Tech-Clarity’s Requirements and Validation Engineering Buyer’s Guide helps manufacturers develop criteria to evaluate software solutions to support requirements management and validation engineering. 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 Industry or unique business…
- Software capabilities
- Implementation
- User adoption
- Support
- Vendor characteristics / attributes
- Industry or unique business needs
Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- The Business Value of Requirements Management
- Start with Defining Best Practices
- Define Requirements
- Manage Requirements
- Manage Changes and Approvals
- Enable Traceability, Reporting, and Compliance Management
- Ensure Interoperability
- Support Reuse and Variability
- Verify and Validate Requirements
- Assess Service Requirements
- Consider Vendor Attributes
- Identify Specific Needs for your Company
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
Executive Overview
Fierce global competition means companies have little leeway to bring the wrong product to market. However, today’s products have gotten so complex, it has become increasingly difficult to capture customer and market needs, translate those needs to product requirements, manage them throughout a complex development process involving changes and different configurations, and then make sure the requirements are truly satisfied. A lot of work goes into the initial definition of those requirements, but we do not live in a static world. Changes are inevitable. Tracing all the impacts of those changes, notifying everyone involved, and getting everything updated, including the test case, can be a nightmare. However, with expert requirements and validation engineering practices, combined with the right technology, the process will be far more manageable. This guide consists of four major sections covering requirements management and validation software tool functionality, service requirements, vendor attributes, and special company considerations (Figure 1). Each section includes a checklist with key requirements to investigate when selecting software tools to support requirements and validation processes. To set the foundation for expert requirements and validation engineering practices, companies should focus on the entire lifecycle of requirements, not just the definition. This will enable companies to ensure the product they want to bring to market, is the one they actually do. In addition, it will improve the efficiency of the entire process, with fewer errors, leading to higher product profitability.![Tech-Clarity Requirements and Validation Buyers Guide Framework](http://tech-clarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tech-Clarity_Requirements_and_Validation_Buyers_Guide_pdf__page_4_of_22_.jpg)
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Executive Overview
Customized products are more compelling to customers and drive higher profitability. They can also create chaos in sales proposal and order fulfillment processes as engineers scramble to develop cost estimates, customized designs, and detailed manufacturing and sales documentation. This engineer-to-order (ETO) study finds that some companies have found better ways to design custom products, alleviating the engineering bottleneck created in most companies when quotes requests or orders roll in. The manufacturing industry needs to adopt best practices and technology to accommodate the growth in customized products. Researchers for this report surveyed over 200 companies, finding that product customization is growing significantly. Why? For some companies, it helps them differentiate. For others, their industry doesn’t give them a choice. It’s just the nature of the business. Either way, growth in product customization drives increased complexity that leads to late deliveries, recalls / warranty work, and missed financial targets. The cause? Manual processes for custom products make Engineering a bottleneck to getting quotes and orders out of the door. Fortunately Tech-Clarity research1 shows that companies taking more advanced ETO approaches to customize their products end up with better results. This report investigates trends in customization and digs deeper into these best practices. The analysis finds that manufacturers achieving the highest sales and profitability growth, The Top Performers, place more strategic emphasis on rapid quote and order turnaround. They also perform better when executing orders, experiencing significantly fewer errors. Our research shows that Top Performers adopt leading design practices including platform, modular, and rules-based design techniques1. Survey reports show they support these best practices with leading technologies, finding that they are:- More than twice as likely to use technical product configurators
- 53% more likely to have quote automation
- 22% more likely to leverage design automation
Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- Product Customization is on the Rise
- Understanding Customization Business Drivers
- Creating Differentiation in Customized Products
- Taking A Deeper Look at Customization
- Recognizing Customization Challenges
- Recognizing Potential Negative Impacts of Customization
- Identifying the Top Performers
- Analyzing what Top Performers do Differently
- Evaluating Top Performers’ Process Advantages
- Analyzing the Technical Enablers of Top Performers
- Identifying the Technical Capabilities of Top Performers
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
- About the Research
- Footnote
Conclusion
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Recommendations
Based on industry experience and research for this report, Tech-Clarity offers the following recommendations:- Focus on speed as a differentiator for customized products
- Adopt modular and platform design approaches to streamline customization
- Recognize the different capabilities of Technical Product Configurators and Sales (CPQ) Configurators, using each for their strengths (and possibly in combination)
