ot management of changes in current orders

[reggio]

Good evening to all, I apologize for the oct but it is a bit that I am thinking about how to solve and this maybe is the place where I can find people with problems similar to ns.

in the daily management of orders, it happens, more and more often in the last years of having to start the design and production of machinery even before having defined in detail every detail, then it happens that, in course of work you have to add notes or reminders to the project as for example
"the customer called and changed the color of the carter"
or
"the customer prefers this brand instead of the other agreed"
or again
"the height of the machine is suspended proceed with the rest and recall within the..."
and so on, in short, a whole series of information that must be passed from the commercial to the designer and the designer practically in real time not to risk losing some vital passage, all this while you are following other projects.

the only method we have adopted for now is the email: a copy message to the various interested, hoping that everyone will take good note immediately (this to avoid further chronological problems "but how? "No, 5min ago was green, now it's yellow."
If the email tries to solve a part of the problem, it does not help, or does it hurt to recover the chronostory of changes e.g. "...but how the hell did we get to make this choice that we usually make the opposite?? ? ".

I was therefore wondering if you have dealt with and then solved such problems and if you have found a system or software "blind" that registers and distributes the chronostory of the machine/committee, perhaps also collecting initial project data such as images - email exchanges with customers - drawings 2d - etc...(It seems like I'm thinking about a pdm... absolutely not... already tried to try dbcent... and... no comment... I put hopes in another... )

 

[cacciatorino]

Good evening to all, I apologize for the oct but it is a bit that I am thinking about how to solve and this maybe is the place where I can find people with problems similar to ns.

I know it sounds weird, but you could use something like google calendar, or one of the many workgroup management programs that exist, like for example. www.egroupware.orgp.s. in the past I had put on a system in the office of a friend of mine who needed to track the activities to be done. was based on an apache web server with webdav module on which to write notes, while the various office operators saw them appear on their mozilla thunderbird client with lightning extension. the system also managed alarms and email communications of the approximation of a certain deadline.

 

[maxopus]

I think in these cases it would impose a pdm at least.
In this way the commercials could pass the data to the manager of the technical office that in turn, once evaluated or discussed with the management, passes them to those who must apply them.
also the change of a color, for example, is delicate thing and should be evaluated according to minimum batches, availability of raw materials ... etc. etc.
the change of a size can not be what recently, can affect the formats of semi-finished, packaging, transport ... etc. etc.
metadata according to me can hardly be managed with external programs, as it is easy to run in unexpected or forgotten.

this is one of the most delicate topics of design and is one of the most underrated.

 

[Utente NX]

in addition to agreeing with maxopus.
solidworks allows you to store all types of windows files inside it.
Do you know design binder?
you can also store a file that points to others in the xxx folder.
solutions are there, depends on how much you plan to spend and devote time for implementation, even if made by you.

 

[re_solidworks]

Also in my opinion the pdm would be the best solution, maybe you just tried the wrong object. try with some other, the choice is wide. You're doing a pilot project, and then if you go, you're not.
Other software that you might consider are for example onenote of the microsoft, I don't know how to use it, but it is used to write and share notes with other users, maybe even project, but it would serve another and you have to dedicate a person (project manager).
Of course a pdm is the best way to control everything.

 

[reggio]

hi to all, I repeat the characteristics of the instrument that we would need:

- possibility of incorporating (also only links) all types of dwg doc xls email files
- subdivided by offer or order maintaining chronological order
- notify all participants of each new entry by email.

...this is one of the most delicate topics of design and is one of the most underrated.

...yes, so it seems...

... the commercials could pass the data to the head of the technical office that in turn,..., passes them to those who must apply them.. . .

fortunately or unfortunately we don't have all these "levels" or all that time.. .

Maybe you just tried the wrong object. try with some other, the choice is wide. You're doing a pilot project, and then if you go, you're gonna take it, or not....
Of course a pdm is the best way to control everything.

Yes indeed (as you already know from my continuous complaints. ..) both as cad3d and as pdm we took a cocent disappointment, the prospects were idyllic while reality has translated into a continuous need to take courses on courses... and that damped us the initial thrust. . .

...cmq, seen so, would seem likely to be a tool that bases everything on emails (everything passes by emails sent and received), so maybe an outlook plug-in might well.... But what? I've found several types, but nothing to do with our case. .