Case Study: JL Marine Systems, Inc. achieves 40–50% faster design cycles and 50–60% lower prototyping costs with SolidWorks

Making a perfect cast with the Power-Pole using SolidWorks

JL Marine Systems, Inc., maker of the Power-Pole shallow water anchor, needed to ramp up development and production while moving off paper drawings to accelerate time-to-market, improve product aesthetics, and control costs. To meet those challenges the company evaluated and adopted SolidWorks, using SolidWorks Premium for 3D CAD and integrated tools (SolidWorks Simulation) plus SolidWorks Enterprise PDM and SolidWorks Composer for data management and technical communications.

SolidWorks delivered an integrated development platform that enabled motion and structural simulation, rapid prototyping, automated workflows and high-quality visuals; as a result JL Marine Systems shortened design cycles by 40–50%, cut prototyping costs by 50–60%, reduced design-change time from three days to five hours, and dropped prototype counts from eight–nine to one–two, supporting ongoing growth and faster product launches.

JL Marine Systems, Inc.

Amit Patel

Engineering Manager