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Engineering enterprises face a number of unique issues due to the complex nature of product design, distributed collaboration, and product release to manufacturing. This page provides direct links to educational white papers, informative online resources and free CAD communities to further your knowledge of important engineering concerns and their solutions.

On Demand Webinar: How to Maintain CAD File Integrity


Engineering Design and electronic CAD produce a multitude of digitized data, documents and file interrelationships. Controlling drawings requires more rigorous management that typical content management. View this On Demand Webinar to learn how to maintain CAD file integrity.

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Why Technology Projects Fail – Cadalyst


Knowing that obstacles will arise in the implementation of your technology project and being prepared to address them can help ensure a successful outcome. This article covers the 4 key characteristics of successful implementations.

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Free Subscription to Electronic Design Magazine and Engineer's Career Guide


Electronic Design magazine is an authority on emerging technologies for design solutions. Register for a free subscription and you will receive the special "Engineer's Career Guide" full of insightful articles and Electronic Design's 2008 salary survey results.

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Free Newsletters from Cadalyst


Cadalyst magazine offers a variety of email newsletters loaded with insightful analysis, tips, and advice for the CAD and Engineering communities. Visit the link below to sign up for any or all the newsletters for free.

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Free Subscription to Desktop Engineering Magazine


Desktop Engineering magazine is written specifically for design engineering teams. Residents in the US can sign up for a free print or digital subscription along with any of DE's 6 email newsletters.

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CAD Communities – ConnectPress


Whether you design using SolidWorks, MicroStation, Inventor or many of the other popular CAD tools, ConnectPress offers an interactive community to assist your engineering efforts. Loaded with helpful design tips, featured articles, special reports and job boards the free communities will connect you with the right people and information.

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Surviving Tough Times: Engineering Solutions that Cut Costs and Reduce Risk – White Paper


This Management Series white paper instructs Engineering Enterprises on how to survive in a struggling economy. Learn how to examine your current operations to recognize where costs can be saved and risk can be mitigated with the proper engineering document management and workflow solution.

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The 5 Stages in the Evolution of Document Management


To determine the proper document management solution your firm requires, examine the different stages in the Evolution of Document Management. A company with a fundamental engineering department will find itself in one of these distinct stages.

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The Five Pillars of Engineering Document Management – White Paper


Register for this white paper which describes the Five Pillars of advanced Engineering Document Management solutions that you should consider when evaluating EDM products. Discover the basic functional areas necessary to implement a successful engineering solution in your enterprise.

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CPR to Revive Your Bottom Line

In the current economy we understand that the ONLY purchases engineering enterprises will be considering are those that can demonstrate a clear, objective and quantifiable ROI case.

To this end, First Trace has produced a Cost Prevention and Reduction (CPR) self–assessment tool that can be used to determine how much your organization will save, in quantifiable dollars, when common documentation 'breakdowns' are eliminated from manual systems. Many of these breakdown incidents have become so common that many firms have begun to consider them a cost of doing business. In tough economic times, studies show that you can expect the number and frequency of these incidents to increase.

We can change this for your organization. The goal of the CPR is to uncover these breakdown incidents using your own cost data to calculate the savings possible when these breakdowns are eliminated.

You can begin the process of resuscitating your bottom line by filling out the simple form below to receive your free CPR self–assessment. Your assessment tool will be arriving shortly by email.


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What problems does your company plan to address?

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