The top improvement areas you should focus on to get even more value from simulation
Common challenges during the preprocessing phase
Best practices to overcome those preprocessing challenges
Case studies demonstrating the benefits of efficient preprocessing
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The Design Data Management Maturity Improves Profitability, Analyzing Best Practices for Managing Designs report shares fresh survey data and interviews. It updates our design data management research to cover new trends like using cloud file sharing applications to manage data. It also drills down on the topics of complexity and non-value added time spent managing design data, and shares metrics on the business improvements available from design data management best practices and technologies.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required thanks to our sponsor, Siemens PLM).
Executive Overview
Our previous report, Best Practices in Managing Design Data, showed that “Companies with world-class performance are more likely to have very effective data management capabilities.” Now, we’ve extended that earlier research with new survey data to take a fresh look at data management challenges and best practices. We also take a deeper dive into product complexity, explore whether companies still suffer from non-value-added time managing data, and quantify the impact of improving design data management.
Survey results indicate that data management is still a big business challenge. Complexity has continued to grow, resulting in poor productivity even for smaller companies. Almost one-third of companies surveyed report their technical resources spend more than 25% of their time on non-value-added data management tasks!
The survey also uncovers that data management is evolving, including significant growth in the use of cloud-based file sharing tools. It appears that the adoption of these tools may be making it easier for companies to share their designs, but making it more difficult to effectively control design data.
The prior report makes suggestions on how to improve data management and resulting productivity, which still hold true. It shows that some companies are more effective at data management and are “more likely to use structured, collaborative design data management technology, 30% more likely to use PDM or PLM.” It also finds that these companies spend 25% less time on nonproductive data management tasks. This survey furthers the research and finds that companies with the highest product development performance, the Top Performers, have higher data management maturity. They:
Use more collaborative design data management capabilities
Leverage their design data management solutions for more functions
Have tighter integration between their design tools / CAD and data management
Couple data management tightly with cloud file sharing (if they’re using cloud)
We found these companies achieved significant business advantages, including tangibly higher revenue growth, profit margin expansion, and innovation. Further, we found they not only achieve a one-time improvement, but use data management as a foundation to grow on, toward greater PDM / PLM value.
Table of Contents
Executive Overview
Effective Data Management Improves Productivity, Performance
Design Data Management Continues to be a Struggle
Data Management Challenges Continue to Impact Productivity
Complexity on the Rise
Identifying Data Management Practices of the Top Performers
Top Performers have Greater Data Management Usage Maturity
Top Performers have Greater Collaboration Maturity
Emergence of Cloud Highlights another Dimension of Maturity
Quantifying Design Data Management Impact on Profitability
Design Data Management is a Foundation to Grow On
Conclusion
Recommendations
About the Author
About the Research
References and Links
Conclusion
Product and product development complexity are on the rise, bringing with it significant reductions in design productivity for companies small and large. The leaders are combatting this complexity with design data management. Top Performers have been shown to use more structured, collaborative solutions including PDM and PLM. This research shows that even if these tools are not within reach, companies can improve their design data management maturity and achieve a productivity and business performance advantage.
Companies can extend their design data management in several ways. The first is to follow more formal data management processes. The second is to use their CAD tool to help manage designs if they are using less formal design data management capabilities like network drivers or cloud file-sharing. “The combination of cloud file sharing with some sort of data control is a great solution for smaller companies,” concludes Bird Technologies’ Winter. “As soon as our vendor made this available it was a no-brainer and we jumped on it right away.”
Finally, companies can improve performance by increasing their design usage maturity, leveraging their design data management solution to support more tasks. There is always room to improve. The Top Performers are extending their design data management maturity in multiple ways, and are more able to leverage their design data management foundation to gain higher benefits over time.
