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MicroStation Productivity Toolkit
cuts costs at sites of all sizes.
Size really doesn't matter!
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CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA —
For a business to survive, its income must exceed the cost
of doing business - this is true regardless of business size.
Simple to say, but not always easy to accomplish.
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| Will Axiom tools save your small shop enough time to
justify their cost? Contact Axiom to find out. |
A profit-conscious CAD manager can't afford to pass up innovations
that allow project personnel to accomplish their work faster.
But how can he be sure a tool, such as MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit, will increase profits sufficiently to justify
its initial cost? This article explains.
Making the bean counters happy
If a CAD manager needs to make a five-minute-per-file change
to 1,000 design files, it is easy to demonstrate how one of
the productivity boosting utilities in MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit can save 4,995 minutes. For example, perhaps his
project files have been moved to a new server, and he now
needs to update the reference file paths. RefManager
(one of Toolkit's component applications) can update
a batch of reference file paths with one command.
However, we aren't all responsible for 1,000 files per project.
What if a CAD manager's typical project consist of 25 files?
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit is still a great
value.
There are 19 applications in the V7 Toolkit and 13
applications in the V8 Toolkit. Let's say one application
in MicroStation Productivity Toolkit saves a MicroStation
user just 60 seconds per day (average) automating tedious
tasks for each of those 25 project files. He will get the
work done faster with improved quality. He gets to go home
early. More importantly, the bean counters are happy with
the bottom line profit for the company. Why?
If we assume the cost of employing a drafter (including all
overhead expenses) is $25 per hour, saving just 60 seconds
each day when working with each of those 25 project files
yields more than $2,500 saved per year — even with a
two-week vacation!
In all fairness, this example is overly simplistic. It just
involved making a tiny change to a very small number of files.
A MicroStation shop can save far more using MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit to the max!
Minimizing drawing rejections
Here's another MicroStation Productivity Toolkit story
about a moderate-size MicroStation shop:
Jim Lewis of KMD Mapping Inc. (a small shop in Ontario, Canada)
shares the story that his department's utilization of SpecChecker
(another Toolkit application) on one project resulted in savings
of $2,988 while deliverable acceptance increased from 20%
to 98%. Jim's office only has four MicroStation seats.
Small or moderate-sized MicroStation shops might not all
recoup their investment in MicroStation Productivity Toolkit
on a single project, but stories like the preceding illustrate
how small or moderate-sized shops can generate profits over
the course of a year which greatly exceed the cost of MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit.
Aside from cost savings and profit increases, MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit can help get the job done when a
CAD project is short on time or resources. David Lemons, CAD
Administrator with Lina T Ramey & Associates, shares,
"I would be in a world of hurt without Toolkit."
David's office has five MicroStation seats. David wants to
get another Toolkit license for new hires to use as
his company expands.
Expert-in-a-box
Axiom's world-class technical support is a built-in value
delivered with each license of MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit. How much would it cost a CAD firm to hire a consultant
or full-time employee for a year? MicroStation Productivity
Toolkit owners can instantly augment their project resources
by phoning or e-mailing Axiom Technical Support Department!
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit helps sites of all
sizes:
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Complete projects faster with
higher quality
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Cut costs and increase profits
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Stay competitive
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Increase client satisfaction
Plus, to ensure a CAD project gets the maximum benefit from
MicroStation Productivity Toolkit, online training
on the suite's component tools is available at no additional
cost.
Call now!
For more information on MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit, contact an Axiom MicroStation
Consultant today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9015 or email
us.
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