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AutoForm, international specialist in the simulation of the process of forming metal parts since its inception has been offering innovative proposals that help its customers in improving productivity and efficiency at all levels. Matrici-AutoForm partnership goes back almost 10 years, being the Basque company one of the main customers in the field not only State but also European and world. And to delve deeper in this relationship, Matrici becomes the first Spanish company to incorporate the two latest developments to the market: AutoForm-CostCalculator, which allows a fast, reliable and dynamic evaluation of the cost of the game of dies and the resources of the project; and AutoForm-ProcessPlanner, which facilitates the planning of the process in the early stages of the same.

The project's implementation and customization of the software in Matrici s.coop. held in 2009 and the work carried out during this time has primarily focused on the validation of the results obtained with numerous pieces of great complexity in the personalization of the program of Matrici production specifications and, last, in the training of a total of 20 people. With the addition of these tools is guaranteed the uniformity in the management of data, both within the company as it were among their clients, and also the use of the information throughout the cycle of the productcovering completely what is known as the digital planning of the process or "comprehensive Digital process planning". Only from the CAD geometry of the piece and working directly in 3D it is possible to obtain a rapid and transparent production sequence definition and calculation of all the costs of the tools - productive resources associated with the production of body partsgiven that the program identifies and describes each of the characteristics that influence the cost. The level of detail is such that these solutions allow the user to characterize quickly and individually to the minor of the components integrated into the listing of the materials. Similarly, the generation of flat alternative methods is highly automated, generating the relevant report in record time. As an additional benefit, the duplication in the work is virtually eliminated, because both solutions are fully compatible and complementary with the other modules already employed in the company in different departments.

According to the Department of innovation, "matrici s.coop." It has introduced the AutoForm-ProcessPlanner tool and AutoForm-CostCalculator in the origin of the life cycle of their projects. "Thanks to this tool have managed to simplify and unify two fundamentals in our business: the definition of the process detailed in each project and an accurate estimation of resources, to be able to negotiate with customers the cost of our projects and the impact of the changes".