1. Real-Time CAD & PLM Synchronisation for Seamless Collaboration
With MaXXlink’s real-time CAD and PLM integration, engineering teams can instantly access the latest design changes, eliminating manual updates and reducing version control risks. This ensures that manufacturing teams always receive the correct, most up-to-date BOMs.
Below is a scenario based on real world examples to demonstrate MaXXlink’s role in CAD and PLM integration.
Scenario:
A high-performance automotive manufacturer frequently updates chassis designs to incorporate new materials for weight reduction. However, without real-time CAD synchronisation, the manufacturing team accidentally works with an outdated BOM, producing a batch of incorrect components, leading to waste and rework.
With MaXXlink, Engineering teams can instantly access the latest design changes through real-time CAD and PLM integration. Manufacturing teams automatically receive the most up-to-date BOM, ensuring that every component produced aligns with the latest engineering specifications, reducing errors and improving production efficiency.
2. Automated BOM Management to Reduce Errors & Save Time
Manual BOM entry is prone to errors that lead to costly production mistakes. MaXXlink automates BOM generation, updates, and validation, ensuring that engineering and production teams work with accurate, structured data at all times.
Below is a scenario based on real world examples to demonstrate MaXXlink’s role in Automated BOM management.
Scenario:
An electronics company developing consumer drones faces frequent BOM discrepancies due to manual data entry errors in spreadsheets. These errors lead to wrong components being ordered, delaying production and increasing costs.
With MaXXlink, BOMs are automatically generated, validated, and updated, ensuring engineering and procurement teams always work with accurate, structured data. This eliminates human errors, streamlines component sourcing, and prevents costly production mistakes.
3. Faster Design Iteration with Engineering-to-Manufacturing Integration
Disconnected CAD, PLM, and ERP tools often create bottlenecks in design iteration and approval workflows. MaXXlink integrates seamlessly with manufacturing systems, enabling faster design iteration, manufacturability validation, and real-time engineering updates.
Below is a scenario based on real world examples to demonstrate MaXXlink’s role in Engineering to Manufacturing integration.
Scenario:
A medical device company needs to quickly modify a ventilator design based on new regulatory requirements. However, disconnects between CAD, PLM, and ERP systems slow down approval workflows, delaying manufacturability validation and pushing back the production timeline.
With MaXXlink, the engineering team integrates design changes directly into the manufacturing system, ensuring real-time engineering updates. This enables faster design iteration, quicker regulatory approvals, and a more efficient transition from design to production.
4. Improved Version Control & Intellectual Property Protection
Traditional version control methods often involve manual tracking and inconsistent file management, increasing the risk of using outdated designs. MaXXlink automates version tracking and secures sensitive engineering data, preventing IP leaks and costly design errors.
Below is a scenario based on real world examples to demonstrate MaXXlink’s role in version control and user access.
Scenario:
A global aerospace company struggles with version control issues, leading to engineering teams using outdated CAD models for aircraft component design. Additionally, lack of IP protection increases the risk of data leaks to unauthorised suppliers.
With MaXXlink, all BOM and design changes are automatically tracked, preventing the use of outdated files. MaXXlink also secures sensitive engineering data, ensuring that only authorised personnel can access critical designs, protecting intellectual property and preventing costly manufacturing errors.
5. Reduced Prototyping Costs & Faster Time to Market
Slow prototyping cycles can extend project timelines and increase costs. With MaXXlink, engineers gain instant access to updated BOMs, specifications, and compliance data, allowing for faster design modifications and early manufacturability validation, ultimately reducing costly redesigns.
Below is a scenario based on real world examples to demonstrate MaXXlink’s role in reduction of prototype costs.
Scenario:
A renewable energy startup developing solar panel tracking systems faces high prototyping costs due to repeated design iterations and slow feedback loops between engineering and production.
With MaXXlink, Engineers gain instant access to updated BOMs, compliance data, and specifications, allowing them to quickly modify designs and validate manufacturability. This reduces redesign costs, accelerates product development cycles, and gets the final product to market much faster.
