Case Study: ABCO Automation achieves 20% faster time-to-market and 30% shorter design cycles with SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM by SolidWorks

Automating Packaging Systems Development with SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM

ABCO Automation, Inc., a long-established manufacturer of automated packaging systems, faced constraints from rapid growth: tripled facility size, the need to shorten development cycles, increase design reuse, automate workflows, and improve collaboration to reduce scrap and rework and speed time-to-market. After evaluating options, ABCO chose SOLIDWORKS (including SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM integrated with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD) to provide secure data management, design standardization, and team collaboration.

By implementing SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM, ABCO automated workflows, made design data easy to find and reuse, and enabled broader team collaboration without adding design headcount. The SOLIDWORKS solution cut design cycles by 30%, accelerated time-to-market by 20%, reduced development costs by 20%, cut scrap and rework by 50%, and raised design reuse by about 15%, while remaining quick to install and light to administer.

ABCO Automation

Chip Montgomery

Team Leader