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Navigator Brings Thousands Of CAD Files, Product Specs to TE-CO Customers

World class product manufacturer leverages Thomas's technology to offer richer product data and 3D CAD models

TE-CO Workholding has integrated its website with the Navigator Platform, a Thomas technology that allows TE-CO to provide its customers with thousands of CAD models and product specifications.

The announcement follows a recent partnership between the two companies that emerged to help TE-CO and its distributors improve efficiencies in the availability and flow of rich product data to provide end-users with a better digital experience when searching for TE-CO products.

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Enrich Data, Boost Manufacturing Sales: How Manufacturers and Distributors Can Bridge The Service Gap

Manufacturers and distributors rely on each other to support and grow their respective businesses, both of which are based on a mutual goal: Sales.

But what happens when monthly figures show sales below expectations? Despite unsatisfactory results, both parties simply rationalize the problem as “the way it is” and grudgingly continue to tolerate the problem rather than solve it.

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Become BIM-Ready Today — Thomas Enterprise Experts Host Free BIM Webinar

Architects, engineers and contractors in the AEC industry have increased their focus on how they can improve efficiencies and better meet owners’ demands for an ‘as-built’ BIM model at the completion of a project.  Utilizing more manufacturer-specific BIM models, complete with specs, performance characteristics and standards like COBIE, is becoming more important.

These AEC professionals seek products from manufacturers that can deliver the rich and detailed information they need, exactly when it’s needed in their process. To meet these expectations, building product manufacturers need to re-tool and re-think their sales and marketing process to fully adapt to the new demands of BIM.

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How To Turn Complex Parts into Simple Sales

Digitized information can make the most complex processes simpler and more efficient — especially for complex industrial parts.

By delivering rich and detailed digital product information, manufacturers are increasingly optimizing their product data offerings with CAD files, drawings and configurable components, differentiating their digital customer experience from their competitors.

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OEMs: Get The Edge On Competitors With Product Information

In an effort to connect with potential customers, many manufacturers have established a web presence for their companies. But the leading manufacturers know that simply having a website isn’t enough to fulfill customers’ needs.

Most manufacturer websites include product information at a basic level. As an industry professional, you know that “basic” isn’t found in the vocabulary of engineers, designers, and procurement managers — these customers thrive on comprehensive product data, such as CAD models, drawings, and spec sheets.

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