Accessible Technologies (Procharger): putting 3D Experience at the heart of digital transformation.
Based in Kansas City and Mill Valley, California, Accessible Technologies Inc. (which markets as Procharger) designs manufacture and markets turbo machinery, primarily superchargers for the aftermarket automotive industry.
They use DELMIAWORKS manufacturing ERP software (formerly IQMS EnterpriseIQ), which forms part of the Dassault Systèmes portfolio, across the whole business, including in customer relationship management (CRM), purchasing, inventory, production and engineering change orders (ECOs).
Accessible Technologies has also been using SOLIDWORKS, a global leading computer-aided design and computer-aided engineering application, alongside DELMIAWORKS / IQMS for approximately the same length of time.
SOLIDWORKS is also a Dassault Systèmes product, a company which acquired IQMS earlier in 2019.
CEO Ken Jones, calls SOLIDWORKS “a fantastic tool”, and more integration between DELMIAWORKS / IQMS manufacturing ERP software and SOLIDWORKS has provided even greater advantages for Accessible Technologies – Jones describes it as being “at the heart of what our company does”.
Accessible Technologies design some very complex automotive parts.
They also manage those products over time, using the feedback they get from customers to plan potential improvements. Having a direct relationship with customers, and getting that information is invaluable. The ECO process within DELMIAWORKS / IQMS allows Accessible Technologies to effectively translate that feedback directly into product improvements.
Accessible Technologies’ inventory control manager, Randy Erteld, said that using DELMIAWORKS / IQMS and SOLIDWORKS together has vastly improved their product development process.
As a company, Accessible Technologies pride themselves on being first-to-market. That means that so time is of the essence. Erteld manages this by using DELMIAWORKS / IQMS to get the right tools in the right individuals’ hands, ultimately getting the product out to the public as fast as possible.
Ken Jones, Accessible Technologies CEO sums up DELMIAWORKS / IQMS’ contribution to Accessible Technologies’ bottom line, saying that:
“To be a leader you have to work hard without a doubt, but to be a leader over time, you have to work smart and that combination of both IQMS and SOLIDWORKS helps us work smart”.
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Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables manufacturers to significantly improve their operational performance, manufacturing efficiency and business agility which are vitally important to serve customers successfully.
DELMIAWORKS, in combination with SOLIDWORKS, enables a unique closed loop manufacturing system – all the way from design through the entire manufacturing process, to give repetitive, discrete and batch process manufacturers ‘a comprehensive end-to-end suite for running the business, backed by the real-time performance and scalability’ spanning:
- Accounting
- Sales orders
- Material requirements
- Inventory
- Purchasing
- Production scheduling
- Shop floor control
- Quality management
- Warehouse management
- Real-time monitoring.
Posted by Joe on 5th June 2020.