Documents remain in their native format and retain existing network security and user rights. Automate offers installation, but competent users can install their own system. With any document management system, exact time and cost savings are difficult to quantify. According to Lieberman, Typically, Cadmandu pays for itself in less than a year. AutoManager WorkFlow Cyco s AutoManager WorkFlow is one of the oldest document management systems designed for engineering, with an installed base of more than 200,000 users.
Customers can tailor the product to their requirements.
We focus on integration with CAD software, so the engineering department is our prime interest, says Cyco marketing manager Arjan Timmermans. However, we also support office documents. Data related to a CAD document, such as an Excel spreadsheet, can be managed with the CAD documents. Our current version offers full integration with AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop 3, and Internet publishing of documents. People lose a lot of time looking for documents, says Timmermans.