An increase in new customers and existing client projects saw demand for Intelect’s six strong, in-house design team rise. Detailed surveys for larger projects could often take weeks or even months to complete, which put significant time pressures on the business.
Jack explained: “We wanted to ensure our design team had the time to respond to all the work that was coming through. For us, it was essential that we found a way to use our resources more effectively, and find a new solution that would increase our efficiencies and our capacity as a department.”
Aware of the role technology is playing in transforming the advanced manufacturing sector, Intelect attended a digital transformation workshop at Teesside University, where they found out more about the Made Smarter Adoption North East programme.
Jack said: “We came away with the knowledge of how we could use technology to our advantage, and how Made Smarter could help us achieve that.”
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Investing in new technology to deliver greater efficiencies, increased capacity and grow a competitive edge in the marketplace.
The award-winning mechanical and electrical engineering contractors - known for its strong health and safety record and continued investment in staff and equipment - invested in new, cutting-edge technology though Made Smarter Adoption North East to increase capacity in the company’s in-house design team, and give the business a competitive edge.
Middlesbrough-based contractors, Intelect, have invested in a FARO Freestyle 2 Handheld Laser Scanner – the fastest portable 3D scanner on the market – to improve the efficiency and capacity of its in-house design team.
Jack Guy, Design Engineering Manager at Intelect, said: “Improving efficiencies, both for us and our clients, is a big part of why we’ve made this investment. We’re now able to provide real time visualisations that clients can use for design or process purposes.”