3 Reasons why Anark Collaborate Means Faster Innovation for Manufacturers

Whether you’re looking to sustain your innovative edge to create better-performing products, or disrupt the market with a breakthrough innovation, it’s all about increasing speed without sacrificing quality. Faster innovation happens when manufacturers and their suppliers are making better, faster decisions. Decisions require the exchange of product data and conversations to reach a conclusion. Whether it’s a design decision, sourcing decision, or (contract) manufacturing decision, you need people to exchange ideas, not just data. But for all the digital collaboration systems that have flooded the market, manufacturers still struggle to bring comprehensive product data together with the conversations that drive decisions. You can either talk to each other (email / chat apps), or share non-technical files, or share complex product data. And you are left to make compromises. Collaborate_TN2

Anark Collaborate delivers faster innovation by making product data accessible and actionable across manufacturers and their suppliers. Rich visual product data comes together with file sharing, tracked conversations and markup tools in a single intuitive application. There are 3 reasons why Anark Collaborate means faster innovation for manufacturers:

  1. Secure, mobile-first access means an intuitive, modern experience that everyone can use in a way that puts IP protection first. Imagine the simplicity of email on your mobile device combined with the power of your version-controlled product data management systems.   
  2. Comprehensive product data sharing means everyone is working off the same information. Upload and share a variety of file types with markup and instant chat. Document exchange is easy, but manufacturers require complete and always up-to-date product data (BOM, 3D CAD, PMI, and more). Add in visualization, markup, and guest upload capabilities to deliver a two-way product data exchange.
  3. Trace communication means you can do more of what works, and less of what doesn’t. Email and chat tools are simple, but in order to move faster, manufacturers need to know who said what, and when to make better decisions in real-time, and drive continuous improvement based on what works, and what doesn’t. 

When everyone has secure, barrier-free access to the data they need to do their best work, everyone can innovate faster.

About the Author

Patrick Dunfey
Vice President of Marketing and Sales Enablement
Patrick is an accomplished marketing and sales enablement professional who knows that customers are at the heart of every great innovation. He focuses on driving customer satisfaction and business growth through aligned Product-Marketing-Sales programs. He uses digital systems and data-driven approaches to understand, measure and deliver success, resulting in unparalleled customer experiences and value.  Patrick has 20 years of enterprise software expertise, with specialties in CAD, PLM, ERP, AR/VR and IoT. Prior to joining Anark, Patrick developed and taught a business course on XR value strategy, helping companies identify and realize value using virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. During 14 years at PTC, a leading provider of product development software, Patrick led teams responsible for the design, build and launch of an award-winning, state-of-the-art technology experience center resulting in 5X customer meeting growth, and 66% close rates on those meetings; he led the development of a new IoT sales enablement strategy to map business value to enabling technology contributing to 52% YoY IoT revenue growth; and met with over 1000 companies, ranging from SMB to the Fortune 100, to help bridge the gap between technology and customer value. Patrick began his career as a mechanical engineer, working on product design and development projects with Brooks Automation, Arthur D. Little, U.S. Army, Keurig, and others. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.
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