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Formlabs: 5+ weeks Reduction in Prototype Delivery

Challenges

3D Printing company Formlabs was rapidly growing in size and found it more difficult to navigate across multiple systems to find the information they needed during the product development process.

Solutions

Propel is now their single source of product truth. This means less time hunting for data and more time focused on spotting and resolving customer issues sooner on an integrated PLM, QMS, and CRM solution.

Results

Formlabs saw increased efficiencies within their internal processes immediately and were able to get over 150 engineering change orders released in the first month. With a centralized system, they eliminated over five weeks in prototype delivery and onboarded over 120 people in two weeks.

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Propel gives flexibility and maturity to product development. The flexibility to do things like when we were a young, scrappy startup and the maturity in the later stages during prototypes and production, all while making sure the right set of eyes are on the product. Propel is the best of both worlds.

Daniel Snow

Chief Information Officer, Formlabs

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ASP: Fully Integrated PLM, QMS and CRM Platform

Challenges

Following Fortive’s acquisition of ASP from Johnson & Johnson, ASP had one year to deploy its own technology stack to run the business. As part of the process, ASP recognized the opportunity to improve their quality and business processes. ASP needed a fully integrated PLM and QMS system in one unified platform built on Salesforce.

Solutions

ASP chose Salesforce for CRM, SAP for ERP, and Propel for QMS and PLM. In addition to meeting ASP’s targeted timeline, the combination of Salesforce, SAP and Propel provided ASP with an integrated solution for all of their product and quality information, effectively integrating customer, supplier and product data across their entire value chain.

Results

By choosing Propel, ASP was able to consolidate all 6 enterprise QMS applications into one fully integrated and connected PLM and QMS solution built on Salesforce.

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With Propel we implemented over ten years of QMS innovation in six months. It's fast to deploy, easy to use and has the flexibility to support our processes in a single solution.

Brent Lewis

Director of Enterprise IT Quality and Compliance Systems

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Desktop Metal: Scalable Cloud-Native PLM

Challenges

Desktop Metal needed a PLM system to manage the complexity and rapid pace of innovation with their products. They found it increasingly difficult to coordinate team members, suppliers and contract manufacturers on the latest product changes.

Solutions

Desktop Metal chose Propel because it could easily integrate with other systems and flexibly scale with their business as it grows. Since Propel is built entirely on Salesforce, Desktop Metal has continuous and controlled access to their critical product data.

Results

Propel gives Desktop Metal the configurable solution they need to keep up with their ever-evolving business needs. Having a single place to track and collaborate on product changes enhanced collaboration across the organization.

I've used PLM systems for more than 20 years, and Propel continues to be a leader with its flexible and easy solution. Propel is helping Desktop Metal manage very complex and advanced products that will change how engineers bring products to market.

Matt Verminski

VP of Engineering

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Med Tech

Imperative Care: Integrated PLM and QMS

Challenges

As a medical device manufacturer, deploying a dedicated, scalable quality management system was essential to maintaining compliance across the product lifecycle as the company continued to scale both their workforce and product portfolio. Supporting a remote workforce made their paper-based change approval process all the more challenging.

Solutions

Propel provides Imperative Care with a closed-loop PLM and QMS solution from design to final product in one single cloud-native platform used by the entire organization. Propel is the hub for all product data and quality information, complete with dashboards, reporting, approvals, workflows, change orders, contextual collaboration, training records and more.

Results

Propel's comprehensive dashboards and reports have enabled Imperative Care to spend less time on administrative work and more time creating life-changing products for their customers.

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At a moment's notice, we can see the pulse of where our quality system lies. My management review process has gone from five days of data crunching and analyzing graphs and spreadsheets to a 5-minute report and I'm done

Donielle Baudin

Director of Quality

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Industrial Manufacturers

Sierra Monitor: From Legacy PLM to Propel

Challenges

Sierra Monitor's previous legacy platform was extremely challenging for their organization. They lacked visibility, continuity and user adoption from their previous platform.

Solutions

Propel provides Sierra Monitor with a completely integrated solution with CRM, PLM and ERP on one single platform.

Results

Propel’s integrated PLM and QMS solution has enabled Sierra Monitor to greatly improve cross-departmental collaboration. With the ability to store product updates, engineering change orders, supplier updates, and more in a single location, they can more efficiently search, access, and manage their product data.

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Propel has a great PLM solution on the Salesforce platform. We have lots of time saving by not having to run around and gather data and throw it on spreadsheets.

Michael Farr

VP of Operations

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AMS Technologies: Custom-Engineered Products with Propel and Salesforce

Challenges

AMS Technologies was missing a common, engineering-friendly application, making it difficult for its design teams to share product designs, stay informed of the latest changes, and document design decisions.

