Making the value of technology clear
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:
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
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.
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:
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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] => How Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Companies Get More Value from Simulation is a new Siemens guest post. In this post, Michelle Boucher explores how A&D companies use simulation. The post highlights challenges faced by A&D companies and then shares survey results revealing some of the top ways A&D solve them.
Read the post on the Siemens Femap Blog.
The results shared in this blog post came from our recent study, Addressing the Bottlenecks of FEA Simulation You can also hear more about this study at an upcoming webinar on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 2:00 PM ET/ 11:00 AM PT.
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Tech-Clarity's Jim Brown joined Arena Solutions' Ann McGuire on a TechBriefs webcast about avoiding product launch failures. Jim and Ann discussed why products fail and what companies are doing to improve product development success across the product lifecycle. The webcast, Avoid Product Launch Failure: Best Practices for Aligning Your Engineering and Quality Teams, is sponsored by Arena Solutions.
Watch the recorded event now (free of charge, registration required).
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[post_content] => Jim Brown contributed his views on integrating Product Innovation Platforms / PLM to ERP in a recent guest post for Cideon Software. The post pays specific attention to how to integrate the 3DEXPERIENCE platform with SAP. The post shares the increasing importance of integration, the need for a repeatable approach, and some key considerations about finding a partner to help with the complexities of the integration.
Please read the full post on the Cideon Software site (free of charge, no registration required).
http://www.cideon.eu/3dx/best-practices/
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[post_content] => In a new Siemens guest post, What Is an Optimized Product Design? Michelle Boucher discusses how companies use simulation to optimize their products. However, the term optimization came be a bit vague as it means different things to different people. To clarify the term, this post shares additional data from our recent study, Addressing the Bottlenecks of FEA Simulation defining what engineers are actually trying to do when they optimize their designs.
Read the post on the Siemens Femap Blog.
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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher shares additional findings from our recent study, Addressing the Bottlenecks of FEA Simulation in this Siemens guest post, How Should You Use Simulation. This guest post discusses some of the the top ways Top Performing companies apply simulation during product development. The post shares additional survey data on the benefits Top Performers report as a result of using simulation.
Read the post on the Siemens Femap Blog.
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Tech-Clarity's research report, Composites State of the Market: Using Composites as a Competitive Advantage, examines survey findings on material trends and composites. Over 240 companies participated in the survey. The research finds that new materials are a significant source of product complexity. The research also finds that of new materials, composites in particular, will see a lot of growth. However, there are engineering knowledge gaps when using composites. The report highlights how Top Performing companies supplement their engineering knowledge so that they can successfully develop and produce composite parts.
Please enjoy the summary below or click the report to download a PDF overview (free of charge, no registration required).
For more research on composites, check out our new survey for A&D companies.
For the full report, please visit our sponsor Siemens PLM (free of charge, no registration required).
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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher shares new research on simulation in this Siemens guest post, Announcing New Research on FEA Simulation Bottlenecks. Simulation can be a powerful tool to help guide design decisions. Consequently, the more it used, the more value companies tend to get from it. Unfortunately, companies do not get as much value as they could because bottlenecks limit the amount of simulation done. Tech-Clarity's research identifies those simulation bottlenecks, as well as best practices for overcoming them. This guest blog post describes the research process and shares some key findings. The complete report sharing findings and recommendations, can be accessed here (free of charge, registration required).
Read the post on the Siemens Femap Blog.
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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher describes 3 ways model-based systems engineering (MBSE) can help product development teams in this PTC guest post. While developing today's complex systems can be extremely challenging, model-based systems engineering (MBSE) can make it easier. MBSE uses a system model as a visual reference to support the development process. This guest post explains how a system model improves efficiency. It also describes how MBSE helps companies avoid some of the negative business impacts that can happen when developing complex systems.
For those interested in solutions to support MBSE, check out Tech-Clarity's Systems Engineering Buyer’s Guide. The guide includes key buying criteria to support MBSE, which will consequently help you implement MBSE at your company.
Read the post on the PTC Integrity blog now.
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The Ten Build-Buy Factors for IoT Platforms ebook shares ten things companies should consider when deciding whether to build or buy the infrastructure required to support their Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. The research shares practical experiences from several manufacturers ranging in size and IoT maturity. The eBook reports the complexities and lessons learned from their real experience supporting IoT and IIoT initiatives.
