Western Trailers, a manufacturing company based in Boise, Idaho, was facing significant challenges due to manual data entry processes. The company was losing a substantial amount of money due to errors in the manual transcription of Bill of Materials (BoM) data into their ERP system. This manual process was not only time-consuming but also led to a culture of manual processes within the organization. The company had made several unsuccessful attempts to implement CAD-ERP data integration, which resulted in further financial losses. The need for a solution that would eliminate the manual transcription of BoM data and the associated errors was paramount. The company was also looking to shift from a culture of manual processes to one of automation.

Oestergaard, a Denmark-based manufacturing company specializing in processing equipment for the meat and fish by-products rendering industry, faced a significant challenge in improving the accuracy of its bills of materials (BoM). The company experienced a sharp increase in product demand and needed a solution to better communicate design changes from the engineering department to the factory floor. Manual transcriptions of CAD BoMs into the ERP system and inaccurate BoMs were costing the company thousands of dollars in lost productivity and incorrect part orders. Oestergaard used Autodesk Inventor for its CAD system and the Oracle NetSuite OneWorld ERP system, but lacked a seamless bridge between the two.