Case Study: Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet achieves 75% faster modeling, 66% quicker tolerance stackups, and product-line expansion with SolidWorks

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet - Customer Case Study

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, a leading manufacturer of professional-grade outdoor grills, kitchens, and accessories, needed to replace its legacy I-deas 3D wireframe package with a parametric 3D solid modeler to shorten design cycles and improve collaboration with vendors. The company chose SolidWorks, using SolidWorks Premium as its primary CAD platform.

By deploying SolidWorks (including SolidWorks Simulation, product data management, and eDrawings), Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet cut modeling design time by 75% and tolerance stackup time by 66%, expanded its product line, and improved compatibility, management, and communication of product design data. SolidWorks’ ease of use and common data formats enabled better vendor collaboration and faster, more controlled product development.

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet

Kim Thomas

Design Engineer Industry: Consumer Products ; Engineering and Construction