Recommendations
Based on industry experience and research for this report, Tech-Clarity offers the following recommendations:
Understand the complexity is a larger driver of design data management issues than company size
Recognize the impact of increasing product complexity and improve design data management maturity to mitigate the risk
Use formal data management tools such as PDM or PLM, if accessible
If formal systems aren’t available and you’re using network or cloud file management, at a minimum improve maturity through better processes
For greater levels of performance, leverage your CAD tool’s capabilities to help manage complexity
Extend the usage maturity of design data management to continually improve and raise the bar on productivity and business performance relative to the competition
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[post_content] => In this PTC guest post, Michelle Boucher shares Four Ways Medical Device Companies Can Become More Profitable. As companies plan for 2017, medical device companies should consider these four suggestions to help them improve margins. The post touches on topics such as the cost of compliance, the Case for Quality, and considerations for the impact of IoT.
For those interested in solutions to support medical devices, check out Tech-Clarity's Medical Devices Manufacturers Software Selection Guide. The guide includes key buying criteria to support developing, producing, and servicing medical devices. It also provides guidance on managing regulatory compliance throughout the device lifecycle. In addition, it provides advice to support the FDA's Case for Quality.
Read the post on the PTC Windchill blog now.
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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher shares tips for designing IoT products and systems by using model-driven IoT code in this PTC guest post. As a result of reading this post, you will have a better understanding of how this can be a helpful step for those looking to incorporate the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in their products.
Many products have evolved into complex systems of systems involving multiple engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and software. While this already creates unique challenges, the IoT adds even more. Now, companies must think even beyond the product and consider the ecosystem the product will operate in. Consequently, this adds yet another layer of complexity. Therefore, companies should identify where they can make improvements to support development teams. This guest post offers just that advice.
For those interested in solutions to support developing systems, check out Tech-Clarity's Systems Engineering Buyer’s Guide. The guide includes key buying criteria to invest in the right technology to support systems engineering. As a result of using the right technology, development teams will be more empowered to meet corporate goals for new products.
Read the post on the PTC Integrity blog now.
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[post_content] => Tech-Clarity's Medical Devices Manufacturers Software Selection Guide helps manufacturers identify the right buying criteria for software solutions to support developing, producing, and servicing medical devices. This buyer's guide also takes into account unique needs for medical device companies including regulatory compliance and support for the FDA's Case for Quality.
Tech-Clarity’s Buyer’s Guides go beyond software functionality to provide a framework of requirements that impact implementation success and long-term ROI, including:
Software capabilities
Implementation
User adoption
Support
Vendor characteristics / attributes
Unique business needs
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report to download a PDF summary overview (free of charge, no registration required).
For the full report, please visit our sponsor, PTC, here (free of charge, registration required).
Table of Contents
Executive Overview
Identify Your Challenges
Transition from Document Centric to Product Centric
Consider the Complete Lifecycle
Manage the Product
Manage Requirements (Customer Needs to Regulatory)
Support Product Development for Hardware
Support Software Development
Enable Smart and Connected Products
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Support Quality Management
Plan for Manufacturing
Control Suppliers
Plan for Service
Assess Implementation Requirements
Consider Vendor Attributes
Identify Specific Needs for your Company
Conclusion
Recommendations
About the Author
Executive Overview
Medical device companies are in the business of making people’s lives better. As Joel Hembrock, Senior Designer and CAD Administrator at Medtronic says, “Our patients are the people who benefit from our products. Restoring life is our main focus. [We want] to be giving people their lives back, restoring their health, allowing them to actually live again and not have their disease or any other ailment keep them from being able to live.”
With lives at stake, patient safety is of the upmost importance. As such, the industry faces heavy regulations. Compliance is so critical that if medical device companies do not adhere to FDA, EU and other worldwide standards and regulations, they will not be profitable. However, so much time, effort, and cost goes into compliance documentation, it takes efforts away from innovating and ensuring high quality products. Consequently, it is harder to take advantage of opportunities that will boost profitability.
On the other hand, medical device companies who adopt practices focused on high quality devices can expect greater patient satisfaction, improved competitiveness, and higher profits. In fact, McKinsey estimates that companies who adopt quality focused best practices can increase profits by 3% to 4% of revenues. They estimate the revenue increase alone could be a $3.5 billion opportunity for the industry and this doesn’t even factor in profitability improvements by avoiding costly quality issues.
