Case Study ©2006 Adroitec Information Systems Limited Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL) | Page 2 Background Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is India’s largest manufacturer of heavy electrical machinery. The US $ 3.3 bn. company designs and manufacturers more than 50 products at  plants, including large hydro generators at Bhopal. Hydro generators are large and complex systems, involving over 20,000 components (about 3500 types), and requiring over 4000 details drawings for manufacturing. Since hydro generators are always custom-built, this process of drawing generation takes over 0 months today. Also, in the last 50 years, a large assortment of design variations has been effected, creating long term problems of customer support. Mission Knowledge Engineering a

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