
Engineering Intent in the News
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150-percent Bills of Material Are Hurting Your Business
April 5, 2021

Throwing every option into a master BOM, followed by turning elements on and off is not lean, efficient, or effective
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Engineer-to-Order Replacing CPQ
March 30, 2021

Scott Heide, Founder and CEO of Engineering Intent, discusses how Configure-Price-Quote methodologies are being replaced by Engineer-to-Order and how the collaborative configuration method is far superior.
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Speaking the Language of Manufacturing Engineers
March 17, 2021

The questions accompanying product design are many and there are no easy answers. Automation offers shortcuts that deal with these various challenges. Answering common questions via automation technology frees engineers to do more fulfilling, interesting, and rewarding work.
Manufacturers of highly configurable products want to maximize engineering resources. By capturing knowledge and decision-making, the newest best-in-class engineering automation software speeds development of subsequent design iterations.
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Where is the Value in Automation for Manufacturing Engineers?
March 12, 2021

The questions accompanying product design are many and there are no easy answers. Automation offers shortcuts that deal with these various challenges.
Answering common questions via automation technology frees engineers to do more fulfilling, interesting, and rewarding work. Manufacturers of highly configurable products want to maximize engineering resources. By capturing knowledge and decision-making, the newest best-in-class engineering automation software speeds development of subsequent design iterations.
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Engineer Price Quote: Replacing Traditional CPQ Solutions
February 15, 2021

CPQ (Configure Price Quote) software is an unacceptable sales automation tool for companies offering highly configurable products. CPQ fails complex product manufacturers because the required engineering rules, geometry, and calculations far exceed the capabilities of traditional CPQ systems. An inordinate amount of potential profitability is lost reviewing, correcting, and re-engineering inadequate configurations. Companies manufacturing extraordinarily complex products experience these limitations (and the follow-on engineering costs) of CPQ.
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Design Engineering Automation for Highly Configurable Products

February 8, 2021
Manufacturers of highly configurable products want to maximize engineering resources. By capturing knowledge and decision-making, the newest best-in-class engineering automation software speeds development of subsequent design iterations. Automating rules for engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturers configures custom versions; these technologies allow custom products to reach markets faster and with less friction. More compelling proposals, higher quality products, and reduced engineering costs provide a rapid ROI (return on investment).
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Advanced but Simple-to-Use 3D Generative Design Software
February 3, 2021
Abdul Montaqim, editor of Robotics & Automation News, interviews Scott Heide, Founder and CEO of Engineering Intent Corporation.
They discuss the use of Knowledge Bridge, a cloud-driven, rules-based software that addresses the challenges of the engineering requirements in Design Automation and Engineered-to-Order product quoting and order processing for complex products.
Montaqim digs into a number of important questions that Heide addresses, including usability, application industries, app costs, scalability, future uses for the technology, and the relationship between kBridge and conventional CAD.
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Solutions that Streamline and Automate your ETO Business

February 2, 2021
"In this week's Industrial Talk Podcast we're talking to Scott Heide, Founder and CEO at Engineering Intent Corporation about “Solutions that Streamline and Automate your Engineer-To-Order Business”. Get the answers to your “Efficiency” questions along with Scott's unique insight on the “How” on this Industrial Talk interview!"
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The Marriage of Engineering and Sales Automation
January 18, 2021
"Many questions regarding sales of custom-engineered products require highly technical answers. Most can be answered automatically with the right rules-based system."
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Automating the Costly RFQ Process
January 18, 2021
"ETO automation success starts with clear communication of a customer’s requirements. Proposed solutions must meet those requirements. Automating engineering and design steps means simplified management of modifications and nuances to documents."
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Automating the RFQ Process
January 18, 2021
"Modifying RFQs becomes quite simple allowing prospects' inputs which include a fully engineered, accurately costed, graphically communicative quote."