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Learn how PTC Creo helps Great Plains engineering teams work concurrently,
introducing new product innovations and dramatically reducing time-to-market.
Great Plains Delivers Products 300% Faster with PTC Creo
and PTC Windchill
Founded in 1976, Great Plains Manufacturing employs 1,500 people in
eight Kansas communities and Sleaford, England. The company
manufactures equipment for seedbed preparation, nutrient placement,
seeding equipment, and grounds maintenance tools such as mowers,
tillers, and snow removal equipment.

“We’re designing products that we
wouldn’t have dreamed of before PTC
Creo. It’s not a question of how much
faster we are, it wouldn’t have been
possible to design them at all.”
Randy Jones
Engineering System Administrator

“We do everything from start to finish
using PTC solutions – from initial
layouts all the way to production.”

Great Plains Manufacturing’s Largest Grain Drill – the 3S-5000

Tanner McClure
Product Engineer

2
Great Plains Delivers Products 300% Faster with PTC Creo
and PTC Windchill
Founded in 1976, Great Plains Manufacturing employs 1,500 people in
eight Kansas communities and Sleaford, England. The company
manufactures equipment for seedbed preparation, nutrient placement,
seeding equipment, and grounds maintenance tools such as mowers,
tillers, and snow removal equipment

Initiatives

Solution

• Accelerate innovation in agricultural
equipment to drive competitive
advantage

• Replaced Autodesk and
standardized on PTC Creo for all
stages of product development
including concept, detailing,
simulation, documentation and
production

• Bring products to market faster by
enabling other teams such as
manufacturing, marketing and sales
to view the 3D models earlier in the
process
• Increase productivity by
consolidating onto one CAD system
globally

• Full verification and validation of 3D
designs with PTC Creo Simulate,
reducing physical prototyping
• Tight integration of PTC Creo and
PTC Windchill increases team
productivity across disparate
locations

Results
• Engineering teams work
concurrently, introducing new
product innovations and
dramatically reducing time-tomarket
• Delivered the 3S-5000 three times
faster than previous process - from
concept to production in 18 months

• Maximize component re-use by reusing designs across nine locations

3
Great Plains Delivers Products 300% Faster with PTC Creo and
PTC Windchill

See Great Plaines Manufacturing in action. Read the amazing story and
view video at http://ptc.co/smllL and on the PTC Creo blog at
http://ptc.co/sml8Q
Learn about additional PTC Creo customers at http://ptc.co/smkPw

4

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Great Plains Manufacturing delivers products 300% faster with PTC Creo and PTC Windchill

  • 1. Learn how PTC Creo helps Great Plains engineering teams work concurrently, introducing new product innovations and dramatically reducing time-to-market.
  • 2. Great Plains Delivers Products 300% Faster with PTC Creo and PTC Windchill Founded in 1976, Great Plains Manufacturing employs 1,500 people in eight Kansas communities and Sleaford, England. The company manufactures equipment for seedbed preparation, nutrient placement, seeding equipment, and grounds maintenance tools such as mowers, tillers, and snow removal equipment. “We’re designing products that we wouldn’t have dreamed of before PTC Creo. It’s not a question of how much faster we are, it wouldn’t have been possible to design them at all.” Randy Jones Engineering System Administrator “We do everything from start to finish using PTC solutions – from initial layouts all the way to production.” Great Plains Manufacturing’s Largest Grain Drill – the 3S-5000 Tanner McClure Product Engineer 2
  • 3. Great Plains Delivers Products 300% Faster with PTC Creo and PTC Windchill Founded in 1976, Great Plains Manufacturing employs 1,500 people in eight Kansas communities and Sleaford, England. The company manufactures equipment for seedbed preparation, nutrient placement, seeding equipment, and grounds maintenance tools such as mowers, tillers, and snow removal equipment Initiatives Solution • Accelerate innovation in agricultural equipment to drive competitive advantage • Replaced Autodesk and standardized on PTC Creo for all stages of product development including concept, detailing, simulation, documentation and production • Bring products to market faster by enabling other teams such as manufacturing, marketing and sales to view the 3D models earlier in the process • Increase productivity by consolidating onto one CAD system globally • Full verification and validation of 3D designs with PTC Creo Simulate, reducing physical prototyping • Tight integration of PTC Creo and PTC Windchill increases team productivity across disparate locations Results • Engineering teams work concurrently, introducing new product innovations and dramatically reducing time-tomarket • Delivered the 3S-5000 three times faster than previous process - from concept to production in 18 months • Maximize component re-use by reusing designs across nine locations 3
  • 4. Great Plains Delivers Products 300% Faster with PTC Creo and PTC Windchill See Great Plaines Manufacturing in action. Read the amazing story and view video at http://ptc.co/smllL and on the PTC Creo blog at http://ptc.co/sml8Q Learn about additional PTC Creo customers at http://ptc.co/smkPw 4