Success Story
IMA (Indústria de Moldes de Azeméis) has been using Autodesk Moldflow for many years and all their users are certified. However, with the daily challenges and workload within IMA, often new functions in their daily used software, that is Autodesk Moldflow, goes unnoticed. Norcam as a Autodesk software provider challenged IMA to have one day training on the new functions of the latest Autodesk Moldflow releases.
The goal of this project was to help IMA in increasing the productivity of their Autodesk Moldflow users, by taking advantage of the new version of Autodesk Moldflow, especially the new tools and new functions of Autodesk Moldflow.
Norcam delivered a one day training on the latest Autodesk Moldflow release. They pointed out what's new and how to increase productivity. This training was conducted in a training room, where it becomes a good place for Norcam to demonstrate the new functions of Autodesk Moldflow, and at the same time induce discussion among the Autodesk Moldflow users within IMA.
The session was very productive, not just because of the new functions of the latest Autodesk Moldflow release, but because of the discussion that took place during the training. This allowed the Autodesk Moldflow users of IMA to have the chance to share their experience and best practices among the users.
As a result, Norcam and IMA decided to repeat this session on a yearly basis.
The training session was unique because Norcam did not try to teach anything to the experienced users in IMA, who simulate with Autodesk Moldflow day in and day out.
Instead, Norcam managed to organize "a day off" training session for the experienced users, so that they could actually discuss and share their tips and tricks, as well as, get to know the latest functions of Autodesk Moldflow - something they normally don't have the time to catch up or explore with.
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