To achieve this, companies need to be empowered to shift from a document centric process to one that focuses on high quality, innovative products that meet patient needs. The good news is that with investments in the right technology, this is possible. Technology can reduce manual, time intensive reporting processes to a push of a button. Rather than structuring processes around documentation, technology can allow you to focus on developing the right products and services that will meet patient needs.
For these reasons, some medical device manufacturers are integrating quality processes into core product lifecycle management activities. By integrating quality processes throughout the product design and delivery lifecycle, companies can improve efficiency. With this approach, time spent searching for compliance supporting documentation and reporting, can instead be invested in quality and innovation. The result will be greater profitability.
Other changes in the medical device industry are coming from recent trends such as the transition to outcome-based healthcare in the US. In some cases, to be compensated, medical professionals must show positive patient outcomes. One way to accomplish this is to take advantage of innovation enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT). This along with requirements for Unique Device Identifiers (UDI’s) can provide new levels of traceability and communication that can demonstrate device effectiveness. However, to take advantage of this and manage it, the right technology must be in place.
While many of these issues may require new investments in technology, existing systems that are working well, should be leveraged. Working solutions such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) should be considered when selecting a complete solution to manage medical devices. The new solution should use a platform that will leverage and extend the investments made in existing solutions.
With so much to consider, how do you know what will be the right technology? This buyer’s guide will serve as guidance to help you select what is right for your company.
This guide consists of four major sections covering software tool functionality required for medical device companies, implementation requirements, vendor attributes, and special company considerations (Figure 1).
Each section includes a checklist with key requirements to investigate when selecting software tools. This guide is not an all encompassing requirements list. It provides a high level overview.
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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher participated in a webinar for medical device companies on. In addition, IEEE Spectrum's Dexter Johnson moderated the event.
During the webinar, Michelle shares medical device industry trends. She will also offers advice to efficiently manage regulatory compliance and discuss the implications for the Case for Quality. She was joined by Mr. Sri Tupil, VP Software Quality Eng. & Program Management, Fresenius Medical Care for an interactive discussion about how Fresenius is responding to these trends to improve their business.
Access this event as well as other healthcare related webcasts and content.
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[post_content] => How Top Performers Implement, Operate, and Maintain PLM Integration - Best Practices for Integrating Product Lifecycle Management shares survey results detailing how Top Performers implement their PLM systems. The research uncovers integration challenges and best practices across the PLM Integration Lifecycle, recognizing that implementing integration is only the first step in the process.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report to download a PDF overview (free of charge, no registration required).
For the full report, please visit our sponsor, Razorleaf (free of charge, registration required).
Table of Contents
Executive Overview
The Business Value of Integrating PLM
When do Companies Begin Integrating?
Introducing the PLM Integration Lifecycle
Implementation Challenges
Operation Challenges
Maintenance Challenges
Business Impacts
Quantifying the Impact
Identifying the Top Performers
Top Performers Experience Fewer Negative Impacts
Top Performers Integrate More
Top Performers Integrate with More Advanced Tools
Top Performers Integrate with More Advanced Enterprise Applications
Top Performers Integrate More PLM Data
Top Performers Use More Advanced Integration Techniques
Focusing on the Future: The Impact of IoT on PLM Integration
Conclusion
Recommendations
About the Author
About the Research
Copyright Notice
Executive Overview
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) helps manufacturers in many ways ranging from operational efficiencies to top-line financial improvement. It improves business performance in multiple dimensions including increased revenue, reduced product cost, and decreased product development cost. But PLM is just one of many systems in the engineering and enterprise software ecosystems, and provides greater value when it shares data and connects workflows with other software. As reported in Product Lifecycle Management Beyond Managing CAD, “Top Performers are much more likely to integrate PLM with a host of other systems.”
We surveyed over 150 companies to understand their PLM integration strategy, processes, and technical enablers in order to understand how proper integration can extend PLM value. The findings indicate that the vast majority of manufacturers view PLM as “Strategic” or “Important.” It also finds that many believe that PLM integration will become even more strategic (and challenging) as IoT initiatives progress.
