Smith & Wesson Uses Enovia PLM
Smith And Wesson, manufacturer of firearms and safety/security products, has chosen Enovia PLM to improve the efficiency of its product design and development process. This will enable employees across the globe to collaborate on designs and share up-to-date product information. Smith and Wesson will use Enovia to create a centralised database allowing common parts identification and more efficient capture and reuse of its institutional knowledge.
Initially started as a process to replace the company's paper-based systems, Smith and Wesson opted to go forward with Enovia Engineering Central to manage all of its engineering change requests and orders (ECR/ECO), automate business processes and create a centralised database.
Since then, the company's phased adoption of PLM has evolved to where each additional process enhances the ability of virtually any user to more efficiently accomplish tasks such as engineering changes and frame marking identification. Its implementation has also led to adoption on the shop floor, where product design information stored in Enovia is accessed by scanning a production Kanban card.
This provides operators with quick access to the information they need in real time, instead of having to interpret design drawings. Bob Shumsky, PLM systems administrator, Smith and Wesson, said: 'The most obvious benefit of this implementation has been faster cycles in design and production - drawing approval times have been decreased by 75 per cent and ECO approval time by 57 per cent.' Recognising the opportunity to standardise its process, Smith and Wesson made the decision to build on its implementation of Enovia for information management.
Now, approximately 200 design, sales, finance, procurement and marketing personnel have access to a more collaborative environment that makes their lives easier, for more efficient production and improved time to market.
Initially started as a process to replace the company's paper-based systems, Smith and Wesson opted to go forward with Enovia Engineering Central to manage all of its engineering change requests and orders (ECR/ECO), automate business processes and create a centralised database.
Since then, the company's phased adoption of PLM has evolved to where each additional process enhances the ability of virtually any user to more efficiently accomplish tasks such as engineering changes and frame marking identification. Its implementation has also led to adoption on the shop floor, where product design information stored in Enovia is accessed by scanning a production Kanban card.
This provides operators with quick access to the information they need in real time, instead of having to interpret design drawings. Bob Shumsky, PLM systems administrator, Smith and Wesson, said: 'The most obvious benefit of this implementation has been faster cycles in design and production - drawing approval times have been decreased by 75 per cent and ECO approval time by 57 per cent.' Recognising the opportunity to standardise its process, Smith and Wesson made the decision to build on its implementation of Enovia for information management.
Now, approximately 200 design, sales, finance, procurement and marketing personnel have access to a more collaborative environment that makes their lives easier, for more efficient production and improved time to market.
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