FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — January 27, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Cadonix, a Re:Build Manufacturing Company, has launched smartBuild, an AI-first manufacturing platform designed to modernize wire harness assembly and production.
The announcement was made at the WHMA Annual Global Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, where smartBuild is debuting at booth 513. SmartBuild aims to replace paper-based artifacts and fragmented work instructions with guided digital assembly, integrated testing, and real-time operational insight.
According to Cadonix, wire harness manufacturers have faced challenges such as slow formboard revision processes, inconsistent build quality, lengthy technician training cycles, and limited production visibility. SmartBuild addresses these issues with a connected, design-driven workflow that converts Arcadia wire harness designs into digital assembly aids. These aids include animated, step-by-step build instructions and harness test programs that automatically generate from each design, resulting in faster builds, fewer errors, and clearer execution across teams and locations.
Kishore Boyalakuntla at Cadonix stated that smartBuild delivers manufacturing guidance tailored to how technicians work, removing ambiguity, collapsing lead times, and providing leaders with a single source of truth across stations, facilities, and programs.
SmartBuild can be deployed as a fully digital or hybrid build station. Digital build stations eliminate printed formboards by projecting full-scale virtual formboards on monitors, while hybrid stations bring guided digital instructions and at-station testing to existing physical boards.
Cadonix reports that every action, revision, and test result is captured in the cloud, enabling complete, audit-ready traceability across wires, connectors, and splices. Organizations using smartBuild have reported production acceleration of up to 50%, a 95% reduction in design-to-build time, and direct labor cost reductions up to 25%. smartBuild can increase margins by 2-6% per harness and accelerate production by up to 40%.
A global manufacturer of utility equipment serving more than 100 countries replaced physical formboards with smartBuild’s digital manufacturing platform. This has increased flexibility and cut production times. With smartBuild’s guided digital assembly and at-station testing, the customer has reduced harness build times by 25%, cut training from weeks to days, and eliminated formboard storage and printing costs, saving between $70,000 and $90,000 annually.
A Control Systems Engineer at the utility industry equipment manufacturer stated that smartBuild allows them to assign junior operators to complex harnesses and provides flexibility in how they utilize their technicians.
SmartBuild is available now as part of the Cadonix ecosystem, connecting class-leading Arcadia wire harness designs directly to manufacturing through guided build, validation, and reporting.
To learn more, visit booth 513 during WHMAs’ Annual Global Leadership Summit, or visit smartBuild by Cadonix.
Cadonix provides cloud-based software and hardware for designing and building wire harnesses. Cadonix solutions integrate into existing workflows, enabling faster adoption, improved quality, and scalable digital manufacturing.
Source: Cadonix