Click here for the full eBook, thank you to our sponsor Autodesk.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to disrupt the industrial status quo. We’re at an early inflection point with IoT similar to when businesses began adopting the web. At that time, people knew they needed to “get on the Internet” but weren’t exactly sure why or how it would impact their business. But they knew times were changing, and they did.
The competitive landscape was rewritten, innovative new businesses like Amazon loomed large, and traditional companies had to adapt or die. Welcome back to turbulent times.
IoT is coming into reach for more companies due to cheap sensors, embedded computers, wireless networks, and cloud server farms. Manufacturers are starting to see their competitors adopt IoT strategies and recognize the disruption could result in traditional industries polarizing into winners and losers. On the other hand, companies that master IoT have the opportunity to expand into new business arenas, much as Amazon started selling books with the intent of transforming the way consumers buy a wide variety of items.
Don't Go it Alone!
Finding a partner that can provide scalable, full-featured IoT infrastructure allows companies to focus their IoT investments. They should look for a partner that’s looking further into the future than they can afford to and working with other companies to learn. The partner should also have specialists in each of the critical IT disciplines. Finally, recognize that this will be a dynamic journey with starts, stops, and surprises. They should also look for assurances that the partner will be able to keep up and continue to invest in the future as the industry matures.
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The Does Quality Belong in PLM? eBook explores the value of implementing quality management processes in a Product Lifecycle Management system. The research shares perspectives from several manufacturers about managing quality processes like CAPA and creating product documentation including Design History Files (DHF) and Design Master Records (DMR). The eBook looks at the value of using standalone Quality Management Systems (QMS) or implementing quality directly in PLM to ensure integration between quality, product data, and the product's digital thread. The report concludes with a list of Top Ten Requirements to Manage Quality in PLM, because not all PLM systems are fully capable of supporting quality and risk management processes.
Please enjoy the summary below. For the full report, please visit our sponsor Arena Solutions.
There is significant overlap between the information and processes managed by PLM and QMS. This begs the question whether they should be separate systems, integrated systems, or a single system.
For many companies, the cost of implementing and maintaining multiple software systems is prohibitive. Further, our experience suggests that a single, integrated solution suite is more valuable than a collection of disconnected capabilities.
Research Goals and Findings
Given the overlap and the importance of PLM to product innovation and product development, this eBook explores using PLM to manage quality processes and data. The research finds strong quality management capabilities in PLM related to:
Product and Bill of Material (BOM) Centricity
PLM is ideally suited to manage quality because it’s a collaborative system, spans the enterprise, and is built to connect the supply chain. Some leading PLM vendors have extended PLM to manage quality processes and put quality and product data into a unified, connected product record. This makes it easy to find information, develop insights using BI, and meet product documentation needs such as DMR and DHF.
Beyond data, PLM supports quality processes to integrate data, procedures, and people. These capabilities make PLM a natural fit for those that want to improve quality and reduce risk. Companies looking for quality management capabilities should consider PLM a strong option, particularly if they value a single solution.
*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.
If you have difficulty obtaining a copy of the report, please contact us using the "Contact" link below.
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[post_content] => PTC caught some of my views on the Internet of Things on camera at a recent event. The videos include some of my thoughts along with those of PTC's Jill Newberg and fellow analysts Joe Barkai and Gartner's Tuong Nguyen.
The first one is on the IoT closing the loop in PLM, where I discuss how manufacturers no longer lose touch with their products - fundamentally changing the relationship between product, manufacturer, and customers.
https://youtu.be/RX6Klyo_1as
The second is about thoughts on the IoT market and its maturity and that companies should not just focus on technology but on how to use information and connectivity to improve profitability and revenue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1AtOo5onW4
There's so much happening in this space and PTC's YouTube IoT playlist contains these and much more educational content, including the incorporation of Augmented Reality (AR) that they demonstrated at the event.
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[post_content] => In this PTC guest post, Michelle Boucher discusses How to Select a Requirements and Validation Solution. There are many reasons projects fail, but a requirements and validation solution can help. However, selecting the right solution can be overwhelming. What should you use as buying criteria? What are your options if your requirements solution works well sometimes, but not always? This blog post introduces Tech-Clarity's Requirements and Validation Engineering Buyer's Guide: The Expert Guide to Requirements Validation. This requirements buyer's guide identifies key buying criteria and shares easy-to-follow checklists. You can then use these to help you select the right solution for your company.
Read the post on the PTC Integrity blog now.
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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.
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:
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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