Autodesk, as the long-term partner for Design & Manufacturing, will provide insights on what is driving the manufacturing industry, where challenges exist and how they have helped with shared customer success stories.

With more than 300 years combined industry experience, the ARKANCE UK team will share how they can help deliver positive outcomes in your business improving efficiency, productivity and profitability.

Customer Corner

Digitising Our Business – Playdale - Oliver Harbridge, Digital Development Engineer

Oliver guided Playdale’s move to Inventor, integrating Autodesk tools for design, data management from sales to production, supporting lean manufacturing to drive operational efficiency. 

Successful Production with Autodesk Fusion – Opus International - Jack Siddall, Managing Director  

Opus International Products was set up in 2013 after the founders had accumulated many years’ experience in the automotive parts manufacturing sector. Experience how they deliver high quality production output with Autodesk Fusion.

Paperless, Integrated and Automated: Our Engineering Transformation - Hyfore Workholding

Hyfore Workholding transitioned to a paperless workflow, adopted Inventor from 2D, implemented engineering data management, and embraced Fusion’s 5-axis machining to streamline and modernise operations effectively. 

Network and meet our partners

Digital Transformation Workshops

Join the session that interests you the most:

Track 1: Increase Production Throughput

Fusion's seamless CAD/CAM integration allows for quicker design iterations and faster production cycles.

"CCCNC revolutionised our 5-axis machining—cutting setup times by 70%, programming time by 40%, and machine cycle times by 30%” - Peter Church, FB Chain

In partnership with CAD CAM CNC Ltd

Track 2: Digitising Processes

Using Autodesk Fusion Manage to digitise processes can lead to transformative outcomes for businesses.

Experience how to:

• Break down silos and foster collaboration
• Connect your teams and improve communication
• Measure and track your progress
• Manage and share your BOM's
• Connect your processes to your engineering, to reduce product delivery times

Track 3: Digitise Factory Operations and Fusion Machine Connect

Primary outcomes revolve around achieving greater visibility, efficiency, and data-driven control within manufacturing environments.

Understand how to:

• Digitise job cards
• Reduce waste and cost
• Shorten lead times
• Minimise shop maintenance
• Real-time dashboard and connected manufacturing

Track 4: Manage Your Engineering Data Better (For AutoCAD and Inventor Users) 

Explore how we can revolutionise your design and data management processes.

Understand how to:

• Reduce and automate repetitive tasks
• Reduce time, errors and costs
• Avoid costly mistakes from using outdated versions
• Improve collaboration with your wider manufacturing team
• Provide access to single versions of the “data truth”
• Provide an audit trail of design changes to support your ISO certifications
• Securely manage and share your engineering data 

Summary and Closing Session

An interactive session to summarise your thoughts on the day.

Workshop Demonstrations

Experience the Autodesk Technology Centre in Birmingham, which specialises in testing and validating new additive, subtractive, and factory workflows that are transforming the future of design and make. Working with product development teams, partners and customers from a variety of industries, the centre provides a place to explore, test, and validate, advanced manufacturing workflows and the future of the connected digital factory.

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