Implementing Revu for Redlining Product/Part Drawings

Randy Schoenhals – Herman Miller Options Engineering

Presenter:

About Me…Herman Miller Options Engineering Team Since 2008OFFICIAL JOB ROLE

• CUSTOM PRODUCT ENGINEER

UN-OFFICIAL JOB ROLES

• FEASABILITY ENGINEER

• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FACILITATOR

• LEAN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

• CAD RESOURCE MANAGER

• MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

• SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT MANGER

• PRODUCT CONFIGURATION LAUNCH MANAGER

• CAD DESIGNER

• CAD AUTOMATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

About Herman Miller Options…

Typical Moderate Request

Fluctuation In Demand and Offshore Resource Balance

Real Time Work Priorities and Status

New Problems Created

Before Revu

Performance Issues with Snag-IT

Business Conditions

Proposed Solution

Test Method

Average Time per Task

Work Balance Results

Using Revu when Snag-IT was typically used

Worst Case Scenario

Using Revu for ALL simple and moderate requests

Best Case Scenario

From This…

To This

A New Way of Working

Current Uses Within Options Engineering• Major Uses– 2D annotation of part and assembly drawings – “Informal” product assembly and installation instructions – Paperless documentation – Archiving documents for record keeping

• Other Uses– Inner office communication – Supplier/Field communication – Layout verification/documentation – Conceptualization – Offshore engineering communication

Herman Miller Corporate Use of Revu

• Currently used – Options Engineering and CAD (customized product engineering) – Dealers*

• Potential to be used – Product Maintenance Engineering – New Product Development – Performance Engineering – Applications (Sales team) – Manufacturing – CNC and Manufacturing Engineering – Offshore Engineering

Future Opportunities for HMI Options

• 3D PDF annotation• Dynamic hyperlinking• SharePoint integration • Extend use of “compare” and “overlay” features • Template and label implementation

Thank You