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Better collaboration with suppliers

Working with suppliers can be complicated. Misunderstandings, unclear requirements and long coordination processes often mean that important details are only discovered late – when changes are expensive and time-consuming.

With Halocline, you can create and visualize planning data in Virtual Reality (VR). This helps turn abstract ideas into clear, concrete solutions. Misunderstandings are reduced, requirements are easier to explain and coordination becomes much more efficient.

From planning to implementation — directly in VR

With Halocline, you can quickly create equipment layouts or import existing CAD data. Before anything is built, you can check space requirements, machine access and possible interferences – all in an environment that’s easy for everyone to understand.

Whether it’s a worker, planner or supplier – the simple interface makes it easy for everyone to contribute ideas and suggest changes.

Successful use in mechanical engineering

LMZ Lenkering, a mechanical engineering company from northern Germany, uses Halocline mainly for design approval, but also for service training. As a special machine builder, they develop automated systems for assembly, quality control and packaging.

Dennis Lenkering, Managing Director of LMZ Lenkering, explains how Halocline helps:

"The machines our customers order don’t exist yet. With Halocline, we can walk through the project with them, test them and make it tangible. Before, there was just a CAD model on a screen – which is hard to understand in terms of size and space.”

How it works: Coordinate planning with suppliers

1. Create and share planning data

  • Design layouts with boxes or library items
  • Import your own CAD data
  • Export a draft as a STEP or PDF file and send it to suppliers

2. Real-time coordination — fewer misunderstandings

  • Present your plans in VR — either via screen sharing or virtual tour
  • Discuss concepts directly in the virtual model
  • Outline changes live to clearly document requirements

3. Place supplier data on the shop floor

  • Import CAD files from suppliers directly into VR
  • Check space, accessibility and connections realistically
  • Identify and fix problems early on

Conclusion: Fewer iterations, clear communication

Customers say Halocline makes working with suppliers much easier.

Fewer correction loops thanks to precise requirements
Faster coordination through tangible VR visualizations
More room for innovation and individual solutions

Test now for yourself how you can improve collaboration with suppliers with VR!

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