The company implemented SmarTeam modules in a strategic initiative to improve efficiency throughout its operations. Krebs plans to expand this technology to order processing in the near future and also plans to implement SmartWeb soon, which will enable the organization to collaborate via standard web browsers with sister companies throughout its supply chain and extended enterprise. The time, resources, and expertise required were typically beyond the reach of small and medium-size companies due to cost and complexity in programming. But with SmarTeam, we implemented and performed our legacy data conversion literally overnight. Using simple web interfaces and running under Windows, the systems are affordable as well as easy to install and learn.
Users become productive in hours or days rather than months or years.
According to Holmberg, Krebs previously relied on a manual document filing and tracking system that required users to hunt through file drawers and often go from designer to designer to locate in-process documents. This total package of files comprises a valuable project history that accurately documents the product lifecycle, from initial design through after-delivery service, maintenance, and upgrades. Managing the files with PDM allows engineering as well as procurement, purchasing, and sales to better track documents, revisions and design status. Managing design files with PDM allows engineering as well as procurement, purchasing, and sales to better track documents, revisions and design status. The company receives an average of five to ten POs per day, and must handle another ten to twenty ECOs on existing designs.