Service products

Etteplan CORE is a proven service to help clients reduce product costs by optimizing design, structure, materials and production technologies.

Etteplan CORE’s value is based on a systematic process and Etteplan’s in-depth expertise in various engineering areas and client industries. Clients benefit further from Etteplan’s expertise and cross-functional view on how to link efficient production with efficient engineering.

The service reveals the cost reduction potential in product costs along the entire life cycle of the product. Most common cost savings can be made through:

• Reduced material costs
• Reduced number of components
• Shorter production times
• The use of standardized components

Further cost savings can be achieved through Etteplan’s China Supply Chain service, which provides fast and low-risk access to sourcing materials and production from China.

For more information on Etteplan CORE, please download our brochure here or contact:

Tero Hämeenaho, tel. + 358 103 07 27 57 or email: tero.hameenaho(at)etteplan.com
Malin Siberg, tel. +46 73 044 60 11 or email: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan CSC is a service to help clients improve cost efficiency by sourcing materials or production from China at the lowest possible risk. The potential cost savings to be gained can be up to 30-50 %.

The cost saving potential can be easily diminished without proper knowledge of local manufacturing requirements and networks. Finding qualified suppliers and building of the entire supply chain can be a costly and time consuming process. Etteplan’s experts in China help avoid pitfalls related to quality, language and cultural barriers and other hurdles slowing down the realization of the cost saving potential.

Etteplan CSC covers all phases of a sourcing process from concept design to quality assurance and logistics. By involving Etteplan in the entire sourcing process the client makes sure that the risks are minimized not only in a particular phase but for the entire supply chain process.

In addition to cost savings the benefits to be gained from Etteplan’s service include:

• Low-risk, easy and fast access to qualified suppliers and other relevant networks
• Reduced quality risks
• No cultural or language barriers
• Excellent quality assurance support to safeguard client’s interests locally

Clients who trust Etteplan CSC to source from China include Metso Paper and Power (Quality assurance); Ensto Finland Oy (Quality assurance), Heatex AB (Supplier audits and Quality assurance), Outotec (Filters) Oy (Supplier audits), Konepaja Facor Oy, GL & V (Sourcing).

For more information, please download our brochure here or contact:

Tero Hämeenaho, tel. +358 103 07 27 57 or email: tero.hameenaho(at)etteplan.com
Malin Siberg, tel. +46 73 044 60 11 or email: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan INFO is a full scale service to create, manage and deliver high quality technical product information such as user and installation manuals, operations and maintenance manuals, spare part catalogs and marketing and training materials. The value of Etteplan INFO is based on improved cost and process efficiency and customer support. High quality, user friendly technical documentation is key to increased usability of information and thereby also the safe use of equipment.

Etteplan INFO ensures that the client’s technical product information and documentation processes are professional, accurate and of a high standard. Etteplan’s clients receive valuable support and improvement ideas on how to increase productivity by renewing documentation practices and developing information strategies.

Major benefits of Etteplan INFO include:

Cost savings due to:

• Shorter lead times in the production of documentation
• Leaner processes for technical product information
• Improved quality of materials
• Standardized and harmonized content components that can be easily reused
• Improved flexibility
• Increased efficiency in documentation management (e.g. updating and delivery)

Improved client/end-user satisfaction due to:

• Accurate and reliable content
• Coherent visual look and feel across all technical product information
• User-friendly manuals that ensure the correct use of equipment, improved safety and better customer support

Clients who trust Etteplan’s technical product documentation services and Etteplan INFO include Sandvik Mining and Construction, John Deere Forestry, Metso Automation, Cargotec Kalmar Industries.

For more information on Etteplan INFO, please download our brochure here or contact:

Jukka Toimela, tel: +35 8 103 07 23 31 or e-mail: jukka.toimela(at)etteplan.com
Robert Berg, tel: +46 73 447 23 22 or e-mail: robert.berg(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan LEAN is a service to help clients establish a high-performance engineering function with predictable and high-quality engineering results and on-time deliveries.

Product orders requiring customization according to client specifications often constitute a major part of engineering and design work. When selecting Etteplan as a partner to take care of the recurring engineering projects in the order-to-delivery process, the client can focus on its core activities and business development.

