{"id":49924,"date":"2022-06-02T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=49924"},"modified":"2022-07-05T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:06:02","slug":"lay-the-groundwork-for-remote-product-development-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2022\/06\/lay-the-groundwork-for-remote-product-development-teams.html","title":{"rendered":"Lay the Groundwork for Remote Product Development Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few years ago, the team at the \u00a0Advanced Center for Design<\/a> were approached with a novel product idea: a touchless cup lid dispenser for restaurants and grocery stores, which eventually was named “LID Boss.” Before the pandemic, only real germaphobes cared about what other people touched in public spaces, especially food-related businesses.<\/h5>\n

However, “dirty” hands became a global concern after the pandemic began. The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported that hand sanitizer sales jumped 600% in 2020. What was once a solution for a problem that some didn’t even believe existed became a game-changing innovation. Restaurants and stores now have an innovative and effective way to keep their customers safe.<\/p>\n

But how do you launch a global product in the middle of a pandemic when everyone is working remotely?<\/p>\n

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Forging Ahead with Online Product Development Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LID Boss team at the Center for Advanced Design knew that keeping the almost 100% remote team on the same page was a top priority. Being connected was a good start but more was required. Digital tools were needed to collaborate as if everyone were in the same room with a whiteboard, secure access to all the product data, revision control, and more. The system had to work seamlessly with SOLIDWORKS\u00ae<\/a> and prevent the team from stepping on each other’s toes by either overwriting data by accident or working on the wrong files.<\/p>\n

These requirements were not nice to have; they were mission-critical must-haves to launch its innovative product as fast as possible.<\/p>\n

The LID Boss team latched onto 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE\u00ae SOLIDWORKS<\/a>, which provides a cloud-based environment to keep the product development ball rolling to create and launch the new product. Data management on the 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Works platform is built-in along with apps to manage communications, tasks, and complex CAD files. Plus, non-technical stakeholders\u2014and even suppliers or customers\u2014can participate every step of the way, even without requisite CAD knowledge for design review meetings.<\/p>\n

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Pedal to the Metal: Design, Validate, and Optimize<\/strong><\/p>\n

The key engineer and designer worked remotely while on the road and maintained productivity using 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, which automatically connects to the 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform<\/a>, enabling a host of product development functions:<\/p>\n