http://www.razorleaf.com Innovative Process Solutions. Bottom-Line Results. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/high-availability-licensing-for-lum/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/high-availability-licensing-for-lum/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:27:54 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=637 In today’s global economy, businesses are increasingly using existing resources in new ways to increase productivity while maintaining or lowering costs. Recently, one of our clients was very successful in accomplishing this. This organization realized that technical personnel are one of its most important assets, but keeping these folks licensed and properly equipped [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/high-availability-licensing-for-lum/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/securing-the-crown-jewels/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/securing-the-crown-jewels/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:59:21 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=603 Security is important to nearly all companies, however for some it is most important aspect of their business systems. If their data can’t be protected while it’s being shared, they would rather not share it. So it is for one of Razorleaf’s clients in the Energy sector. As many people in that business will attest, [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/securing-the-crown-jewels/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/multi-site-enables-client-exit-bankruptcy/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/multi-site-enables-client-exit-bankruptcy/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:37:23 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=564 A few years ago, a U.S.-based manufacturer we work with, fell on tough times and considered filing for Chapter 11 protection. The company had been facing stiff competition from foreign knock-offs. A plan was needed that would: enable the company to expand operations globally; convince the court to allow fresh capital to be [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/multi-site-enables-client-exit-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/migrating-to-advanced-plm/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/migrating-to-advanced-plm/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:09:25 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=526 As those who have been involved in the PDM/PLM marketplace for any period of time can attest, the acronyms and related functionality morph frequently. Yesterday’s simple Technical Document Management (TDM) system is today’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) backbone. The trend we have been seeing over the last few years has been the strengthening of [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/migrating-to-advanced-plm/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/business-value-epdm-replication/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/business-value-epdm-replication/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:56:00 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=505 One of Razorleaf’s clients, a government contractor on the East coast of Florida that’s been a PDM Workgroup user for several years, was in the process of expanding, merging with another company and opening a new location several miles away from its headquarters. As a result of this growth, the company recognized an increasing [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/business-value-epdm-replication/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/driveworks-handles-complex-designs/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/driveworks-handles-complex-designs/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:10:50 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=462 What do you do when you want and need to automate your design, but the process behind the design is too complex? This was the situation that arose when one of our DriveWorks clients presented us with an exceedingly complex set of calculations. To make matters even more complex, the other desire was to support [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/driveworks-handles-complex-designs/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/what-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-trust-your-viewer/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/what-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-trust-your-viewer/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:31:22 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=428 One of Razorleaf’s clients recently encountered a small software glitch that led to a big problem for their business. Here’s the short version. A user printed a drawing from the viewer in their PDM system, and the hardcopy print showed bad data so the part was made incorrectly. The impact was significant: a [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/what-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-trust-your-viewer/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/unattended-batch-printing-with-smarteam/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/unattended-batch-printing-with-smarteam/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:15:13 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=402 One of our Ohio-based clients has all the documentation required to manufacture its products completely managed by SMARTEAM. The company has around 250 users who regularly need to not only access this information but to print the drawings too. The company wanted a way to provide easy access to the drawings for printing and distribution. The [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/unattended-batch-printing-with-smarteam/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/assigning-workflow-nodes-in-smarteam/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/assigning-workflow-nodes-in-smarteam/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:11:52 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=396 Recently, a long-time Razorleaf client and SmarTeam-Workflow user had the need to be able to dynamically assign users in SmarTeam workflows based on varying conditions. For example, the marketing and engineering manager roles needed to be set based on the business unit to which the process is related. SmarTeam allowed the client to set a workflow [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/assigning-workflow-nodes-in-smarteam/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/managing-cam-data-with-pdmworks-enterprise/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/managing-cam-data-with-pdmworks-enterprise/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:57:27 +0000 bethb http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=367 Pacific Bearing, located in Rockford, Illinois, is a manufacturer of a wide range of precision bearings. Since 1982, Pacific Bearing has provided innovative solutions for linear and rotary motion problems, both domestically and internationally. Jim Zalzalah, Engineering manager, after joining Pacific Bearing in 2005 quickly recognized the need for a more controlled environment to significantly increase [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/04/managing-cam-data-with-pdmworks-enterprise/feed/ 0