Introducing. Speed up your workflow from quoting to final product shipment

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1 Introducing. Speed up your workflow from quoting to final product shipment

2 Speed Up Your Quoting Process Global Edge Automated Quoting is the premier quoting system for the sheet metal fabrication industry, including custom products that delivers unmatched capabilities. Global Edge helps your company increase quoting capacity, expand sales opportunities and increase profitability by delivering fast, accurate sales quotes. Produce accurate & timely sales quotes Overwhelmed by volume of quoting / limited capacity Heavy reliance on spreadsheets for quoting Manual analysis of customer drawings / specifications Manual generation of simple-to-complex sales quotes Inaccurate sales quotes / compilation of manufacturing costs Automated configuration of simple-to-complex products Automated sheet metal part analysis Automated routing generation based on CAD part parameters, cost and/or delivery time Cost rollups based on accurate material, machine and process costs Automated delivery time estimation / quantity pricing Provides profitability versus delivery time quote options Reduces quoting time from hours to minutes Increases quoting capacity Eliminates manual analysis of parts for quoting Produces accurate and timely sales quotes Provides accurate quoting costs and delivery times based on machine tool capabilities Helps turn more sales quotes into sales orders Offer more product options to your customers at lower cost Reduce Your Quoting Time from Hours to Minutes

3 Simplify Configuration and Costing of Products Global Edge Automated Product Configuration automates the process of configuring simple-to-complex products to reduce engineering cycle times and provide your customers with more product options. Global Edge automates the task of creating multi-level product assemblies including routings and cost roll-ups. Configuration of simple-to-complex products / 3D CAD models Dependency on key personnel to configure products Dependency on hard to maintain spreadsheets to configure products Bill of materials management / routing generation Time consuming process to generate cost rollups Automated configuration of simple-to-complex parts and assemblies Automated BOM / parameter / dimension / routing generation Automated sizing of parts within valid product limits Automated time & material cost rollups Automated part nesting generation by quote / order quantity Automated part / assembly parameter generation to drive 3D CAD model generation Automates configuration of simple-to-complex products Automates and speeds up engineering design process Automates generation of accurate bill of materials and routings Provides accurate time and material cost rollups Increases design reuse / reduces engineering cycle times Helps ensure valid product configurations Provides greater product flexibility with shortened delivery times Configure and Generate BOMs, CAD Models & Routings in Seconds

4 Automate CAD Model / Drawing Generation Global Edge Automated CAD Model Generation provides the ability to automatically generate CAD models / drawings for quoting, design and production based on customer specifications. This works in conjunction with the Automated Product Configuration capabilities built into the Global Edge system. Manual resizing of 3D CAD models / 2D drawings Manual creation of 2D DXF files / drawings from 3D CAD models Manual generation of sales quote drawings Labor intensive manufacturing engineering process Manual preparation of 2D shop floor drawings Automated resizing of CAD models / drawings Automated sales quote drawing generation Automated 2D DXF flat pattern generation from 3D CAD models Automated preparation of drawings for nesting software Automated production work queue to generate drawings for daily production orders Automated assembly production kitting Automates configuration and resizing of 3D CAD models Generates accurate and timely sales quote drawings Increases engineering capacity with workflow task automation Automates labor intensive manufacturing engineering processes Eliminates manual preparation of shop floor drawings Achieves economy of scale for small / short production runs Eliminate the Manual Resizing of Your CAD Models

5 Automate Routing Generation Global Edge Automated Routing Generation provides an automated method to generate routings based on CAD part parameters and the capabilities of your shop floor machine tools. This also includes determining the most cost effective route to manufacture a part based on material and production run quantity. Labor intensive routing generation process Make optimal use of people and machine tools Determining most efficient routing steps Knowing most cost effective machine tools to utilize Automated routing generation based on CAD part parameters / attributes Automated machine tool selection based on part parameters, cost and/or delivery time Automated material selection based on cost and performance requirements Automated selection of material size for sheet metal nestings Automated material / blank size selection Automatically determines when custom blank required Automated generation of sheet metal part nestings by quote / order quantity Eliminates manual generation of routings Eliminates manual process of determining how parts are fabricated / manufactured Determines best method for fabricating sheet metal parts Selects most efficient blank size Determines most cost effective route to fabricate / manufacture parts Automatically Determines Routing Based on Part Parameters

6 Better Bill of Materials Management Global Edge Advanced Bill of Materials Management provides advanced functionality that is designed effectively to manage parts, assemblies, products and routings from initial design to final product shipment. This includes direct integration with CAD and ERP to provide accurate and timely information throughout the enterprise. Bill of materials managed in multiple disconnected databases and spreadsheets Maintaining and managing accurate bill of materials Heavy reliance on tribal knowledge Searching for similar parts and assemblies for design reuse Duplicate part numbers and orphan parts Bill of materials not integrated with CAD and ERP system Advanced bill of materials / routing management Advanced part / assembly / dimension search capabilities Powerful Where-Used search functionality Automated part numbering / part number check-out Automated engineering calculations Centralized bill of materials database integrated with enterprise Provides single version of truth bill of materials database Reduces engineering cycle times / increases design reuse Helps maintain consistent and accurate part / assembly information at design source Reduces / eliminates duplicate and orphan parts Provides automated part numbering Provides on-line engineering knowledge database Helps Ensure Accurate BOM Information throughout Enterprise

7 Integrate Engineering with Enterprise Global Edge CAD to ERP Integration provides a dynamic, two-way link between your CAD bills of materials, routings and your ERP system that eliminates the retyping of this information. As parts and assemblies are added or removed in your CAD models, the bill of materials in your ERP system is automatically updated. Engineering / CAD BOM does not match ERP BOM Manual typing of engineering / CAD bill of materials into ERP / Business system Engineering information not integrated with enterprise Automated synchronization of CAD bill of materials with ERP bill of materials Automatically synchronizes CAD bill of materials / routings with ERP / Business system Real-time integration of sales, engineering and manufacturing with enterprise Eliminates manual retyping of engineering information into ERP / Business system Bi-directional integration of CAD / ERP / Shop Floor automation Reduces / eliminates expensive engineering clerical work Provides the right information to people when they need it Integrates sales, engineering and manufacturing with enterprise Bi-Directional Integration of CAD / ERP / Shop Floor Automation

8 Proven Results / Real World Successes Reuse Rather than Re-Create Quit Reinventing the Wheel! Without the Global Edge Product Configurator, we would need to create hundreds of bill of materials (the list of damper components), which requires hundreds of engineering and clerical hours to create and maintain. Orders that once took up to four hours are now processed within 20 seconds. Steve Yoder, Damper Cell Manager Johnson Controls Watertown, Wisconsin Effectively Manage Your Enterprise! Global Edge has effectively introduced and updated a total program for Carron Net Company. Starting with the custom product Configurator and working through inventory, order entry, the general ledger and accounting, Global Edge has integrated a complete system. We have found the system easy to use and navigate, yet complex enough to handle our needs. Troy Christiansen, Vice President Carron Net Company Two Rivers, Wisconsin Cycle Time is Shrinking My Customer Wants Everything Yesterday! Within one year of implementing Global Edge the time from order entry to shipment of custom power supplies decreased from four months to three weeks. John Garcia, V.P. Engineering Lambda Electronics, Inc. Melville, New York Speed up your workflow from quoting to final product shipment

9 Mission Statement Our Goal is to provide manufacturers with innovative, cost-effective solutions for reducing costs, improving productivity and streamlining operations to achieve a competitive global edge.