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DIS-TRAN Steel Reduces Time to Create RFP's by 93% Using PTC Mathcad
1. DIS-TRAN Steel reduces time to create RFP’s by
93% using PTC Mathcad
PTC Mathcad quickly documents calculations in easy-to-understand format,
far superior to Excel, Google tools, and hand-written calculations
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DIS-TRAN Steel reduces time to create RFP’s by 93%
using PTC Mathcad
DIS-TRAN Steel, LLC has been providing the utility industry
transmission and substation steel structures for over 45 years. These
structures include tapered tubular poles, wide flange, square tube,
and lattice structures. DIS-TRAN’s specialty is providing outstanding
customer service, flexible scheduling for quick turn projects, and the
highest quality product for their customers.
“On a recent project, initially it took me
15 hours to perform the calculations I
needed for a single structure. I
downloaded PTC Mathcad and
finished the whole project, including
five additional structures, in just three
hours.
PTC Mathcad is reducing overhead
costs as we prepare proposals. It freed
me up to work on more bids and more
creative projects.”
Preston Gleason,
Procurement Coordinator
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DIS-TRAN Steel reduces time to create RFP’s by 93%
using PTC Mathcad
S o l u t i o n
• Metric conversions and similar work
can be automated, even for large,
complex projects
• New users in the proposal
department adopt the software
quickly
• PTC Mathcad quickly documents
calculations in easy-to-understand
format, far superior to Excel, Google
tools, and hand-written calculations
I n i t i a t i v e s
• Expand PTC Mathcad use and
benefits beyond engineering team
• Streamline metric conversion work
• Ensure accuracy and confidence in
company proposals and quotes
• Speed Request For Quote and
Request For Proposal work
R e s u l t s
• Analysis that required 15 hours
now takes 20 minutes
• Metric conversion work on complex
projects cut by 80%, creating a
dramatic savings in time to
generate proposals
• Confidence in accuracy of
proposals increased
• Reduce time to create bids by 93%
• Multiple departments across
company adopting PTC Mathcad
DIS-TRAN Steel, LLC has been providing the utility industry
transmission and substation steel structures for over 45 years.
These structures include tapered tubular poles, wide flange, square
tube, and lattice structures. DIS-TRAN’s specialty is providing
outstanding customer service, flexible scheduling for quick turn
projects, and the highest quality product for their customers.
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DIS-TRAN Steel reduces time to create RFP’s by 93% using
PTC Mathcad
Editor's Notes
http://www.distran.com/steel-structures/dis-tran-steel-llc
Additional information:
Preston Gleason is a proposal coordinator for DIS-TRAN. When a bid project involving metric conversions became unwieldy, an engineer suggested PTC Mathcad. Gleason learned the software quickly. Performing calculations for an electrical substation job became dramatically quicker. Where one structure had taken him two working days to bid, with PTC Mathcad, he needed only 20 minutes to do the same calculations.
Note that as a Proposal Coordinator, Gleason’s work isn’t billed to clients. So, fast, accurate work is vital in his role.
The engineering team at DIS-TRAN Steel also uses PTC Mathcad in their daily work.
Initiatives
Expand PTC Mathcad use and benefits beyond engineering team
Streamline metric conversion work
Ensure accuracy and confidence in company proposals and quotes
Speed Request For Quote and Request For Proposal work
Solution
Metric conversions and similar work can be automated, even for large, complex projects
New users in the proposal department adopt the software quickly
PTC Mathcad quickly documents calculations in easy-to-understand format, far superior to Excel, Google tools, and hand-written calculations
Results
Analysis that required 15 hours now takes 20 minutes
Metric conversion work on complex projects cut by 80%, creating a dramatic savings in time to generate proposals
Confidence in accuracy of proposals increased
Reduce time to create bids by 93%
Multiple departments across company adopting PTC Mathcad
http://www.distran.com/steel-structures/dis-tran-steel-llc
Preston Gleason is a proposal coordinator for DIS-TRAN. When a bid project involving metric conversions became unwieldy, an engineer suggested PTC Mathcad. Gleason learned the software quickly. Performing calculations for an electrical substation job became dramatically quicker. Where one structure had taken him two working days to bid, with PTC Mathcad, he needed only 20 minutes to do the same calculations.
Note that as a Proposal Coordinator, Gleason’s work isn’t billed to clients. So, fast, accurate work is vital in his role.
The engineering team at DIS-TRAN Steel also uses Mathcad in their daily work.