5 Great EPLAN Features Top Engineering Managers Value

1. Automates manual, repetitive tasks

Engineering managers appreciate how EPLAN can eliminate manual, repetitive tasks and automate processes that would otherwise take hours or days using less specialised CAD systems. This brings immediate time and cost savings throughout the process, and also increases job satisfaction for engineers, with less stress and a better work/life balance. Increased automation also reduces the risk of mistakes arising from human error, avoiding the expense and frustration of design mistakes finding their way through to production, and ensuring accurate and compliant designs. Project turnaround times are then improved thanks to automatic updates throughout all affected documents when changes occur during development.

“On larger projects, EPLAN Electric P8 brings us the benefits of automatic generation of BOMs and cable schedules”

Jan Hemper, Technical Director at InControl Systems.

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2. Future-proof your electrical design process

Electrical engineering managers value how EPLAN future-proofs their electrical design process by incorporating technology updates and changes in standards within its databank of up-to-date symbol libraries, templates, macros and functions. The big fear of many project managers and business leaders is that, in a fast-moving sector, they will fall behind on electrical design trends, impacting their productivity and competitiveness. EPLAN addresses these concerns by providing yearly software updates to keep up with the changing markets and new innovations, making the platform a valuable asset and ensuring that all electrical designs are up to date. Check out the new features in the latest version Platform 2023. 

3. Industry-leading support, consultancy, and training

Electrical engineering teams frequently appreciate the consultancy, after-sales support, and personalised training EPLAN offers. This facilitates greater standardisation across your projects, leading to greater customer satisfaction. If you can tell which engineer has worked on the design, there’s room for improvements to be made in standardisation! As well as initial training and implementation support, we also offer a large knowledge base of e-learning material so your team can learn the platform at their own pace and refresh their skills and knowledge when necessary.

"Buying all these EPLAN solutions helped us become more organised and standardised, and our customers love it"

Harry Heathfield, Electrical Design Engineer at Eclipse Magnetics

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4. Increased productivity and shorter project delivery times

Engineering managers also appreciate how EPLAN is specifically designed with electrical engineers in mind. It focuses on streamlining the design processes which enables their team to complete more projects in the same time.

By improving the speed and accuracy of electrical design with its various features, the EPLAN platform enables engineers to create robust designs quickly and efficiently, ultimately reducing project turnaround time and improving profit margins.

Designers also benefit from increased productivity thanks to menu-driven dialogue boxes and an intuitive graphical UI, as well as automated error checks that reduce the chance of errors being missed until later in the process. 

5. Improved collaboration and communication

With a range of cloud-based tools, EPLAN Cloud enables better communication and collaboration across projects. 

• EPLAN eVIEW enables project stakeholders to comment and provide feedback on projects easily, allowing products to be finalised with fewer back-and-forth revisions and reworks.
  
  
• EPLAN eMANAGE facilitates efficient project management by providing a centralised platform for organising and tracking project data, including documents, revisions, and team collaboration.
  
  
• EPLAN eSTOCK enables you to centrally access your company’s in-house device database, allowing device data to be edited and managed by all users. Use the software to easily and securely access the data while working from home, for collaboration with co-workers across different sites, or for data sharing with business partners.
  
  
• Lastly, EPLAN Data Portal is a comprehensive online database that offers access to a vast collection of device and component data, allowing engineers to easily select, import, and integrate accurate product information into their designs. 

Together, these EPLAN tools offer improved efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration, enabling electrical engineers to optimise their workflows and deliver high-quality projects.