In order to understand how companies get the most business value from PLM integration, we identified manufacturers that were gaining the largest operational benefit from their PLM implementation, the Top Performers. These leaders achieve significantly better than average PLM business benefits. We analyzed what these companies do differently related to PLM integration in order to offer advice to poorer performing companies. The analysis determines that Top Performers in gaining the benefits from PLM:
Are more likely to view PLM integration as strategic
Integrate PLM to more design tools and more enterprise applications
Integrate PLM to more advanced tools and applications
Are more able to implement, operate, and maintain PLM integration in an agile, cost-effective way
Experience fewer operational issues including:
Needing to look for data in multiple systems
Duplicate data entry
Data inconsistency across systems
We also discovered that these Top Performers take different approaches to integrating PLM, leveraging a variety of techniques but opting toward more advanced, maintainable techniques like a hub and spoke approach. Read on to find out more about PLM integration and what sets the Top Performers apart across the PLM Integration Lifecycle spanning integration implementation, operation, and maintenance.
Conclusion
PLM helps companies improve product innovation, product development, and engineering efficiency and helps enhance communication across the enterprise and the supply chain. Improving PLM integration helps companies achieve the benefits PLM has to offer, making it a highly strategic investment. The level of importance, along with the level of complexity, will only increase as companies move to smarter, more connected products and the IoT.
Top Performers, those that get the most benefits out of their PLM systems, are more likely to view PLM integration as strategic. They integrate more design tools and enterprise applications with PLM, and integrate PLM to more advanced tools and applications. They also integrate more data, including more information that spans the enterprise and the supply chain. The leads us to the conclusion that better PLM integration is simply good business.
Top Performers take different approaches to integrating PLM, employing a variety of tools but more likely including adaptable techniques like a hub and spoke approach that provides benefits across the PLM Integration Lifecycle. The result is that these Top Performing companies are more able to implement, operate, and maintain PLM integration in an agile, cost-effective way and experience less need to look for data in multiple systems, perform less duplicate data entry, and find less data inconsistency across systems.
Recommendations
Based on our experience and the research for this report, Tech-Clarity offers the following recommendations:
Manufacturers should integrate PLM with a broader number of enterprise applications and design tools
Companies should integrate with more advanced systems, including those that extend beyond Engineering into the enterprise and the supply chain
Companies should use a variety of integration techniques depending on the specific solutions and connectivity methods available, leveraging more advanced approaches such as hub and spoke when practical to provide more agility across the PLM Integration Lifecycle
Manufacturers should consider outside expertise to fill the PLM integration knowledge gap
Companies should focus integration plans and efforts beyond the initial implementation to optimize across the entire PLM Integration Lifecycle
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[post_content] => Jim Brown will present findings from his recent study on New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI) to help companies learn from Top Performing product developers. The webcast will share the strategies, approaches, and enablers they use to drive high profits from their new product initiatives. Learn how the leaders will meet (or beat) their new product development targets in 2017 and beyond.
Register for the December 14 Engineering.com webcast sponsored by Autodesk (free of charge, no registration required).
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[post_content] => Tech-Clarity analyst Jim Brown joins Razorleaf's Director of Integrations and Development Derek Neiding to share the results of a recent study on PLM integration. The webcast will highlight the strategies, processes, and technologies Top Performers use to integrate PLM with design tools and other enterprise systems.
Register now for the December 13 webcast, sponsored by Razorleaf Corporation (free of charge, registration required).
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[post_content] => Join an interactive discussion between Tech-Clarity's Jim Brown and Autodesk's Ron Locklin moderated by Advantage Business Media Editor in Chief Janine Mooney as they discuss the history, challenges, benefits, and future of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The event will be available on Product Design & Development, Manufacturing.net, and Manufacturing Business Technology.
Watch the event live, October 31 at 12:30 PM Eastern. Sign up now (free of charge, registration required).