Etteplan has the expertise to improve clients’ processes and implement industry standard best practices.  Etteplan LEAN is based on an efficient cooperation model to enforce engineering excellence.

Etteplan LEAN provides following engineering services related to the order-to-delivery process:

Order management services such as:

• Order clarification and validation
• Product configuration
• Engineering orders
• Technical and product support

Engineering services such as:

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Automation and software
• Technical product information

In addition Etteplan provides support for a tendering process as well as verification and validation services to comply with customer and authority requirements.

Global companies like ABB Transformers, Kone and Outotec (Filters) trust Etteplan LEAN to improve delivery accuracy and cost efficiency of the order-to-delivery-process.

For more information on Etteplan LEAN, please download our brochure here or contact:

Juha Nieminen; tel. +358 (0) 103 07 20 75 or email: juha.nieminen(at)etteplan.com
Malin Siberg, tel. +46 (0)73 044 60 11 or email: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan Innovation Sessions are workshops designed to assist clients in generating, developing and refining ideas for new product innovations and existing product development alike. There are two different types of sessions available; the specific product focused Kick-off workshop and the product range development workshop Ideation. Both session types employ a user centred approach. An experienced facilitator will take your team into an off-site facility, which has been designed to enable your creativity and lead the strictly structured creative process towards the goals set out in your brief.

The objective of the Innovation Session is to provide you with plenty of fresh ideas for you to work with. All workshops are run to strictly timed schedule. The tools and exercises used during the workshop have been applied to numerous workshops with good results. The end result of your session will be an Idea Catalogue that will be compiled by Etteplan and delivered to you within five working days following the workshop.

Etteplan Innovation Sessions are ideal for companies that are looking for fresh ideas regarding product and product rage development. By pooling a company’s internal resource together for a concentrated and structured effort, results can be achieved faster and more efficiently than letting those same resources work on the same task individually with no coordinated cooperation. Etteplan Innovation Sessions facilitate solutions that are born when your employees are encouraged to think outside of the box.

For more information, please download our brochure here or contact:

Malin Siberg, tel. +46 73 044 60 11 or e-mail: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com
Tero Hämeenaho, tel. + 358 103 07 27 57 or e-mail: tero.hameenaho(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan ITEM is a unique service to harmonize and manage global item databases. The uniqueness is based on Etteplan’s in-depth understanding of engineering requirements for products and how global item databases are managed efficiently.

Item data, i.e. technical information of product components, can be costly if it is incoherent and unclassified. The need for a global item management system becomes especially paramount when implementing for instance a new ERP, PDM or PLM system or when activities are merged across different geographical locations.

Etteplan ITEM features a comprehensive service for all phases of global item management:

• Consulting and integration service to determine the requirements for harmonization and data architecture
• Harmonization of existing incoherent item databases into one global item database
• Creation of libraries for standard parts and components
• 24/7 global item creation and maintenance service according to common rules and standards.

Etteplan ITEM helps achieve considerable cost savings due to deletion of duplicates and decreased storage costs. Furthermore the service helps improve customer satisfaction due to a faster spare part service and improved reliability in the order-delivery process. Etteplan’s clients have been able to achieve volume discounts in purchasing due to improved transparency of the item management system and centralized purchasing.

The Etteplan ITEM service concept is well suited to large companies with global engineering processes. The small and medium sized companies benefit most from Etteplan’s consultation service regarding development of standard and component part libraries.

Companies like Metso Minerals have put their trust in Etteplan ITEM to manage global item databases.

For more information on Etteplan ITEM, please download our brochure here or contact:

Jukka Toimela, tel: +35 8 103 07 23 31 or e-mail: jukka.toimela(at)etteplan.com 
Malin Siberg, tel: +46 73 044 60 11 or e-mail: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan STE is a service combining the proven Simplified Technical English (STE) method with advanced software to produce high-quality English content for technical product documentation.

The value of the service is based on improved precision of language, better readability of text and reduced word count that can result in up to 30 % cost savings in translation and localization costs. The user of the technical documentation benefits from easy-to-understand and unambiguous technical materials that enhance product safety.

