ETMX Accelerates CoActive Technologies Product Development

Enhanced Collaboration Improves Manufacturing Processes

A case study on how CoActive Technologies, Inc. (COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) adopted ETMX, to improve collaboration among MCAD, ECAD and PCB engineering departments, reduce interruption of work, and aim at controlling the unintended consequences of multi-disciplinary change. ETMX provides comprehensive inter-division and inter-site capabilities.

It has always been center of attention for COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ’s management team to improve data management processes and systems. And yet communications among departments were not effective due to lack of robust collaboration platform.

Solution: ETMX

COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES has chosen ETMX that offered the capabilities in which they had been looking for, including the management and integration of the organization’s key business functions. Creo View ECAD enables electronics engineers and PCB Layout engineers to evaluate more efficiently, resulting in early detection and control of the unintended consequences.

The solution delivers a suite of integrated tools for managing design changes, human resources, constituent relationships, supply chain and more. Today ETMX helps COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES respond quickly to information requests, and comply with changing regulations and security mandates. The solution helps ECAD and MCAD engineers achieve real-time collaboration with other statutory partners and gain visibility across the product development cycle.

The Result

By using ETMX, COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES is able to effectively avoid last-stage changes. This ultimately increases COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.’s effective departmental collaboration, efficient shop floor operations, yielding to greater leverage in the market.

Reduced Man-Hours Increase Productivity & Control

COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES engineers have significantly reduced the number of man-hours it takes to design changes. ETMX enables seamless integration with new and legacy systems, and lowers maintenance and management costs. The solution easily integrates with COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ’s existing information technology (IT) systems, allowing the engineering department to build flexible solutions in a shorter period of time and at a lower cost.

About COACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CoActive Technologies, Inc. manufactures interface technology solutions. Its products include switches, smart card and high-reliability connectors, control systems, foot pedals, joysticks, and multifunction grips. The company serves aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial, material handling, medical, construction and agricultural, POS terminals, and vertical lift markets; Internet markets that include server, storage, router, switch, and DSL; and telecom markets, such as handset and wireless infrastructure. It markets and sells its products through a network of mobile design engineering teams, sales representatives, and stocking distributors in Hong Kong and internationally. CoActive Technologies, Inc. was formerly known as ITT Cannon Switches. The company is based in WanChai, Hong Kong. It has locations in Shakopee, Minnesota; Newton, Massachusetts; Matamoros, Mexico; Hilversum; Serris; Dole; and Bydgoszcz.

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