Bowles Fluidics designs, develops and supplies fluid logic devices catering to Medical Dispensing, Defense, Automotive, Food & Beverage and Plumbing sectors. Clientele includes Toyota, Ford, Honda, Mercedes, Daimler-Chrysler and Procter & Gamble.
Business Drivers:
- Continue to be one of the most reliable suppliers in their industry offering innovative products
- Meet individual client requirements
- Flexibility of working with a multitude of CAD packages
- Industry standard procedures and techniques
- Implement stable processes and tools to assist with company growth
- Engineering Change Processes
- Reduce/Eliminate soft costs associated with their product development process
Solution:
- Creo Parametric – design software
- Windchill PDMLink and Windchill ProjectLink – product development software
Results:
- Windchill adds flexibility for clients due to Windchill’s ability to work with any CAD system
- Created a “repeatable” process for product development efficiency which supports Industry and Customer procedures, such as APQP
- Noticeable increase in efficiency of product development process thus dramatically reducing soft costs