Logan Teleflex gets slick on Autodesk Inventor and Productstream

Its improvements are being enabled by a change to Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD software and Productstream data management with implementation assistance from Autodesk partner Imass Design Solutions. The company is replacing two drawing offices currently using AutoCAD and Solid Edge, with one running on 22 seats of Inventor and AutoCAD. Because Inventor Series includes AutoCAD 2007, engineers will be able to streamline operations by working in both 2D and 3D in the linked environment. “We considered other packages but this is a major benefit of Autodesk technology, ensuring continuity during the deployment phase,” says Dave Colley, Logan Teleflex technical director. It means that all our design engineers don’t have to stop their work to use the new solution immediately. We can plan and stagger migration.” He explains that previously data such as BOMs (bills of materials) had to be recreated and entered manually when being transferred between the two software systems – and then migrated into the old business system currently being replaced. “Across the industry timescales have been reduced and we’ve no longer got the time for the old ways,” he says. The new system will avoid not only the manual data entry, but continual re-invention. 55 seats of Productstream will pass data downstream into the new ERP. “This way we are adding to the data all the time rather than starting again,” explains Colley. “It’s far faster and will eliminate any human error that can cause problems later on in production, costing both time and money.” And he adds: “Most drawings we receive are in an Autodesk format and most of our customers use Autodesk. So, together with benefits such as being able to work in either 2D or 3D, we were more than happy to take up Imass’ proposals.”