How Gila Electric Transformed Panel Manufacturing with SEE Electrical to Smarter, Reliable Designs

By setting clear, detailed milestones and leveraging the ETAP team's invaluable support, we could fully harness the software's capabilities. This collaborative approach ensured that we constantly explored new features, proactively addressed challenges, and extracted maximum value from our investment in SEE Electrical.
By Mr. Seif Tawakol, Executive Board Member, Gila Electric

Gila Al-Tawakol Electric, an electrical solutions provider and panel builder, started its digitization transformation by switching from a general CAD software program to SEE Electrical. To guarantee a seamless transition, a change management strategy that included thorough training programs, active stakeholder participation, and a phased implementation approach was essential to this process. This product demonstration discusses this journey, overcoming early resistance, encouraging a culture of continual development, and utilizing SEE Electricals' cutting-edge capabilities to increase our design accuracy and efficiency. This presentation reveals how this change leads to more innovation and quality in our industry by streamlining our operations, reducing errors, shortening project timelines, and most importantly exploring new customizations and enhancements.

Gila Electric is a leading panel builder in Egypt, part of the Gila Al-Tawakol Electric group, a major player in the electrical domain in the region. With over 120 years of experience in the electric field, Gila Electric has been a leading manufacturer, distributor, and seller of quality electrical products. Today, they have several branches spanning Egypt and remain an active player in the electric market and the industry. To meet the high demand of their Egyptian and African clientele, Gila Electric provides complete electrical integrated solutions and maintenance services for all their products.

Location: New Cairo, Egypt

Year: 2024

Switching to the digital production of the switchboards

Challenges

  • To up the quality of electrical cabinets delivered by the factory by reducing human errors, and streamlining design and production processes.
  • To shorten production time, and cut production costs, while increasing productivity to keep up the market demand.
  • To accelerate offering and delivery times, and to be competitive in the electrical panels market.
  • To choose the solution with a high perspective on the future.
  • To carry out changes in a friendly atmosphere, with the acceptance of the production and design teams and the stakeholder's involvement.

Which solutions did they choose?

Selected applications

After thorough research, they chose ETAP SEE Electrical software with SEE Electrical 3D Panel to integrate the design and production processes in one workflow from order to design and manufacturing.

Why do they use ETAP?

Main Customer Benefits

  • Compatibility with existing systems and processes.
  • Extensive customization options, and flexibility allowing tailor the software to meet specific needs and preferences.
  • Functionalities from automatic wire numbering to the customized bill of material and producing the production files automatically.
  • Clear workflow process, from order, and design to manufacturing with life cycle controls.
  • Saving up to 25% of the time required to produce an electrical panel.
  • Automatic estimation of working hours spent on the assembly, categorization of electrical components, variation, and modularization.
  • Possibility to estimate working hours for any electrical project, by integrating the algorithm in SEE Electrical. 
  • Automatic diagram generation based on the Excel spreadsheet.

What do they think about ETAP?

Opinions

The SEE Electrical integration has a ramification not only as I mentioned before in the design department, but also in the entire processes of the panel building activity we established. We established the stakeholders' management plan including regular meetings, feedback mechanisms, and clear communication channels
By Mr. Ahmed Torky, Head of R&D, Gila Electric

Highlighting the gains and benefits of using SEE Electrical across the supply chain, we could customize and export reports, and save up to around 25% of the time required to produce the production file with all its derivatives.
By Mr. Ahmed Torky, Head of R&D, Gila Electric



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