Project plans and engineering activities have historically been managed in separate environments – the desktop-based project management tools and CAD tools respectively – creating miscommunication and project delays. As a result, teams of engineers, working on a common program with suppliers and customers, faced challenges in easily sharing project schedules, dependencies, progress, action items and related documents with each other.
Clarizen’s CAD integration allows design engineers to easily create new project tasks, update the status of tasks, view task due dates or attach CAD drawings to project tasks for collaboration with team members – all from within their CAD system. Any of these updates, changes or new documents attached by a CAD user are then automatically reflected in Clarizen and then are visible within the CAD environment of other virtual team members, ensuring everyone is on the same page. Using this capability, distributed design and engineering teams can streamline the execution of their projects and ensure nothing is overlooked as they work on multiple projects at the same time.
“As a product development company, we need to share status information with our clients at all stages in the product lifecycle, from initial design through production,” said Saleem Muneer, CEO of Catalyx Engineering. “In the past we used phone, fax and e-mail, but collaboration and communication about project status and progress became difficult when team members from respective companies were spread across multiple time zones. Clarizen allows us to ensure that the engineering teams have clear visibility into the status of the project and enables an environment of collaboration, accountability and trust.”
“Effective project execution in distributed design and engineering teams cannot be achieved by keeping the project management and design environment on two separate systems, with e-mail and phone as the primary way of communicating and collaborating,” said Avinoam Nowogrodski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Clarizen. “With flawless execution of design and engineering projects becoming the basis of competitive advantage, our CAD integration allows engineers and team members to be on the same page all the time. We will continue to use our Open API to integrate Clarizen with other popular CAD tools to enable design and engineering users worldwide a streamlined way of managing projects.”
About Clarizen
Clarizen is a leading global provider of collaborative online project management software that allows businesses to easily manage all of their projects and resources in a single environment. Clarizen’s online project management tools facilitate true team collaboration and project execution, ensuring data is always up-to-date and aligned with business objectives. No complex software or hardware installations are required due to Clarizen’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) structure, resulting in immediate business impact as teams and projects get up and running instantly. Clarizen’s intuitive user interface and innovative e-mail integration capabilities ensure quick and smooth adoption by users, keeping everyone on track with up-to-date project data. For more information please visit www.clarizen.com.
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