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CADTALK for IFS Cloud uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the transfer of engineering bills of materials (eBOM) from virtually any CAD, PDM, or PLM application into IFS Cloud for manufacturing routing. All of this can be done in minutes, reducing the handoff from engineering to manufacturing by 80% with a return on investment in about two months.
How does it work?
CADTALK generates bills of materials, routing operations, items, inventory records, and other data inside IFS Cloud. Support for document management, materials and routings is possible right out of the box. CADTALK creates ongoing bi-directional dialog between systems to take design intent to complex manufacturing execution seamlessly.
What are the benefits?
As the official partner for IFS Cloud, CADTALK implementation is fast and no customization is required.
- Automatically create new inventory parts and product structures
- Quickly generate and update BOMs
- Create rules-based manufacturing routings
- Open API and native configuration capability
- Improve accuracy
- Reduce purchasing errors
- And so much more.
Contact CADTALK today to learn more and get started today.
CADTALK is an IFS Gold Solutions Partner and the official partner for IFS Cloud.