Etteplan STE has been developed to help customers produce professional technical documentation that fulfill the highest quality and safety requirements. Etteplan STE is suited for all companies that produce technical documentation to a global audience.

Etteplan STE is a full-scale Managed Service covering all phases and tools to assess, create and maintain the customer’s technical documentation. The service covers all documentation needs during the entire product life cycle.

Etteplan’s customers in the area Simplified Technical English include industry leaders such as Boeing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Philips, Electrolux, Saab, Lockheed Martin, American Airlines, Rolls-Royce and Elekta.

For more information, please download the Etteplan STE brochure here or contact:

Jukka Toimela, tel. +358 103 07 23 31 or email: jukka.toimela(at)etteplan.com
Malin Siberg, tel. +46 73 044 60 11 or email: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com
Berry Braster, tel. +31 40 84 84 050 or email: berry.braster(at)etteplan.com
Winni Liu, tel. +86 512 5768 9999 or e-mail: winni.liu(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan STI is a service to produce high-quality technical illustrations according to the Simplified Technical Illustrations (STI) method. The value of Etteplan STI is based on considerable cost savings of up to 80 % due to reusability of technical illustrations and reduced amount of text. The qualitative benefits include improved visuality of illustrations that are easy to understand and free of unnecessary details and ambiguity. The illustrations are simple and clear diminishing the possibility of misinterpretation enhancing the safe and correct use of the product.

Etteplan STI service consists of a method, process and tools to create high-quality technical illustrations for customer’s technical documentation such as quick guides, assembly instructions, installation guides, instruction cards, exploded views, and instruction and training materials.

Etteplan STI can be delivered to the customer as a full-scale Managed Service, where the entire process or just a part of it, including production and distribution of technical illustrations is outsourced to Etteplan. Etteplan’s know-how in engineering design and methods combined with extensive expertise in technical product information ensure an efficient documentation process that produces world class technical content.

Etteplan’s satisfied customers in the field of technical illustrations include Philips, Bosch, Verosol, Dorel and Permobil.

For more information, please download the Etteplan STI brochure here or contact:

Jukka Toimela, tel. +358 103 07 23 31 or email: jukka.toimela(at)etteplan.com
Malin Siberg, tel. +46 73 044 60 11 or email: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com
Berry Braster, tel. +31 40 84 84 050 or email: berry.braster(at)etteplan.com
Winni Liu, tel. +86 512 5768 9999 or e-mail: winni.liu(at)etteplan.com

Etteplan PARTS is a service to create, distribute and maintain high-quality spare parts information to maximize revenues from the service business. To reach this goal it is paramount to have an efficient after sales process with accurate spare parts information.

The value of Etteplan PARTS is based on up to 60 % cost savings due to efficiency improvements in the catalogue production and distribution processes:

• Shorter downtimes of machinery or equipment
• Improved accuracy of spare parts ordering
• Shorter lead times due to improved quality of spare parts information
• Higher customer satisfaction due to shorter lead times in customer service
• High machine uptime and productivity due to correct spare parts

Etteplan PARTS helps field mechanics and order handlers do their job efficiently: spare parts information is accurate and can be found easily in printed and online catalogues. Depending on the catalogue media, spare parts can be ordered directly from the catalogue, which minimizes erroneous orders and speeds up the order-delivery process.

Etteplan PARTS can be delivered to the customer as a full-scale Managed Service, where the entire process or just a part of it, including production and distribution of technical documentations is outsourced to Etteplan. Etteplan’s know-how in engineering design and methods combined with extensive expertise in technical product information ensure an efficient documentation process that produces world class technical content.

Etteplan’s satisfied customers include Cargotec, Sandvik, and John Deere Forestry, Agrifac, Hekuma, Stiebel Eltron and Claas.

For more information please download the Etteplan PARTS brochure here or contact:

Jukka Toimela, tel. +358 103 07 23 31 or email: jukka.toimela(at)etteplan.com
Malin Siberg, tel. +46 73 044 60 11 or email: malin.siberg(at)etteplan.com
Berry Braster, tel. +31 40 84 84 050 or email: berry.braster(at)etteplan.com
Winni Liu, tel. +86 512 5768 9999 or e-mail: winni.liu(at)etteplan.com