DÜRR Systems GmbH Mehmet Tugay Team leader Systems Training

Dürr Systems is a leading turnkey contractor for mass production paint shops for automobile manufacturers and suppliers. In 2005 the company, which is located in Stuttgart, achieved annual sales of 1.4 billion Euros.

The creation of commissioning documentations for painting plants was very expensive. The reason was that the data used as a basis for the documentation were in different formats: drawings in CAD, tables in Excel^TM format and partially Word^TM documents. Redundant entries, transfer errors and contradictory data was the result.

With Visual PlantEngineer the commissioning documentation now is created automatically. A database allows central data access and standardized graphics.

"The time pressure we usually worked under creating the commissioning documentation belongs to the past." Thanks to Visual PlantEngineer, which is based on Office Visio 2003, the documentation is now created more efficiently, faster and is of a higher quality.

"In the course of our project work with Visual PlantEngineer we discovered that the time we usually needed for design and documentation was reduced by 50-60%." With Visual PlantEngineer the installation and commissioning data can be gathered directly at the construction site, even in different languages, and then be printed at the touch of a key. The database provides the current status of installation and commissioning at all times.

"Anyone who can work with Excel and PowerPoint learns quickly how to work with Visual PlantEngineer." Thanks to the well-known Office user interface, Microsoft Visio™ can be up and running in a few days, even with users that have no familiarity with CAD. With the implementation of the application, data transfer errors and double entries were prevented and the creation of schematics was standardized. "Since all sections of the company access the same database the communication between design engineers, product managers, engineers and IT specialists has noticeably improved."

"We are highly satisfied with the result and employ Visual PlantEngineer now worldwide at all project stages from design to creating the commissioning documentation."

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