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Company: Fleetwood Enterprises
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Industry: Automotive
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Location: United States
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The Challenge:
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FLE), the nation’s largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles and a leading producer and retailer of manufactured housing had a goal to develop 100% of their recreational vehicles using 3D solid modeling technology.
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IronCAD the Productivity Solution:
Fleetwood turned to IronCAD to help them reach their goal of developing 100% of their recreational vehicles using 3D solid modeling technology. After the successful completion of an extensive evaluation phase Fleetwood deployed over 100 seats of IronCAD across several development groups. “IronCAD has far exceeded our expectations for productivity gains and ease of implementation, “explains Steve Edman, Manager of Engineering Data at Fleetwood. “So far, we have reduced design cycle time for certain product sections by almost 50%, and eliminated considerable time and expense in prototyping. Through the help of IronCAD, we plan to achieve equally significant results in the remaining portions of the package.”
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Summary
Fleetwood wanted to develop 100% of their recreational vehicles using 3D. Through using IronCAD, Fleetwood was able to achieve a 50% reduction in design cycle time. Fleetwood experienced a 380% productivity increase using IronCAD over their previous 2D CAD system.
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"So far, we have reduced design cycle time for certain product sections by almost 50%, and eliminated considerable time and expense in prototyping. Now, with the additional seats and the help of IronCAD, we plan to achieve equally significant results in the remaining portions of the package." - Steve Edman, Manager of Engineering Data
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