Engineer-to-Order (ETO)

Bluestar PLM offers a scalable module-based PLM solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management, delivering different levels of integration with CAD, PLM and ERP, fitting your unique business needs. Start simple by CAD/PDM + ERP Connectors, explore a single business system by having CAD + PLM + ERP with Bluestar PLM, or move your business towards enterprise product configuration by choosing the Product Configuration Module.

Embedded inside Dynamics 365/AX, Bluestar PLM allows Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturers to manage their entire business inside one single cloud-based solution.

By streamlining and automating end-to-end business processes, Bluestar PLM allows you to react to the changing circumstances of one-off projects, by improving collaboration across your organization during product design, manufacturing, and delivery. As a result, the risk of costly production mistakes is mitigated, time-to-market is decreased, and more orders are successfully fulfilled and delivered.

How Bluestar PLM benefits ETO Manufacturers

The ability to effectively coordinate and execute a constant flow of engineering changes across engineering and operations is key to success in engineer to order manufacturing. The supply chain must be efficient and capable, which can be done with plm for engineer to order.

Engineering and operations must be able to work in parallel and in close collaboration at the same time, to avoid bottlenecks, costly errors and delays. This is what enables the company to meet changes in customer demand, stay on schedule and adhere to budgets.

Bluestar PLM is built from the ground-up as a solution specifically for ETO manufacturering. It offers several key benefits that are essential for any company to excel in the ETO business.

Specific benefits for Engineer-to-Order Companies

CAD integration

Bluestar PLM’s full integration with the market leading mechanical and electrical CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor, SolidEdge, Creo, Catia, AutoCAD, Altium, Orcad and many more allows a tighter collaboration between multi-domain design teams. It allows CAD users to access and use valuable PLM and ERP data, and utilize CAD drawings on both the PLM and ERP side as auto generated PDFs.

Project and documentation management

Centralize and collect product resources and dependencies like data sheets, documents, and video, containing essential parameters and manufacturing information, essential to the communication between engineering, manufacturing and sales. 

Engineering Data Export

Export entire projects and files in an easy and controlled manner, providing suppliers with all the information they need to manufacture products and fulfill orders.

Reuse items and structures

ETO products often reuse existing product structures with modifications based on customer specific requirements. Reusing items eliminate the need to start a product design process from scratch, requiring time-consuming approvals of new items. Learn more about item reusability with the Bluestar Designer CAD-add-in here.

Engineering Change Management

Achieve complete transparency in the cost and logistic feasibility of engineering changes and ensure that engineering documentation is always up-to-date. For more details learn about Bluestar ECM here.

Growing BOMs

Bluestar PLM supports growing and dynamic BOMs that can be partially released early, even though the final design of the product is not yet determined and approved, to release and communicate long-lead items as soon as possible to purchasing.

Modules for your Engineering

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Engineering Change Management (ECM)

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Business Process Management (BPM)

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Engineering Quality Management

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Automatic CAD Designer

How other ETO companies elevated their design and manufacturing processes with Bluestar PLM?

Bluestar PLM has helped ETO companies from all around the world to achieve unified operations and improved collaboration across their organization!

Interested in Growing Your Business?

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Poul Bak Pedersen
Sales Director EMEA
pbp@bluestarplm.com