Getting documentation to the factory, accurately and in a timely manner, was absolutely critical for us. Documentation in Agile is now available globally on each user s desktop. When the Agile solution became available, Haselhuhn notes, we saw that the processes embedded in it were a clear fit for all of our requirements, and it came at a manageable price. Going from a paper-based to an electronic process now makes it all painless, and eliminating all those information package shipments to China not only saves us physical shipping costs but more importantly, time. Accelerating the ECO Cycle And saving time is the name of the game.
People can log on and actually see changes in real time as they progress.
They can prepare for component changes that are coming and order the new parts or stop orders for the old ones. That saves us money on procurement and helped us cut the time for a product change in half. Our goal was to reduce ECO time by half, from four weeks to two weeks. We have been able to reduce the typical turnaround time to one week, but we can turn an ECO in 24-48 hours when necessary, and that has made all the difference. We re very proud of the fact that we were the very first manufacturer to complete an Agile Anywhere implementation in China.