implementation services from IBM Business Partner TransCAT PLM to radically transform its design process and recapture margin.
The North Sea is one of the world’s harshest environments for offshore oil production. But Ron Davison, Technical Director of Mech-Tool Engineering, knows the competitive environment can be just as punishing for the industry’s suppliers.
The Challenge
A decline in its traditional business, combined with aggressive competition from suppliers with significantly lower labour costs, was eroding Mech-Tool’s profit margin.
Dassault Systemes Response
Mech-Tool chose CATIA V5 and implementation services from IBM Business Partner TransCAT PLM to radically transform its design process and recapture margin.
Benefits
Initial benefits include a potential 25-fold reduction in manufacturing drawing production time and substantial downstream savings in production of bills of materials (BOMs) and elimination of manufacturing re-work.