Turn Siloed Parts Data Into
Manufacturing Intelligence
A fragmented operational environment makes designing, sourcing and producing parts slower, more costly & more error prone than it needs to be.
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Aggregate, Analyze & Extract Everything You Need To Produce Better Products
CADDi connects manufacturing data across your entire operational ecosystem so your team can put it to use. By analyzing drawings to extract data, and create a link to every PO, SCAR, CAM file or SPEC Sheet that design has ever been associated with. This lets your team start to leverage hidden commonalities across your parts catalog to optimize production and reduce cost.
The Customers Embracing CADDi Drawer Drawings Search
Build An AI-Ready Data Model For High-Mix Manufacturing
Digitization of Drawings
- Automatically extract all data from drawings, including dimensions, texts, and shapes
- Convert even your handwritten drawings to be searchable and comparable
Keyword Search
Search through the entire archive of historical drawings using any keyword found on the drawings, such as material, size, designers name, part name, and annotations.
- Highlight all the keywords on the drawings
- Tag the drawings to then make them searchable
Similarity Search
Our patented technology identifies the shape of each part to find similar drawings across all historical drawings, including handwritten drawings from 30 years ago
- One-click similarity search prevents the repetition of tasks previously performed
- Locate similar, previously-purchased parts with instant pricing details
Connect Quotation and Other Supply-Chain Data to Drawings
Upload CSV files to connect all relevant information to the associated drawings
- Link all purchase data with drawings to enhance search capabilities
- Easily connect ERP data, CAM, CAD, quality defect reports, spec sheets and so on automatically
Leverage historical parts data to unleash the potential of your whole team
Benefits for each department and top management.
Optimize procurement workflows and direct material costs.
- Supplier Selection and Negotiation.
- Supplier Consolidation.
- Value Analysis & Value Engineering.
Eliminate redundant efforts by instantly locating exact or similar historical drawings.
- Design Standardization.
- Less Search Time.
- Faster Design Review Process.
Quote faster by using similar drawings in the past with quotations.
- Faster Quotation.
- Better Quotation-to-Order Ratio.
- Instant Design For Manufacturability Verification.
Accelerate CAM data creation by reusing past CAM for similar parts
- Faster CAM Development.
- Instant Design For Manufacturability Verification.
- Production Monitoring.
Quickly access quality defect details alongside drawing information.
- Search PDFs for quality defect details using keywords
- Mitigate quality defects by identifying similar parts prone to the same issues
- Design Feedback to Engineers
Easily locate maintenance parts without part numbers. Utilize similarity search for alternative options.
- Find Alternative Service Parts.
- Less Search Time.
- Instantly discover optimal suppliers and pricing for all maintenance parts.
Create a Master Database for Institutional Knowledge
- Organizes critical data and designs
- Enhancing access and decision-making
- Preserving continuity and fostering innovation
Eliminate redundant work across all departments, such as the repeated creation of similar drawings, by:
- Turning past information into valuable assets
- Reducing reliance on seasoned staff for knowledge transfer
- Encouraging cross-departmental and factory-wide knowledge sharing and communication
Case Study: Sumitomo Riko
Enhancing Development Speed in the Face of Accelerating Global Competition
Early Access to Past Issues and Cost Benchmarking
Engineers can easily obtain information on past problems and manufacturing costs linked to drawings in the early stages of product design.
Eliminating Person-Dependent Processes
CADDi Drawer helped reduce reliance on individual knowledge for finding similar drawings and designing products.
Reduction in Time for Searching Drawings
Design Productivity
Improvement in Defect Rate
Case Study: Ebara Corporation
From “Drawing Management” to “Drawing Utilization”
Enabled Higher-Value Procurement Activities through Rapid Drawing Search
CADDi Drawer reduced drawing search time from hours to seconds, enabling more productive work.
Enhanced Supplier Evaluation and Selection
Easily compare prices and identify suitable suppliers by linking drawing and purchasing data.
Faster Supplier Selection
Procurement Cost Reduction
Reduction in Time for Searching Drawings
Case Study: Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
Unlocking the Potential of Hidden Drawings and Purchasing Data
Accelerated Similar Drawing Retrieval
CADDi Drawer enables instant access to similar drawings, streamlining design and procurement processes.
Optimized Supplier Selection
By linking drawings with order data, suitable suppliers are easily identified for each part.
Faster Supplier Selection
Procurement Cost Reduction
Reduction in Time for Searching Drawings
Case Study: Hilltop
Accelerating Company-Wide Digital Transformation with CADDi Drawer
Tripled Utilization of Past Drawings
Despite high-mix production of 4,000 varieties per month, significantly reduced search time led to increased referencing of past drawings and data.
Improved Sales Proposal Capabilities
Sales can create better proposals by benchmarking past quotation and order prices, and properly considering differences with similar parts.
Reduction in Time for Searching Drawings
Quotation Capacity
Faster Engineering Processes for Production
CADDi can transform how you design, source and produce parts
Democratize your engineering and supply chain data
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CADDi Wins Best Business Intelligence and Engineering Management Software at 2024 SaaS Awards
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