Steel fabrication software is nothing new and many software vendors have had products available for many years, but it is rather surprising that despite the profitability this software can bring some companies still favour processes that are very long in the tooth.
No one can argue that old methods of working are not successful as we are surrounded by engineering feats that have been standing for decades and even centuries, the industrial revolution saw an explosion of engineering feats, and engineers overcame the design and fabrication challenges without the need of software it has to be said. So this begs the question, if it aint broke why fix it?
Time moves on and so do the requirement of the market place, and businesses ignore these changes at their peril. The fabrication landscape is getting very competitive so if a fabricator is to remain as profitable as possible and keep winning business, tenders have to be a lot more accurate and businesses that are adopting the old rule of thumb “over-estimating” methods often find themselves losing more tenders than they are winning..
One of the benefits that steel detailing software delivers is its ability to aid the tender process by automating the delivery of fast and accurate estimations of project costs and associated material costs. This enables businesses using the software to provide quick and accurate proposals so they invariably find themselves winning a higher percentage of projects.
Structural steel fabrication software is not only about tenders, but it brings productivity gains to other critical business areas such as:
Time compression – even if you are able to avoid what is becoming an industry trend of shorter project cycles, chances are that you will still need to make any drawing changes and yet still bring in the project to the original deadline. A real bonus of steel fabrication software is that rework is very easy so there is less risk of missing a deadline.
Project rework – project changes cause havoc not only to the drawing office but also to the production shop who are often left waiting for a new drawing. Steel detailing software help keep your shop floor as productive as possible by shortening drawing time to make amendments.
Enhanced drafting capacities – steel detailing software is tailor made for the fabrication and structural detailing industry so the toolset is focussed to bring levels of productivity un-found in none industry modelling and 2d cad packages
Drawing revision management – document changes can be easily tracked (and charged for) using robust data management tools in the steel detailing software.
This is only a snapshot of the business benefits your competitors are enjoying using steel detailing software, to find out more visit the steel fabrication website.
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