We provide specialised consultancy services along side expert advice and practical solutions that help businesses bring products to market in the most cost effective and efficient way possible.
Service Strategy and the approach to Serviceability should be considered and designed-in from the beginning. By involving design for service and service planning early in the product lifecycle development, businesses can look to achieve greater service excellence and in turn increased up-time and profitability.
This structured approach is required to assess investments in serviceability technologies, including Technical Publication Solutions, The Industrial Internet Of Things (IIoT) and Industrial Mixed Reality (IXR), as well as address potential process inefficiencies that often lead to increased downtime and costs.
Design-for-service
Design-for-service is a key strategy within many OEM’s, designed to deliver the efficiencies needed in a competitive marketplace providing downstream cost savings. CAD-IT has a long history of working in the upstream design arena with many leading companies, evaluating and optimising product design whilst still a virtual item. Service Evaluation and Repair Engineers (SERP) use a use a range of tools and techniques to deliver optimal solution including Warranty Analysis, helping to focus on problem areas, and eradicating these in future design or modifications.
Remanufacture and sustainability
Design-for-remanufacture, or Sustainable Development, is both a requirement and an opportunity for a company. CAD-IT can support the implementation of review processes and techniques in line with serviceability assessments, to ensure that the final design meets a company's requirements for final product remanufacture.