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About A better way to manufacture products. We apply computer vision, machine learning, cloud computing and adaptive robotics to product assembly and inspection, changing the flexibility, scalability, resiliency, and economics of the industry. Our team of manufacturing experts live on the factory floor and translate this real-world experience into finding solutions for even the most complex production challenges. Factory resiliency, today and into the future. Minimize production inefficiencies caused by human error and fatigue and drive consistent output with our repeatable, software-driven assembly lines. Reducing dependence on human labor trims cost and time-to-market by giving you the freedom to manufacture closer to your customers and supply chain. Quick production ramp-up, every time. We get you up and running up to 50% faster with our pre-integrated and production-ready microfactories. Our simple-to-use interface allows you to quickly configure your line without any programming	About A Feature-based PLE Factory is much like a typical manufacturing factory except that it operates on digital assets rather than physical parts. To establish the factory, your organization creates a “superset” supply chain of digital assets that can be shared across the entire product line. These digital assets are equipped with all the feature options offered in the product line. The features chosen for each product are specified in the Bill-of-Features, then, a product asset instance is created by the Gears product configurator. The PLE Factory, based on Gears, becomes your automated production system for assembling and configuring the shared digital assets based on the features selected for each product variation, with the push of a button. With BigLever’s Gears, your organization has a common set of PLE concepts and constructs that augment your tools and assets, which allows engineering processes to flow cleanly and efficiently across the full lifecycle.
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Audience Electronic manufacturers looking for a cloud-based software for design, simulation, and deployment of the configuration and instructions used to setup and run physical production assembly lines	Audience Manufacturing companies in search of a product line engineering solution to optimize their infrastructure and production
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	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Worst tool . do not use this. we did not even have build for 6 months during the transition. when build is available , it never worked. Cons This is good for manufacturing may be for parts management. not for software engineering. If you are buying this tool, your stock market will go down so quickly and employees will be very upset.
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Company Information Bright Machines United States www.brightmachines.com	Company Information BigLever Founded: 1999 United States biglever.com/solution/gears/
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Categories Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Supported	Categories Product Configurator Supported
	Show More Features Product Configurator Features 2D Drawing Not Supported 3D Modeling Not Supported Analysis & Constraints Supported Custom Pricing Options Not Supported eCommerce Not Supported Inventory Management Not Supported Recommendation Engine Not Supported
Integrations ANSYS SpaceClaim Not Supported Aras Innovator Not Supported Codebeamer Not Supported Enterprise Architect Not Supported EnviroSys Not Supported GENESYS Not Supported IBM Cloud Not Supported IBM Rational Build Forge Not Supported MadCap Flare Not Supported Marigold Engage+ Supported Microsoft 365 Not Supported Microsoft Excel Not Supported Microsoft PowerPoint Not Supported Microsoft Word Not Supported OpenSourceCM Not Supported P4 Not Supported PTC FlexPLM Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 1 Integration	Integrations ANSYS SpaceClaim Supported Aras Innovator Supported Codebeamer Supported Enterprise Architect Supported EnviroSys Supported GENESYS Supported IBM Cloud Supported IBM Rational Build Forge Supported MadCap Flare Supported Marigold Engage+ Not Supported Microsoft 365 Supported Microsoft Excel Supported Microsoft PowerPoint Supported Microsoft Word Supported OpenSourceCM Supported P4 Supported PTC FlexPLM Supported Show More Integrations View All 16 Integrations
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