Our procurement people need a justification why we "have" to have PCDMIS instead of some other CMM software on the market. Does anyone have any factual info we can send them?? We already have 5 machines running it! Trying to get a 6th and they are giving us a hard time!
I would think if you have 5 machines running PC-DMIS that you would stick to what you know unless you are looking for new features/options or you don't like what you have.
I would think the biggest obstacle is training for the new software. The machine wont be doing much until you start writing programs and depending on your programmers that could be next week or next month. You would be starting from scratch and unless you are looking for certain options that only other software provides i'm not sure of the gain.
Maybe the other software is cheaper or calibration of the machine is cheaper or the agreement is cheaper but in the end training and time down will eat up for savings.
Do you know why they are trying to change now?
I would think if you have 5 machines running PC-DMIS that you would stick to what you know unless you are looking for new features/options or you don't like what you have.
I would think the biggest obstacle is training for the new software. The machine wont be doing much until you start writing programs and depending on your programmers that could be next week or next month. You would be starting from scratch and unless you are looking for certain options that only other software provides i'm not sure of the gain.
Maybe the other software is cheaper or calibration of the machine is cheaper or the agreement is cheaper but in the end training and time down will eat up for savings.
Do you know why they are trying to change now?
