Outsourcing to Meet Your CAD Engineering Needs (Why It Makes Sense)
July 23, 2021
You have a fast-approaching project deadline. You realize you don’t have enough engineers to complete the work while maintaining the level of quality and accuracy CAD projects require. You could use an extra set of hands to help meet your project goals, and you know some companies outsource at times like this. Sound familiar? This article explains why outsourcing to meet your CAD engineering needs may be the solution for you.
There are many benefits to outsourcing CAD engineering services to third-party individuals or organizations to get the job done. It makes financial and practical sense to reduce cost, improve your product, and protect your company. These benefits can be broken down into five main categories:
- Reduced costs
- Reduced capacity constraints
- Allow staff to focus on more strategic issues
- Access to skilled drafters and designers
- Reduced turnaround time
Reduced costs
Hiring additional full-time engineers at your company may not make financial sense in the long run. Outsourcing for extra help to meet your short-term needs can help reduce costs by shortening your project’s time to completion and decreasing the likelihood of errors because your staff engineers are under less pressure. Additionally, you won’t be paying for a benefits package for a contractor.
Reduced capacity constraints
As previously mentioned, staff engineers may commit errors when they are rushed and responsible for all portions of one or more projects. When you outsource, both the contractors and your in-house staff can focus on completing their specific tasks, thereby reducing the risk of costly errors. In an unstable economy, staffing flexibility is vital. Outsourcing for additional CAD engineers as needed affords your company the flexibility to survive uncertain economic times.
Allow staff to focus on more strategic issues
Studies show that multitasking is not an efficient practice (Hamilton, 2008). It can leave people spread too thin and distracted from their primary responsibilities (Cain, 2019). This can lead to errors, a decline in quality, and extended deadlines. Outsourcing allows your managers to become true project managers, instead of in-house micromanagers. It frees them up to be a second set of eyes to look over and verify the work of the contracted designers.
Access to skilled drafters and designers
When you outsource for CAD engineering projects, you gain access to individuals with a wide variety of experience. You can outsource for people with skills in any CAD software program, from any industry where CAD is used, and with all levels of experience. There already exists a network of professionals who can offer a view of your product that you may not have otherwise considered. You only need to tap into this network to provide your business with opportunities for growth and customization, which you can then pass on to your customers.
Reduced turnaround time
Staff engineers can experience project delays or even decreased product quality when they are rushed and responsible for all portions of one or more projects. When you outsource, both the contractors and your in-house staff can better focus on completing their specific tasks, in parallel. This results in an accelerated project completion time, which will increase your customer satisfaction.
Conclusion
So, why choose CAD outsourcing? The benefits to you include but are not limited to reduced costs, reduced capacity constraints, allowing staff to focus on more strategic issues, access to skilled drafters and designers, and reduced turnaround time. Look at it this way: there are three things your customers care about – cost, time to complete a project, and the quality of the product. Outsourcing your CAD engineering needs will improve all three.
Bibliography
Cain, M. (2019, June 10). 12 Benefits of Outsourcing Your Company’s CAD Services. Retrieved July 2021, from cadcrowd.com: https://www.cadcrowd.com/blog/12-benefits-of-outsourcing-your-companys-cad-services/
Hamilton, J. (2008, October 2). Think You’re Multitasking? Think Again. Retrieved July 2021, from npr.org: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794
Mechanitec Design. (2021, July 21). What is CAD outsourcing? Retrieved July 2021, from mechanitec.ca: https://mechanitec.ca/what-is-cad-outsourcing/
