SUMMARY
SolidWorks® Premium CAD software provides the advanced capabilities you need to design better products–from design, automation, and simulation to validation, collaboration, and data management–all in one comprehensive package.
Introduction
What constitutes a better product?
Depending on their job functions and industry roles, designers, engineers, managers, and manufacturers will cite differing factors as to what makes a better product. The answers, in short, are rooted in people’s perceptions—which, in turn, are influenced by their life experiences and unique sets of criteria.
Although a “better product” has various meanings for different people, six key factors typically define its attributes:
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Decreases manufacturing costs. Management, in particular, wants to create the product in the most cost-effective manner. In trying to improve a product’s manufacturability, they aim to simplify the overall process, reduce operations overhead, and use lower-priced raw materials. |
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Speeds customer delivery, beats competitors to market. Managers have a large stake in making their products available before competitive offerings, as this can create inroads to attaining dominant market share. Likewise, business customers often equate fast delivery with better products– especially when they need to rectify company problems or capitalize on fleeting opportunities. Even design engineers relate better products to streamlining design and development cycles. |
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Provides more throughput, requires less maintenance, experiences less downtime. For industrial and manufacturing companies, maximized throughput and uptime are the standard measurements of better product performance—from packaging machinery and mold, tool, and die equipment to materials-handling machinery and power and process systems. Purchasers of high-precision tooling equipment, milling machinery, and packaging equipment also rely heavily on operational accuracy and repeatability. |
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