Omega Design, an innovator of high quality container handling and packaging equipment systems, supplies job change parts that are unique for each bottle to be handled. With engineering lead times taking 2-4 weeks and increasing the workload of their engineers, they turned to DesignPoint Solutions, a RuleStream reseller, who recommended a RuleStream-based solution to reduce engineering times and speed customer response. RuleStream Corp provides rules-driven product management (RPM) solutions to the discrete manufacturing industries,
The change has enabled Omega Design to streamline engineering processes, increase accuracy, and improve customer response time on its bottle handling machines. Using RuleStream''s simple tools, which are designed so that engineers can easily capture rules, DesignPoint was able to deliver a complete application in just 21 days. The RuleStream solution automates routine design processes, reducing design time from weeks to minutes, and allowing engineers at Omega Design to focus more of their time on engineering innovation. As a result of the RuleStream implementation, all the new designs are created based on a centralized set of rules, so they are more consistent and accurate. Customer response time has been dramatically improved.
"We''ve seen a rapid time-to-benefit from our RuleStream implementation, with dramatic improvement in our engineering process time," said Glenn Siegele, president of Omega Design. "We look forward to pushing the design process for smaller custom job changes up to our sales staff, freeing up our engineering team so they can focus more on the high-margin, innovative solutions our company is known for. We also plan to expand the current application and automate additional product lines."
"Omega Design is a great example of a manufacturer who is using RuleStream to make processing custom parts as easy as standard ones," said Robert Nierman, CEO of RuleStream. "By automating the reuse of proven design knowledge, manufacturers can improve product quality and increase customer satisfaction by streamlining their engineering processes."