Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

One of the world’s premier semiconductor companies increased the number of cross references in its parts database from 100,000 to nearly 2 million. In doing so, the company boosted results of its parts with the lowest searches by 52 percent and helped its customers find alternatives for obsolete parts so they can avoid the need to redesign products.

With a decades-long commitment to developing eco-friendly solutions, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial cleaning products overhauled its existing dispensers for greater dilution accuracy, reducing end-users costs by as much as 80% over traditional dispensing systems – offering the manufacturer a tremendous competitive advantage.

Based in Tokyo, this pneumatic industry pioneer continues to innovate by redefining its development process to deliver winning products that achieve their goals – e.g. the IMACT-V valves allow a typical manufacturing plant to use 50% less compressed air and reduce electric power consumption by 10% or more.

For more than a century, this manufacturer of packaged consumer goods has served customers around the world and now its decision-makers can access timely, relevant information from internal and external sources to drive innovation and efficiency -- e.g. cutting strategy development time from weeks to hours.