eBook Download: The Ultimate Guide For Machine Tool Manufacturing Companies - Learn How to Sell More Hardware

The Ultimate Guide For Machine Tool Manufacturering Companies eBook has been developed to educate Machine Tool Manufacturers on the various strategies that will help them achieve their ultimate goal of selling more hardware. Suppliers will learn how they can achieve their ultimate goal and increase their overall profitability.

This eBook will also explain how 3D software development kits (components) can help manufacturing companies translate any CAD data from any application system.

This eBook comes from a significant number of thought leaders and influencers that have been in the industry for over 25 years representing virtually all corners of the manufacturing and fabrication industry.

Outlines the challenges software represents to the machine tool vendor. Today’s customers expect applications to come along with the equipment and software can sometimes introduce technical challenges; however, software can significantly help grow sales by enabling unique functionality that provides true differentiation. With the revenue growth potential and the software challenges, product managers responsible for overseeing the complete software and equipment solutions, are presented with an interesting dilemma.  

 What you will learn

•  Understanding of the challenges that come along with the introduction of software
• Understanding of the product manager's challenges of differentiating with software
• How to translate those challenges into the business implications

Part Two – Strategies for Machine Tool Manufacturers to Differentiate with Software

Is written for product managers with the goal of minimizing the risks to the business and capitalize on opportunities to differentiate the software and equipment offering. Product managers must figure out exactly how to unlock the potential that the combination of hardware and software can provide, resulting in highly differentiated offerings.  This eBook will help answer many questions including: Should a complete software competency, replete with a legion of software developers, be built within the company? Should it be handed over to a software development firm? Should a partnership be forged with a software provider already providing similar offerings?  Each approach has advantages and disadvantages. This paper will explore various options to help achieve the software goal.

What you will learn

• Advantages / disadvantages of OEMing a software application
• Advantages / disadvantages of building a custom application from the ground up
• Advantages / disadvantages of building a custom application with SDKs (aka components)

Part Three - Selecting the Right Software Development Kits aka Component: Its More Than Just Software

Describes how machine tool vendors can utilize software SDKs to jumpstart the development of software applications that drive hardware.  This eBook helps outlines the factors (including flexibility, pricing, reputation, local presence, scalable services and other characteristics) that should be considered when choosing an SDK provider.  Receive guidance for helping select the best overall fit that matches the needs of fabrication and manufacturing machine tool vendors.

What you will learn

• The functionality required for 2D and 3D SDKs
• Understanding of how SDKs can do CAD data translation from any application system
• How to optimize with SDKs
• What to look for in a business relationship with SDK providers