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Miles Keller Design Associates, Inc.

Consumer Products, Furniture, Fixtures & Office Equipment

Miles Keller Design Associates, Inc. (formerly Carbon Design, Inc.) designs a wide variety of consumer products including ergonomic office furniture.

Miles Keller Design Associates, Inc. (formerly Carbon Design, Inc.)

 

Company: Miles Keller Design Associates, Inc. (formerly Carbon Design, Inc.)

Location: Toronto, Ontario

URL: www.mkda.ca

Industry: Furniture, Fixtures & Office

Previous CAD: AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER

Products used: SolidWorks, SolidWorks eDrawings


Goals

We needed easy-to-use software that ensured design concepts would be efficiently engineered, put into production, and brought to market. We needed a powerful design tool that could quickly turn concepts into a production reality. We also required a high degree of support from both the software manufacturer and its local reseller.

 

Solution

After careful consideration of SolidWorks and Pro/ENGINEER, we chose SolidWorks software because we needed to efficiently and cost-effectively produce 3D CAD data for production tooling. FeatureManager is also beneficial, allowing us to retrace steps and edit where necessary. With PhotoWorks, we render photorealistic images that make it easier for our clients to review designs effectively. SolidWorks gives us the flexibility to design complex shapes and assemblies cost-effectively. We can now design more complex assemblies that are composed of a wider variety of materials requiring many different production methods.

 

Results

  • Shortened design cycle by 40%
  • Lowered development costs by 50%
  • Reduced errors by 25%
  • Increased sales by 45%

 

Miles Keller, President, Miles Keller Design Associates, Inc.
SolidWorks has reduced product development time by nearly half, allowing us to cost-effectively design more complex assemblies.

Miles Keller, President, Miles Keller Design Associates, Inc.


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