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Free trials are an excellent way to explore new software and get hands-on experience with the technology. A meeting with a technical expert during your free trial provides a direct link to the people who know the software best. It’s an investment of time that pays off in better understanding, faster decision-making, and quicker implementation. A free 30-day trial of DriveWorks Solo comes with instant access to a full feature trial, learning resources, and the opportunity to discuss your implementation with a DriveWorks technical expert.

Looking ahead to 2025, several key trends are set to shape the manufacturing industry over the coming year. Advancements in technology will drive sustainable business practices, while customization and localized manufacturing will redefine how products are designed, sold, and produced. As manufacturers navigate challenges like recruiting and retaining skilled talent and meeting the rising demand for custom products, digital tools will play an increasingly important role in manufacturing success.

As manufacturers adopt digital technologies, they automate repetitive design tasks, streamline operations, and simplify the process of configuring and quoting custom products. DriveWorks provides a comprehensive suite of design automation, 3D product configurator, and CPQ digital technology solutions. From simple automation tasks to complex configurations, DriveWorks technology enables manufacturers of all sizes to efficiently configure, design, sell, and manufacture custom products.

From simple automation tasks to complex configurations, DriveWorks technology enables manufacturers of all sizes to efficiently configure, design, sell, and manufacture custom products. Because DriveWorks is modular, scalable, and incredibly versatile, our customers use DriveWorks in many different ways, building design automation, product configurator, and CPQ solutions to suit their needs. Discover how Blue Giant use DriveWorks technology to reduce quote creation time from 3 days to 5 minutes.

Manufacturers of custom products have to balance complex customization with the fast pace of modern manufacturing. Traditional manufacturing processes, often set up for standard products, can be slow with a high degree of manual input, resulting in inefficient workflows. CPQ for manufacturing technology enables manufacturers of custom products to streamline complex design processes, make workflows between teams more efficient, and reduce lead times.

Every month, the DriveWorks team hosts a program of webinars designed to enhance your understanding of DriveWorks. The webinars are run by DriveWorks technical experts, and provide valuable insights, with the opportunity to ask questions. These sessions are perfect if you want to explore the capabilities of DriveWorks or need practical tips and tricks for starting your first DriveWorks project. Find out more about what’s coming up this month.

Seeing how other companies use DriveWorks is a great way of understanding how our technology works. It enables you to see how other companies have adopted our technology across a range of different industries and the benefits they’ve achieved with design automation. Seeing real-world examples and business metrics enables you to think about how you could incorporate design automation technology into your processes and the efficiencies you could benefit from.

Whether you’re just starting your CPQ journey or looking to optimize an existing solution, DriveWorks blogs offer a wealth of knowledge to guide you every step of the way. We’ve compiled a roundup of our recent blogs to help you learn more about and understand the benefits of CPQ, and to demonstrate why DriveWorks is the ultimate CPQ for manufacturing solution. We’ve also included examples of how DriveWorks customers have improved their business metrics with the implementation of DriveWorks technology.

Integrating design automation into your design process enables your teams to work smarter, and your business to be more flexible and efficient. Regardless of the size of your business, or how complex your product configurations are, design automation can improve productivity and take you from concept to manufacturing in record time.