Case Study: The Outdoor Group, LLC achieves 50% faster design cycles and 30%+ revenue growth with SOLIDWORKS

Developing innovative, high-tech archery products with SOLIDWORKS Solutions

The Outdoor Group, LLC, a Henrietta, NY–based maker of elite compound bows and parent company to brands like Elite Archery, faced the challenge of integrating product designs from multiple subsidiaries and streamlining development to produce high‑tech, high‑quality archery equipment. To meet this need the company selected SolidWorks design and simulation solutions—including SolidWorks Professional, SolidWorks Premium, and SolidWorks Simulation Professional—as a robust, easy‑to‑use platform for rapid design, validation, and manufacturing integration.

Using SolidWorks (with an add‑in for MasterCAM), The Outdoor Group accelerated its design‑to‑manufacture workflow, cutting design cycles by 50% and manufacturing setup time by 50%, while driving more than 30% annual revenue growth and improving product quality, reliability, and shootability—enabling a transferable lifetime warranty. SolidWorks’ integrated design, simulation, and manufacturability tools delivered measurable productivity gains and tighter design validation that fueled the company’s growth.

The Outdoor Group, LLC

Mike Derus

Lead Engineer