Modine Europe GmbH

The company's European operations employees struggled with an outdated data exchange system that no longer supported common communication protocols associated with CAD data exchanges, such as Odette OFTP, ENX, and ENGDAT. In addition, administration and use of the system required labor- and time-intensive manual processes that placed a significant burden on company resources.

At a more granular level, operations identified specific trouble areas in the legacy system: TAR containers were being sent without the ".tar" extension; incoming Pro/ENGINEER files were renamed improperly by the system and could not be opened by the application; temporary files on the server were not automatically deleted; ENGDAT abstract files and the content of TAR and ZIP containers could not be viewed; and there was no transmission progress indicator. As a result, employees had no choice but to deal with these failings which equated to wasted time, unnecessary delays and reduced productivity.

Modine Europe hoped to enhance communication with its global partners and customers by implementing a new system that would support all of the common communication methods associated with CAD data exchange. To be effective, the new solution would have to significantly enhance the quality and reliability of CAD data exchange processes while eliminating the current manual steps.