“A year ago, we had an old system, an old parts book and no rules for coding, nomenclature or changes. These factors made manufacturing inefficient, but we all saw they would hamper globalization of Nipponia products."

“Our new models have totally new looks, performance and value. So the business package we show and provide dealers must have equally impressive functions. We had a mental vision of Web-based 3D parts capabilities to show business people the wisdom of becoming Nipponia dealers."

“We looked very carefully at several vendors hoping to find one product that would answer all those needs. Except for Cortona3D, the field was very disappointing. Many products were primitive. I’m a programmer and could have written them myself! "

"Only RapidCatalog did everything we wanted, from helping us design and standardize new parts manufacturing, to smoothing distribution, to showing dealers we are truly serious about long-term, top-notch support. It even opens doors to further improvements. When we saw RapidCatalog manage worldwide military and aviation spares standards, our confidence jumped because our own standards must be just as tight."

“RapidCatalog accepts JT data directly from our CAD. This establishes the required consistent global framework on our parts’ source material. Now our design, manufacturing, processes, and of course electronic literature can be streamlined and universally consistent."

“Cutting excess steps reduces per-part cost to the user. We eliminate the rising printing and shipping costs of paper catalogs. We reduce human error in ordering and repairs. Users, dealers and Nipponia all benefit.”

"Finally, the Cortona3D team were very open and very helpful. As early as our evaluation version, they spent time to guide me through the product via phone and WebEx meetings. We were confident of this choice on every level.”

“It’s a very, very simple procedure. To prove the point, although we had very little time to prepare marketing material for this exhibit, we were able to publish our initial catalog in time to show it and make a video demonstrating its capabilities.  Many other companies in this niche don’t serve their dealers or aftermarket very well."

“Nipponia dealers will have a ‘dream’ system. Beyond speed and convenience, the obvious benefits will be ease of attracting after-sales revenue while every dealer helps build a superior reputation for Nipponia in our industry.”

“On-screen, they will see a true-to-life, three-dimensional animation of any Nipponia scooter. They can rotate the image continuously in every direction, yielding views from any angle. They can use pre-selected views. Clicking a part or an assembly highlights it and selects it on the parts list. They can zoom in, explode assemblies to show all components, hide parts they don’t need, and drill down to any given part."

“Conversely, if they know an item’s name or number, they can click its line in the parts list and the item will highlight on the screen, where they can rotate, zoom and drill down to see exactly how it fits. Two more clicks puts the item into a shopping cart."