{"id":2964,"date":"2015-02-23T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2015-02-23T10:53:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:53:25","slug":"news-carter-retail-invest-in-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/02\/news-carter-retail-invest-in-solidworks\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Carter Retail Invest In SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/products-solidworks\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solidworks.jpg\" alt=\"solidworks\" width=\"170\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a>As a drive to increase productivity, reduce new concept lead times and provide improved information both internally and externally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Retail Equipment Ltd<\/a> have invested in SOLIDWORKS\u00a03D design software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/products-automation\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/drive-works.jpg\" alt=\"drive-works\" width=\"66\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a>Moving to SOLIDWORKS\u00a0and the add on DriveWorks software has reduced the concept to production time allowing more time to be spent on new sales initiatives and existing cabinet improvements. Implementation of the Enterprise Data Management software allowed the design team at Carter\u2019s the opportunity to redraw their existing CAD legacy data to ensure quality, consistency and accurate information throughout the business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solidworks2.jpg\" alt=\"solidworks2\" width=\"94\" height=\"113\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/products-solidworks-simulation\/products-sw-sustainability-standard\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solidworks3.jpg\" alt=\"solidworks3\" width=\"137\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a>Integrated simulation and sustainability tools enable CRE to better analyse their products for performance and environmental effects. Thermal flow software is used to reduced development &amp; testing time while the business can now offer Sustainability reports to clients for manufacturing &amp; supply analysis and carbon footprint impact data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/products-sw-composer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solidworks4.jpg\" alt=\"solidworks4\" width=\"209\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a>To enable the improved data to be used effectively outside of the design department, Carter Retail purchased Composer software licenses that use the SOLIDWORKS\u00a0information to produce easy to view graphical literature. This increases productivity documentation to both the shop floor &amp; site teams, visual identification of spares and case parts for sales and contractors and offers access to anyone, anywhere, in HTML format.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solidworks5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solidworks5.jpg\" alt=\"solidworks5\" width=\"178\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a>The successful implementation of the software has been carried out in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">SOLID\u00a0Applications Ltd<\/a>, Oldbury who completed the full transition, linking with existing business systems, in only 4 months.<\/p>\n<p>Article as posted by Carter Retail Equipment Limited &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/news.php?id=691\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cre-ltd.co.uk\/news.php?id=691<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a drive to increase productivity, reduce new concept lead times and provide improved information both internally and externally, Carter Retail Equipment Ltd have invested in SOLIDWORKS\u00a03D design software. 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