Solutions

AMS Technologies deployed Propel because they were looking for a PLM solution that was customer-facing, easy to use for dispersed teams, and seamlessly integrated with their Salesforce system.

Results

By having real-time access to the latest engineering updates, customers can see how their solutions are progressing, collaborate with the team, make recommendations, and approve solutions. Everyone is able to view all product, customer, service, and sales information in a single place.

With Propel and Salesforce, AMS Technologies can work much more closely with our customers to deliver innovative custom engineered solutions they need to succeed.

Jan Meise

CEO

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Industrial Manufacturers

Sentient Energy: Robust Change Management for Success

Challenges

Sentient Energy was looking to overcome the obstacles that came with their rigid change management process. More specifically, change orders weren't actually seen until they reached the approval phase, resulting in an increased change order cycle times.

Solutions

Propel enables Sentient Energy to streamline its change management process and bring in key suppliers to approve changes. The modern and fresh user interface that comes with the Salesforce platform made it easy for everyone to learn.

Results

The ability to make adjustments to change orders while they were in the change control board resulted in faster cycle times and a stronger approval process. In addition, Sentient Energy was able to quickly resolve customer issues when they came up.

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Propel is investing in the future of PLM and reinventing some of the things that other legacy systems before them didn't do well.

Jeff Hudgens

Senior Manager

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Peak Design: Flexible PLM for Vast Product Line

Challenges

Peak Design found themselves with a significant amount of product data scattered across various processes and systems. They were looking to centralize the information in one place to cut back on time spent gathering that data.

Solutions

Peak Design chose Propel to be their single source of product truth. Since Propel is built on Salesforce's modern interface, it gave them the intuitive and productive user experience they were looking for, with the ability to configure freely.

Results

Besides getting engineers all on the same page, Peak Design also set up a custom solution for their suppliers to track their tooling runs. Suppliers can now log in and update the data themselves, and everyone can see what's going on.

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You’d be surprised at the differences with other PLM systems - Propel is very easy to customize, easy to use and easy to train.

Krista Hunter

Head of Engineering Operations

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ASD PANalytical: Boosts Engineering Productivity with Propel

Challenges

ASD PANalytical was missing a solid foundation for PLM as they were managing development processes manually. They were looking to gain more operational efficiency and maintain scalable processes and systems for future growth.

Solutions

ASD PANalytical chose Propel because of its flexibility to keep up with their current and future business needs. The modern user interface and intuitive experience made it easy for everyone in the organization to use.

Results

ASD PANalytical consolidated all of their product information in a single repository, allowing the entire value chain to keep up on the latest updates. With a newfound change management process, they were able to cut down their backlog and accelerate change orders.

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Propel’s flexibility, user interface and rapid deployment is helping ASD boost engineering productivity by 4X, while allowing sales, customer service, and marketing seamlessly collaborate to participate more actively through the entire product lifecycle.

Michael Hinton

Mechanical Engineering Manager

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Industrial Manufacturers

FlexGen: Faster Time to Market and Higher Productivity

Challenges

As FlexGen began scaling their product pipeline, it became clear that they needed a more transparent way to keep engineers, suppliers and customers on the same page for all their product designs and discussions.

Solutions

FlexGen decided to use Propel because it provides a robust set of PLM capabilities, plus it is built on the Salesforce platform, recognized by analysts as the leading enterprise cloud platform.

Results

FlexGen is using Propel to ensure that all employees can see the latest updates for their customer projects. Unlike traditional systems, which are primarily designed for engineers, Propel made it easy for everyone to get on board.

Propel ensures that all our employees can see the latest updates for our customer projects. Unlike traditional PLM systems, which are primarily designed for engineers, Propel makes it easy for everyone to get on board.

Tony Olivo

Lead Systems Engineer

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Customer Stories

Challenges

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Results

High-Tech

Formlabs: 5+ weeks Reduction in Prototype Delivery

Med Tech

ASP: Fully Integrated PLM, QMS and CRM Platform

High-Tech

Desktop Metal: Scalable Cloud-Native PLM

Med Tech

Imperative Care: Integrated PLM and QMS

Industrial Manufacturers

Sierra Monitor: From Legacy PLM to Propel

Industrial Manufacturers

AMS Technologies: Custom-Engineered Products with Propel and Salesforce

Industrial Manufacturers

Sentient Energy: Robust Change Management for Success

Consumer Goods

Peak Design: Flexible PLM for Vast Product Line

Industrial Manufacturers

ASD PANalytical: Boosts Engineering Productivity with Propel

Industrial Manufacturers

FlexGen: Faster Time to Market and Higher Productivity

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