Computer Aided Design (CAD) has long been standard for construction and design in many sectors. As the leading application systems for research and development departments in sectors such as mechanical and automotive engineering, CAD systems are the norm.

CAD systems increase the processing speed of constructions by means of utilization of component libraries, construction elements and simple modification of existing construction drawings. However, CAD systems only have limited functions for management of these documents, especially in the field of approval support. Administration of various construction drawings is an important element of the daily work of a constructor. The simpler this is, the more the employee is able to concentrate on the actual task. However, classical CAD applications such as AutoCAD or CATIA offer little support here with regard to long-term secure administration and process mapping. Classical CAD applications offer some functions for approval of drawings, however these mostly relate to isolated solutions. Only employees who use the same CAD system are able to participate in this process.

With COI solutions, these problems belong in the past. COI-BusinessFlow enables you to archive and administrate your construction plans, drawings, test data etc., independently of format and size, and to link these to superordinate processes. Subsequently, you are in a position to research and view your drawings and plans company-wide and also at other locations, independently of whether the employees have installed CAD systems. In this way, complete mapping of work processes is possible. COI-BusinessFlow thereby allows development of a complete Lifecycle Management solution from research and development to after sales.