Contents
- Executive Overview
- Paths to Profitable Growth
- Responding to RFQs Faster
- Delivering Parts Faster
- Increasing Acceptance Rates
- Turning to Automation
- Employing Automation Tactics
- Data and Process Management
- Design-for-Machining Changes
- Costing Automation
- Toolpath Automation
- Toolpath Standardization and Reuse
- Robotic Tending and Machining
- G-Code Simulation
- Integration Across CAD,CAM and CMM
- Summary and Recommendations
There are dramatic changes happening in the manufacturing industry. The influx of new technologies and platforms is both a threat and opportunity. Each can be applied in impactful ways to a machine shop’s operations. This report provides guidance on achieving a healthy ROI through automation of new, integrated CAD, CAM, and CMM solutions.