Sponsored by Autodesk and their Fusion Lifecycle product.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown contributed insights from his recent research on cloud options for product innovation, product development, and engineering software in a guest post titled Moving Production Innovation and Engineering to the Cloud, What's Your Strategy? on the Siemens PLM Community. The post references findings our recent Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook.
For more information on cloud computing please visit Siemens Offers Business-ready Cloud Solutions on the Siemens site.You can also view a summary of the Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook on our site, or download the full report courtesy of Siemens PLM (free of charge, no registration required).
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[post_content] => Tech-Clarity's Infographic, Successful Products Start and End with Your Customer provides guidance to CPG companies. By embedding your customer in the middle of your product life cycle, your products will be more successful. The infographic, shows that by capturing insights obtained during the shopping experience, you can drive a move successful approach to product development.
To be successful, companies navigate multiple competing pressures. This isn't easy, but access to real time information can help. When you have real time insights into what your customers are doing in the store, you can make better product decisions for superior product execution. This essentially puts your customer at the center of your product life cycle.
For more information on this and other solutions for Consumer Product companies, please visit our sponsor Dassault Systèmes.
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[post_content] => The Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook shares our thoughts about the cloud software choices available for product innovation, product development, and engineering software including PLM, PDM, CAD, CAE, and more. The eBook details the different software models available and provides considerations for each. It also helps put the various options into context with a sample flowchart on the decision to identify the appropriate deployment platform for a cloud solution, including how to consider your existing vendors' solutions in the process.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required thanks to our sponsor, Siemens PLM).
For more information on cloud computing please visit Siemens Offers Business-ready Cloud Solutions on the Siemens site.
Table of Contents
It's Time for a Cloud Strategy
Understanding the Options *
Comparing Your Options *
Assessing Company Readiness *
Sample Cloud Decision Tree *
Reviewing Vendor Cloud Maturity *
Special Cloud Opportunities for Product Innovation and Engineering *
Weighing the Options, Looking at Timing *
Next Steps
It’s Time for a Cloud Strategy
The shift toward cloud computing is undeniable. An increasing number of companies are transitioning to cloud solutions in order to take advantage of significant advantages, including:
Cost reduction
Reduced IT resource needs
Scalability
Agility
Rapid deployment
Shifting capital investments to expenses
Software for product innovation, product development, and engineering – including PLM, CAD, and CAE – has evolved toward the cloud at a cautious pace. This market is closer to the beginning of the cloud transformation than some others such as CRM and ERP where cloud adoption is already more prevalent. But it’s happening. Initial skepticism is fading away and companies are learning how to effectively manage cloud software.
The market is responding with the entry of new cloud offerings and incumbents evolving to the cloud. For manufacturers planning to implement or replace product-related software, it’s time to develop a strategy that reflects the reality of today’s market. The strategy needs to consider:
Cloud delivery models
Software capabilities and scope
Timing and transition
This eBook is intended to provide education and insight to help manufacturers develop a practical strategy to leverage the cloud appropriately while supporting their product development processes.
Next Steps
The time is right to take advantage of the cloud, but it’s not a trivial decision or transition for product innovation, product development, and engineering software. The reality of the market maturity requires companies to develop a strategy that jointly considers vendor cloud maturity, company readiness, and the availability of needed capabilities.
A considered cloud transition is important to reap the benefits without major disruption. Most companies are taking a very deliberate, methodical approach to leverage the cloud. For most, a staged program with a hybrid mix of solutions will be the most reasonable approach, as few companies can justify wholesale replacement of existing systems.
Fortunately, companies may not have to do it all on their own. They can adopt a pragmatic, staged approach that coordinates with their vendor’s timeline. Many existing vendors have predefined relationships with cloud services companies and trained service providers. These partnerships can provide an IaaS or managed services approach that provides benefits without having to replace existing software. In addition, many vendors offer complementary solutions that provide unique opportunities only realistically available from the cloud. It’s important to understand the potential of these solutions in your transformation strategy.
The transition to the cloud is underway. It’s time for manufacturers to take a closer look and develop a practical strategy and timeline that works for their business.
