Case Study: Autodesk achieves streamlined operations and company-wide collaboration with Airtable

How Autodesk makes life better for people who make things

Autodesk, the maker of AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, and Fusion 360, ran technology centers that host hundreds of residents across multiple cities. Rapid growth had outstripped a simple Excel-based workflow, creating a heavy administrative burden, fragmented data, and limited visibility for teams like marketing. To create a single source of truth and streamline operations, Autodesk turned to Airtable.

Airtable worked with Autodesk to build an app (moved from spreadsheet to app in just one weekend) that automated the application process, integrated with Slack and Microsoft tools, and created a shared Airtable base used across operations and marketing. The solution eliminated redundancy, freed community managers from time-consuming admin (they had been spending roughly 90% of their time on administration), enabled real-time story tracking and an editorial calendar, and made scaling the technology centers much easier. Autodesk became an Airtable Enterprise client and continues collaborating with Airtable to expand use cases across the company.

Autodesk

Salem Chism

Global Operations Manager