{"id":726,"date":"2020-06-03T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/partners\/?p=726"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:49:36","slug":"reusing-parts-cuts-engineering-costs-siemens-teamcenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/partners\/reusing-parts-cuts-engineering-costs-siemens-teamcenter\/","title":{"rendered":"How Reusing Parts Cuts Engineering Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How much time do you think your engineers are spending recreating standard and supplier parts? Take a guess and read this survey from <\/a>CADENAS<\/a>, who interviewed engineers from more than 500 companies about their part search habits. According to the study, engineers spend at least 30-minutes a day recreating standard or supplier parts. The average is closer to an hour per day.  What a waste of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cost<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Part costs and engineering time add up quickly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each part entered into a library like Teamcenter<\/a> has engineering costs associated with it. When engineers can\u2019t easily find parts in Teamcenter, they redraw parts that already exist, which adds costs \u2013 as much as 10x! Without a reuse process in place, parts are typically only used in one project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Each<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Duplicate parts are a cost multiplier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at a real-world example to illustrate how duplicate parts get created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine that Bob is an engineer who works for you. Bob is designing a conveyer belt. He needs a bracket with specific characteristics, but he can\u2019t find one that will work for his project in Teamcenter<\/a>. So, he models one using NX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob names the part, angle-plate-5.prt, and doesn\u2019t add any attribute data, dimensions or specifications. The bracket works for his design, so he continues with his project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks later, Bob\u2019s cubicle neighbor, John, is working on a conveyer for a different customer. John needs a bracket for his design as well. He performs a search in Teamcenter<\/a> using relevant attribute data, but he can\u2019t find what he is looking for because no brackets in Teamcenter match his search criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what will John do? Well, he models a similar bracket to the one Bob created! John has his special<\/em> naming convention that is quite different from Bob\u2019s. He also always inserts his initials at the beginning of his file names so that he can find them in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John is your classic overachiever, so naturally, he adds some attribute data, but only fields that are relevant to his current project. He names the bracket, JW_3x4_L-Bracket_Holes-8_D-1-4.prt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, now interchangeable brackets exist inside Teamcenter<\/a> without proper attribute information, dimensions, specifications, or consistent naming conventions. When another engineer needs a similar bracket in the future, I\u2019ll bet it gets added a third time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Duplicate<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the example image, a bracket that costs $175 multiplied five times is $875, when adding downstream processes that typically 10x the costs, the duplicate brackets cost $8,750 instead of $1,750.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If introducing a bracket costs this much, how much do complicated vendor models cost your company to recreate multiple times?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a part reuse strategy with CADENAS PARTsolutions and Teamcenter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By focusing on reusing parts, your company can shave off nearly 30-minutes a day of wasted work from each design engineer AND eliminate most of the redundant efforts downstream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is essential to learn how to reuse <\/a>digital <\/a>parts<\/a> if you want to increase your engineering efficiency, cut costs, and increase speed to market for new designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see how much time reusing parts can save your engineers, download the Engineering Reuse Time <\/a>Savings <\/a>Calculator<\/a> from CADENAS PARTsolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joseph Lewin<\/strong> is the Product Marketing Manager for PARTsolutions software. His goal is to enable engineers to work more efficiently by providing resources and education about improved engineering processes.<\/em>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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