Watch now: Improve cable designs and processes with CableBuilder
This on-demand webinar from UL Solutions shows how CableBuilder can help improve your cable designs, accelerate the design process and provide accurate quotes.
Speakers
Hamada Khalifa, sales executive, Software, Engineered Materials
Chris Huntly, product manager, Engineered Materials
UL Solutions’ on-demand webinar explores how CableBuilder can help you improve your cable designs, accelerate the cable design process and quickly provide accurate quotes to help meet changing customer and industry demands.
The on-demand webinar covers the following topics:
- Part 1 – Overview of CableBuilder, presented by Hamada Khalifa
- Part 2 – Design, quality and quotations in CableBuilder, presented by Chris Huntly
- Part 3 – The smart cable factory, presented by Hamada Khalifa
- Part 4 – CableBuilder demo, presented by Hamada Khalifa
- Part 5 – Q&A, presented by Hamada Khalifa and Chris Huntly
- Part 1 – Overview of CableBuilder, presented by Hamada Khalifa
00:01:34 – Introducing Hamada Khalifa
00:02:50 – Cimteq and CableBuilder
00:04:06 – Our customers
00:04:53 – What can you do with CableBuilder?
00:12:51 – What cable types can CableBuilder create?- Part 2 – Design, quality and quotations in CableBuilder, presented by Chris Huntly
00:14:15 – About Chris Huntly
00:14:49 – Design system: Why Aberdare Cables moved to CableBuilder
00:17:16 – CableBuilder: Advantages over our competitors
00:22:56 – Technical services: Design features of CableBuilder
00:36:48 – Technical services: Process/industrial engineering
00:39:20 – Technical services: Quality
00:40:51 – Quotation module- Part 3 – The smart cable factory, presented by Hamada Khalifa
00:46:35 – What cable types CableBuilder can create: A reminder
00:47:08 – The smart cable factory- Part 4 – CableBuilder demo, presented by Hamada Khalifa
00:52:10 – CableBuilder demonstration
- Part 5 – Q&A, presented by Hamada Khalifa and Chris Huntly
01:07:25 – Can CableBuilder be used in the production of optical fiber?
01:08:42 – Can standards (ISO, ITU, etc.) be automatically listed?
01:10:06 – Do you provide a free trial?
01:10:50 – Can you design in English and publish reports in Spanish?
01:11:33 – How is packing of items handled in the system?
01:13:00 – In the examples shown, packaging such as reels and pallets is not a part of the bill of materials (BOM). Why?
01:15:39 – Why does CableBuilder not include additional costs in the BOM?
01:16:20 – How do you direct the operator to the spool and pallet the material goes on for shipment?
01:17:24 – Is CableBuilder compatible with Infor’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, StyeLine?
01:18:26 – Can CableBuilder handle different standards?
01:18:56 – Is there an option to quickly batch-import spreadsheet data during data implementation?
01:19:47 – Does CableBuilder include the printing specification for the cable? Do you interface with line printers?
01:20:44 – What is the flat bill?
01:22:50 – We are using the Design module. At what point should we add the Quotation module?
01:24:21 – Is CableBuilder suitable for factories producing only fibers or tubing?
01:25:08 – Our ERP manages the production and follow-up. Can we integrate it with CableBuilder?
01:26:14 – For all-dielectric self-supporting (ADSS) cable, does CableBuilder automatically calculate the tensile requirements?
01:27:48 – If you apply a modification on a semi-finished product, will this modification be applied to all end products?
About the presenters
Hamada Khalifa, sales executive, Software, Engineered Materials
Formerly the head of projects at Nexans, Hamada Khalifa has transitioned from valued customer to respected colleague at UL Solutions, bringing with him direct knowledge of CableBuilder from a customer’s perspective.
Khalifa helped Nexans plants around the world complete their CableBuilder Enterprise implementation projects. He leverages this experience to promote the product, showcase what it can help customers achieve and support customers throughout their implementation journey.
Chris Huntly, product manager, Engineered Materials
Chris Huntly has nearly 30 years of experience in the cable manufacturing industry. He is responsible for defining and managing the roadmap of both CableBuilder and CableMES.
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