*This summary is an abbreviated version of the report and does not contain the full content. A link to download the full report is available above thanks to Siemens PLM.
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[post_content] => To help manufacturers prepare for the future of product design, PTC has released a new eBook, 10 Expert Insights : The Future of Product Design in the Age of Smart & Connected Devices. Michelle Boucher's contribution, New Possibilities with IoT, shares her thoughts on the future of product design. In this section, she explains how the Internet of Things will empower product development teams. With IoT, design teams will have access to information about product operation in ways that have never been possible before. As a result, they will have insights they previously could only have dreamed about.
The eBook also shares thoughts from nine other industry experts. While reviewing these perspectives, you will have new ideas to help prepare for the future of product design. You can download the eBook here (free of charge, registration required).
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[post_content] => Jim Brown contributed a post to the Autodesk Fusion Connect site sharing the Top Five Factors for a Successful Industrial IoT Implementation. The post provides an introduction to our Ten Build-Buy Factors for IoT Platforms eBook tailored to Engineers so they can understand not only how to support their company's IoT initiative, but also how to gain direct benefits for Engineering. Please enjoy the excerpt below and the read the rest on the Autodesk site.
Welcome to the IIoT
Supporting the Industrial Internet is now an important part of the Engineering domain. For some, it’s because their customers are operating their products in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). For others, it’s because their company is using the IIoT to monitor and control equipment and devices in their own facilities. For many, both are happening at the same time. The IIoT movement changes the game for companies, their customers, and their Engineering department.
The potential value of the IIoT is immense, and companies are responding. Potential benefits range from productivity and cost savings to fundamentally resetting the value proposition and relationship between companies and their business partners, including suppliers, service partners, and customers. Whether a company is pursuing an IoT or IIoT initiative to support customers, improve their own business, or make sure to keep up with the competition, it will have an impact on Engineering.
Adapting Engineering to the IIoT
What do engineers need to do in order to survive and thrive in this brave new world? One thing that’s clear is that the IIoT drives new product design requirements. Beyond products, it also drives significant infrastructure requirements, as discussed in Ten Build-Buy Factors for IoT Platforms. Engineers play a key role in unlocking the IoT and the IIoT value in both areas. This introduction shares some of the ways engineers need to think differently to support company-wide IIoT initiatives. But Engineering can also gain their own value from these initiatives. This introduction highlights the potential benefits Engineering can receive directly from participating in the IIoT, and highlights specific areas in the ten build-buy factors that are the most important for engineers to consider. Let’s get started.
Engineer’s Role Supporting the IIoT – Design
Engineers can play multiple roles supporting IIoT initiatives.......
*This summary is an abbreviated version of the post. Please see the fullTop Five Factors for a Successful Industrial IoT Implementation post on the Autodesk website(free of charge, no registration required).
If you have difficulty obtaining a copy of the report, please contact the author at jim.brown@tech-clarity.com or by clicking our Contact button.
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[post_content] => How Product Line Engineering (PLE) Creates a Competitive Advantage: Removing Time, Cost, and Complexity from the Systems Lifecycle discusses the growing importance of embedded software in today's products and the resulting complexity. The report highlights the negative impacts of not managing this complexity. Despite these impacts, there are benefits of using the right software. Those using the right software can better manage complexity. As a result, they see improvements in quality, efficiency, innovation, and development costs. The report explains this further. It also describes how Product Line Engineering (PLE) fits in and four things to look in a PLE solution.
Please enjoy the summary below.
For the full report, please visit our sponsor, BigLever(free of charge, registration required). From this registration page, in addition to the report, you can also access an on-demand webinar on Product Line Engineering. During this webinar, you can learn more about the research from this report. You will also hear from Charles Krueger, CEO of BigLever Software.
What’s Happening with Systems Development?
Research from Tech-Clarity’s Developing Software-Intensive Products finds that 53% of companies report significant increases to the amount of software in their products. Further, 75% say that over the next 5 years, they will be adding even more software to their products. This growth makes sense as software offers lots of opportunity. However, it also introduces challenges. Ignoring these challenges will hurt company profitability, while companies who address them will be far more successful, win new customers, and beat their competition.
