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How to Scale a Cold-Formed Steel Business from Design to Production<\/strong><\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n


Light Gauge \/ Cold-Formed Steel manufacturing has enormous potential for industrialized construction. But adding roll-forming capacity alone does not create a scalable operation. The aim is to increase output without allowing design, coordination and production handovers to become the bottleneck \u2014 or requiring more design resources.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text ul_type=”none” ul_item_indent=”3px” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” ul_font=”Arimo||||||||” ul_font_size=”16px” ul_line_height=”2em” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”23px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”|||” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|desktop” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

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Gareth Collier<\/strong>
<\/span>Branch Manager
Vertex Systems UK<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Project Details” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”3px||3px||true|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,3_5,1_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.8em” custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|40px||40px||true” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

As a CFS business grows, the design-to-production workflow comes under increasing pressure. Detailers are asked to produce more drawings. More project information needs to reach manufacturing. Revisions need to reach production quickly enough to keep the factory moving. Every manual handover between disconnected tools creates another opportunity for information to be interpreted incorrectly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge is therefore not simply how to model faster<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is how to build a repeatable design-to-production workflow that keeps design decisions, manufacturing rules, production information and revisions connected as the operation grows.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.8em” custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|40px||40px||true” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

See the complete Vertex BD design-to-production workflow<\/strong><\/h3>\n

That is the subject of our webinar, How to Scale Your Cold-Formed Steel Business with Vertex BD.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the webinar I show an overview of modeling features and explain the principles behind a scalable CFS operation \u2014 from the building model and framing rules through production drawings, material information and CNC data.<\/span><\/p>\n

We want to give you a clear idea on how Vertex BD can help manufacturers connect detailing with manufacturing, make company-specific production practices repeatable, react to design changes and develop production-critical information from the building model.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code raw_content_tablet=”” raw_content_phone=”” raw_content_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]