A company in the mid west made some basic assumptions
The assumptions
They have 4 engineers
They have SolidWorks
They have DriveWorksXpress
They could afford to free up one engineer for 1 ½ hours per week.
For every 4 minutes that one engineer spent with DriveWorksXpress, he could save each engineer (including himself) 1 minute per week by the next week.
Any saving they made in time would be re-invested in using DriveWorksXpress
If they freed up one guy for a week, he would be trained on DriveWorksEngineer
They would put this plan into action.
The Result
After 5 weeks they were saving enough time in design to send one engineer for a week long DriveWorksEngineer training course WITHOUT AFFECTING PRODUCTION
Here’s the math
|
Time Spent On DriveWorksXpress |
Time Saved per Engineer |
Total Time Saved |
Week 1 |
1.5 hours |
0 Minutes |
0 hours |
Week 2 |
3 hours |
22.5 Minutes |
1.5 hours |
Week 3 |
6 hours |
1 hour 7.5 minutes |
4.5 hours |
Week 4 |
12 hours |
2 hours 37.5 minutes |
10.5 hours |
Week 5 |
24 hours |
5 hours 37.5 minutes |
22.5 hours |
Week 6 |
DriveWorksEngineer Training Course |
11 hours 37.5 minutes |
46.5 hours |
