Engineering and design application impact on sub-assembly line

Abstract

A global company producer of medical devices and therapies was under process development of the sub-assembly line #2 for new product introduction and was having a long-time lead time for improved machine replicates drawings and schematics. This project consisted of reducing costs and avoiding the job not being delivered on time through the implementation of an engineering and design application. Meetings were performed to obtain data. Also, historical supplier quotes were collected. The data collected was analyzed for the dates, cost of the drawings and schematics, and how many times revisions were made to them. An engineering and design application for electrical schematics was installed at no cost, since the company has Solidworks Electrical Schematic add-in. A costs analysis was performed between the data collected and Solidworks add-in. The Solidworks add-in led to a reduction in cost of $1,200 daily per drawing revision. Additionally, the implementation ensured project timeline schedule on time. Key Terms ⎯ Cost reduction, process optimization, process improvement, electrical schematic software.