Key Takeaways
With the increasing amount of embedded software and the need to stand out from the competition, Product Line Engineering across systems and software can be a helpful way to enable platform design. With the right software solution, companies can avoid some of the challenges of systems engineering. Qualities to consider in a PLE solution include facilitating collaboration across engineering discipline, managing complexity, and supporting design automation.
*This summary is an abbreviated version of the report and does not contain the full content. Use this link to download the full report. If you have difficulty obtaining a copy of the report, please contact us using the "Contact" link below.
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[post_content] => This short Tech-Clarity TV animation explains how manufacturers can get started with Product Data Management. The video offers findings from The Business Value of Product Data Management that finds that manufacturers can get off to a fast start with preconfigured solutions but still leave themselves room to grow on a foundation that provides more advanced capabilities.
https://youtu.be/RN5996fXgXo
This episode is sponsored by Siemens PLM. Learn more about Siemens PLM and their Teamcenter Rapid Start Program.
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[post_content] => Hear Michelle Boucher share her recent research on Simulation Bottlenecks during a this webinar.Digital Engineering's Kenneth Wong will moderate this webinar sponsored by Siemens Femap.
This webinar will reveal:
The top improvement areas you should focus on to get even more value from simulation
Best practices followed by Top Performing companies to overcome simulation bottlenecks
Selection criteria to help you identify the right simulation solution for your company
Listen to the recording.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown presented his recent research on building versus buying IIoT infrastructure in the upcoming Top 5 Factors for a Successful Industrial IoT Implementation webcast on Engineering.com (sponsored by Autodesk). The webcast also featured Autodesk's Head of IoT, Bryan Kester, sharing how IIoT can help improve product service, close the loop on engineering designs, and create new revenue streams.
Watch the Recorded Webcast. (free of charge, registration required)
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[post_content] => Listen to Michelle Boucher share tips to improve the efficiency of simulation preprocessing. During this webinar, Shawn Wasserman, simulation editor at ENGINEERING.com, joined Michelle.
This webinar reveals:
The top improvement areas you should focus on to get even more value from simulation
Common challenges during the preprocessing phase
Best practices to overcome those preprocessing challenges
Case studies demonstrating the benefits of efficient preprocessing
Listen to Michelle Boucher share tips to improve the efficiency of simulation preprocessing. During this webinar, Shawn Wasserman, simulation editor at ENGINEERING.com, joined Michelle. This webinar reveals: The top improvement areas you should focus on to get even more value from simulation Common challenges during the preprocessing phase Best practices to overcome those preprocessing challenges Case studies…
The Design Data Management Maturity Improves Profitability, Analyzing Best Practices for Managing Designs report shares fresh survey data and interviews. It updates our design data management research to cover new trends like using cloud file sharing applications to manage data. It also drills down on the topics of complexity and non-value added time spent managing design data,…
In this PTC guest post, Michelle Boucher shares Four Ways Medical Device Companies Can Become More Profitable. As companies plan for 2017, medical device companies should consider these four suggestions to help them improve margins. The post touches on topics such as the cost of compliance, the Case for Quality, and considerations for the impact of IoT….
Michelle Boucher shares tips for designing IoT products and systems by using model-driven IoT code in this PTC guest post. As a result of reading this post, you will have a better understanding of how this can be a helpful step for those looking to incorporate the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in their products. Many products…
Tech-Clarity’s Medical Devices Manufacturers Software Selection Guide helps manufacturers identify the right buying criteria for software solutions to support developing, producing, and servicing medical devices. This buyer’s guide also takes into account unique needs for medical device companies including regulatory compliance and support for the FDA’s Case for Quality. Tech-Clarity’s Buyer’s Guides go beyond software functionality to…
Michelle Boucher participated in a webinar for medical device companies on. In addition, IEEE Spectrum’s Dexter Johnson moderated the event. During the webinar, Michelle shares medical device industry trends. She will also offers advice to efficiently manage regulatory compliance and discuss the implications for the Case for Quality. She was joined by Mr. Sri Tupil, VP Software Quality Eng….
