Lancaster, PA. For immediate release. KollabNet,
the leading engineering-knowledge-capture
software, now comes with “add-in” toolbars for
Microsoft Office, CAD, PDM and other
applications that allow impact analysis and the
capturing of design rationale. “Now you can grab
a requirement in Word or Excel or a CAD program
and find out exactly what else will be affected
if you change it, or why it was changed by
others,” said Dr. Joel Orr, KollabNet’s VP of
business development. “This improvement saves
even more time for KollabNet users, streamlining
their design process. Of course, shortened
design time and less-obtrusive impact analysis
translate quickly into fewer errors and higher
profits.”
KollabNet’s impact-analysis features are
unparalleled in the industry. Click on any
KnowledgeBlock in a DesignMap, select “Who do I
affect?”, and immediately see the downstream
objects that would be affected by a change to
the current block. Similarly, select “Who
affects me?”, and have all the KnowledgeBlocks
whose changes affect the current KnowledgeBlock.
“One of the many powerful applications of this
feature: It increases the efficiency of
design-review meetings tremendously,” says Orr.
“When you can actually find out in real time
what impact a change will have, you can make
decisions very quickly—and reduce the number of
meetings required to complete a design. That’s a
relief to everyone—engineers don’t like
meetings!”
“But even more significantly,” continues Orr,
“KollabNet enables you to discover design errors
earlier, rather than later—long before they
necessitate a product recall or stopping an
assembly line. That means savings of many
thousands of dollars.”
The new add-ins ensure that impact analysis and
rationale capture are only a click away, at any
point in the design process. Now anyone involved
in the design process—even those who don’t have
access to a particular application, such as CAD
or PDM—can get at all the design information.
This means impact analysis will be performed
more frequently by design-team members, and they
will go down fewer “dead ends” in the design
process.
KollabNet’s power to reduce costs and errors—and
to make heroes out of designers—is nothing short
of amazing. To find out more about KollabNet,
please visit
www.kollabnet.com, call 717-560-9580, or
write to
info@kollabnet.com.
ABOUT KOLLABNET
KollabNet, Inc. produces knowledge capture
software for manufacturing enterprises. Our
systems automate conceptual design, capture
requirements and knowledge, and preserve and
propagate “best practices” for continuous
improvement. And engineers love to use them!
For more information, go to
www.kollabnet.com. To get your questions
answered, or to schedule a demo or a pilot
project, call 717-560-9580 or write
info@kollabnet.com.
This press release can also be found at
www.kollabnet.com/news/pr8-24-2004.htm.
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