Testimonials

“You have to consider how much an engineer’s time is worth. Instant access to standards from a power plant or bridge saves money. Everything we do is aimed at serving clients, so that helps us avoid delays, improve safety and reduce risk.”

“The ability to get the full text of standards right in front of you pays for itself. IHS Standards Expert is by far an improved system for us - self service at the desktop.”

"Though only about a year has passed since [SAE Digital Library] was first introduced, it has already become a service that we cannot do without. Previously there were disparities between offices in the volume of data that was accessible. Thanks to digitization, I feel strongly confident that data has spread uniformly throughout the organization."

"We were very happy when ESDU made their material available over the web. Our engineers save time because they can use any design tool from their desktop. The web tool is continually updated, which frees up the time that I used to spend inserting pages for more valuable research activities."

"The online database saves me several hours every day that I used to have to spend tracking down suppliers and can now devote to engineering work"

"The bottom line is that this approach drastically reduces the amount of time needed to spec out components. If I know the part number, I can usually spec out a part in five or 10 minutes. Even in the case when all I have is a description, an hour is the most that it ever takes to find three or four viable alternatives to present to the design engineer. Besides the fact that it's much faster, CatalogXpress® generates far more alternatives than it would ever be possible to consider using the old method. Having more alternatives can sometimes save us money,"

"There are things on CatalogXpress that I cannot locate anywhere else. If I don't have the name of a particular part, I can use the thesaurus function to locate the information in a reasonable amount of time."

"At last, we are able to optimize our new designs to a higher level than was possible in the past, which let us save money in procurement, construction, operations and maintenance of our facilities."

"This service has helped us dramatically increase our sales to the government by bidding and managing our business more effectively."

"By creating a single corporate database and standardizing our products, we are able to negotiate competitive pricing from our suppliers. The entire project was accomplished in 10 months, achieving all goals and objectives established by the project plan. Intermat did everything we asked of them, and they did it very well."

"We've reduced our stock of 220,000 spares and supplies by 70,000 items. With Intermat's structured format, day-to-day inventory planning is now easier and more realistic."

"The online system is faster than we expected and project costs were reasonable. Any issues or concerns were dealt with promptly. Overall, the result has been extremely impressive."