The integration of CAD, ERP and document management is one of the pillars of the digital factory. In many industrial companies, design, administrative management and technical documentation work in silos or watertight compartments, leading to data duplication, errors, delays and cost overruns.
Integrating these three tools into a single flow not only avoids these problems, but also ensures traceability, regulatory compliance and overall efficiency.
Fragmentation of data between design, management and documentation causes errors, extra costs and delays. Integrating them ensures a single, efficient flow.
When CAD design is managed in isolation, engineers work with their own files, ERP calculates materials and costs in parallel, and documentation is stored in scattered folders. This multiplies the risk of inconsistencies and errors.
In industries such as automotive or pharmaceuticals, every day of delay means loss of competitiveness. Without integration, moving information from CAD to ERP can take days, whereas with a connected system, it takes seconds.
Some of the advantages that this information flow produces are:
Integrating CAD, ERP and document management is the basis for gaining speed, precision and competitiveness in a global market.
CAD software defines the product, but in isolation, it loses value. Integrated with ERP and document management, it becomes the engine of digitisation.
CAD contains all the technical definitions (parts, dimensions, materials). When connected to ERP and document management, this information flows automatically to purchasing, production and quality.
Each CAD modification is automatically versioned and associated with the document manager. The ERP updates bills of materials(BOM) and production orders, ensuring complete traceability.
A change in design no longer involves redoing manual orders in Excel or copying data into folders. ERP calculates materials and costs in real time, reducing waste and speeding up delivery.
CAD ceases to be an island and becomes an engine that feeds the entire industrial value chain.
ERP turns design into planning, purchasing, inventory and costs. Connected to CAD and document management, coordination is immediate.
The RPS Next ERP, integrated with CAD, automatically calculates which materials are required according to the drawings. This avoids cost overruns and production stoppages.
The ERP adjusts inventories according to drawings and production orders, ensuring financial and logistical control at all times.
In regulated sectors (ISO, FDA, CE), ERP linked to the document manager allows immediate access to manuals, certificates and quality records.
With integrated ERP, each CAD design is automatically transformed into procurement, planning and certified traceability.
The document manager centralises, controls and audits documentation, avoiding errors and ensuring compliance in regulated sectors.
All drawings, manuals, certificates and contracts are in a single repository, accessible from any department.
Ensures that no drawing goes into production without being approved, with traceability of who modified it and when.
The document manager connects directly with CAD and ERP, so that each file is linked to its order, production order or product.
The document manager turns documentation into a strategic asset, ensuring security, traceability and compliance.
Integrating these three tools eliminates duplication, reduces errors and provides a competitive advantage in terms of deadlines, costs and quality.
Integration ensures fewer internal errors and more added value for the end customer.
Sectors such as automotive, textiles, pharmaceuticals and aerospace already take advantage of integration to gain efficiency and meet demanding standards.
Every industry gains tangible benefits: reduced lead times, regulatory compliance and global competitiveness.
Integration is not optional: it is the foundation of the digital, sustainable and competitive factory. At Overtel, we help companies to unify CAD, ERP and document management with solutions such as RPS Next (ERP), MES/MOM INEXION (plant control) and OT/IT cybersecurity services, ensuring efficiency, traceability and regulatory compliance.
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