Learn how PTC Creo helps Great Plains engineering teams work concurrently, introducing new product innovations and dramatically reducing time-to-market.
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
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.
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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
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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
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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
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