How Top Performers Implement, Operate, and Maintain PLM Integration – Best Practices for Integrating Product Lifecycle Management shares survey results detailing how Top Performers implement their PLM systems. The research uncovers integration challenges and best practices across the PLM Integration Lifecycle, recognizing that implementing integration is only the first step in the process. Please enjoy…
Jim Brown will present findings from his recent study on New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI) to help companies learn from Top Performing product developers. The webcast will share the strategies, approaches, and enablers they use to drive high profits from their new product initiatives. Learn how the leaders will meet (or beat) their new…
Tech-Clarity analyst Jim Brown joins Razorleaf’s Director of Integrations and Development Derek Neiding to share the results of a recent study on PLM integration. The webcast will highlight the strategies, processes, and technologies Top Performers use to integrate PLM with design tools and other enterprise systems. Register now for the December 13 webcast, sponsored by Razorleaf Corporation (free…
Join an interactive discussion between Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown and Autodesk’s Ron Locklin moderated by Advantage Business Media Editor in Chief Janine Mooney as they discuss the history, challenges, benefits, and future of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The event will be available on Product Design & Development, Manufacturing.net, and Manufacturing Business Technology. Watch the event live, October 31 at…
Jim Brown contributed insights from his recent research on cloud options for product innovation, product development, and engineering software in a guest post titled Moving Production Innovation and Engineering to the Cloud, What’s Your Strategy? on the Siemens PLM Community. The post references findings our recent Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook. For more information on…
Tech-Clarity’s Infographic, Successful Products Start and End with Your Customer provides guidance to CPG companies. By embedding your customer in the middle of your product life cycle, your products will be more successful. The infographic, shows that by capturing insights obtained during the shopping experience, you can drive a move successful approach to product development. To be…
The Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook shares our thoughts about the cloud software choices available for product innovation, product development, and engineering software including PLM, PDM, CAD, CAE, and more. The eBook details the different software models available and provides considerations for each. It also helps put the various options into context with a…
To help manufacturers prepare for the future of product design, PTC has released a new eBook, 10 Expert Insights : The Future of Product Design in the Age of Smart & Connected Devices. Michelle Boucher’s contribution, New Possibilities with IoT, shares her thoughts on the future of product design. In this section, she explains how the Internet of Things will empower product…
Jim Brown contributed a post to the Autodesk Fusion Connect site sharing the Top Five Factors for a Successful Industrial IoT Implementation. The post provides an introduction to our Ten Build-Buy Factors for IoT Platforms eBook tailored to Engineers so they can understand not only how to support their company’s IoT initiative, but also how to gain…
How Product Line Engineering (PLE) Creates a Competitive Advantage: Removing Time, Cost, and Complexity from the Systems Lifecycle discusses the growing importance of embedded software in today’s products and the resulting complexity. The report highlights the negative impacts of not managing this complexity. Despite these impacts, there are benefits of using the right software. Those using the right…
This short Tech-Clarity TV animation explains how manufacturers can get started with Product Data Management. The video offers findings from The Business Value of Product Data Management that finds that manufacturers can get off to a fast start with preconfigured solutions but still leave themselves room to grow on a foundation that provides more advanced capabilities. This episode is sponsored by Siemens PLM. Learn…
Hear Michelle Boucher share her recent research on Simulation Bottlenecks during a this webinar. Digital Engineering’s Kenneth Wong will moderate this webinar sponsored by Siemens Femap. This webinar will reveal: The top improvement areas you should focus on to get even more value from simulation Best practices followed by Top Performing companies to overcome simulation bottlenecks Selection criteria to help…
Jim Brown presented his recent research on building versus buying IIoT infrastructure in the upcoming Top 5 Factors for a Successful Industrial IoT Implementation webcast on Engineering.com (sponsored by Autodesk). The webcast also featured Autodesk’s Head of IoT, Bryan Kester, sharing how IIoT can help improve product service, close the loop on engineering designs, and…