- Leverage technical product configurators and design automation to remove manual engineering effort that creates bottlenecks and results in errors in sales and order engineering processes
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The Strategic Value of CTO
Selling configured products can drive significant business benefits including increased differentiation and price margins. An increasing number of manufacturers offer customization as a strategic weapon, while for others it’s a mandatory fact of life to meet customer needs and ensure products fit into customer sites and scenarios. In either scenario, it’s a highly valuable approach.![Tech-Clarity-eBook-3D-Config-2016-01-21_pptx](http://tech-clarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tech-Clarity-eBook-3D-Config-2016-01-21_pptx-1-300x164.jpg)
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Conclusion
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- Successful approaches to product line engineering (PLE) for managing product variation
- How embedded software, combined with the ability to tailor products through PLE approaches, enables organizations to differentiate products, streamline development efforts and boost profitability
- How to leverage the combined strengths of PLE, ALM and PLM to achieve efficiency, cost reduction, time-to-market, product line scalability and quality goals
- Strategies for reducing variant management complexity
- How to facilitate better interoperability across software, electrical and mechanical teams
- Simplify and manage complexity by using a Model Based Enterprise or Systems Engineering approach to ensure systems perform to requirements
- Implement new ways to reduce costs by improving the management of bill of materials(BOM), enterprise data and process optimization
- Minimize business risks and fulfill performance requirements through 3D master development, validation and testing
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Midsize Manufacturers Stuck in Between
Midsize manufacturers are poised to grow in today’s vibrant markets. They’re taking advantage of manufacturing revitalization armed with a combination of product innovation and agility. But developing successful products today is complex business. It requires technical knowhow, teamwork, collaboration, and coordination. Midsize companies have to overcome this complexity to compete with larger competitors. They have to connect closely with customers and introduce new products quickly and efficiently to meet their needs.![Tech-Clarity-eBook-PLM-Midsize_pdf](http://tech-clarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tech-Clarity-eBook-PLM-Midsize_pdf-300x153.jpg)
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- Product and organizational complexity drive them beyond basic PDM capabilities
- A full-featured PLM implementation may feel out of reach
Get Started with the Right PLM Solution
Core PLM can quickly add value to midsized manufacturers by helping them combat complexity, improve productivity, and stay closer to customers. Recognize the potential value of a fully featured PLM with all of the bells and whistles, but be honest with yourself about whether your company can afford the time and effort to get there (at least right away). Don’t take on too much. Start with the basics and get value quickly, but recognize the shortcomings of simple file sharing solutions that fall short for the complex products and product development environments common to midsize manufacturers. Look for a solution that allows you to design in the context of your products in real time, but also in the context of processes and product development projects. In addition, look for PLM that incorporates automation including automatic CAD and project updates to keep engineers focused on innovation instead of managing files. Finally, make sure to leave your company room to grow as your business dictates, using the initial implementation as a foundation for greater improvements. *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. [post_title] => Finding PLM to Fit Midsized Manufacturers eBook [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => midsize-plm [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2022-11-14 22:28:09 [post_modified_gmt] => 2022-11-15 03:28:09 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://tech-clarity.com/?p=5236 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [9] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 5226 [post_author] => 2572 [post_date] => 2016-04-04 12:07:30 [post_date_gmt] => 2016-04-04 16:07:30 [post_content] =>![microsoft](http://tech-clarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/microsoft.png)
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- Luis Baldez, Software Strategy Program Manager, 3D Printing, HP
- Prabhjot Singh, Manager, Additive Manufacturing Lab, GE Global Research
- Simon Floyd, Director Strategy, Product Lifecycle Management, Microsoft
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Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- Business Drivers for Innovation
- Identifying the Top Performers
- Lesson #1: Understand the Opportunities in New Materials
- Lesson #2: Consider How To Balance Different Levels Of Innovation
- Lesson #3: Implement the Right Innovation Strategies
- Lesson #4: Prioritize Resources and Processes That Help Accelerate Discovery and Commercialization
- Lesson #5: Successfully Transition From Concept to Manufacture at Scale By Looking at the Entire System
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
- About the Research
Executive Overview
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Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- Review your Bidding Process
- Win More Business
- Win Customer Loyalty
- Prepare for the Future
- Extend Bid Automation to Engineering
- Enable Collaboration
- Select the Right Vendor
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
Executive Overview
- Grown revenue 2.2 times more than their lesser performing competitors
- Increased profit margins 2.4 times more than average performing companies
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Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- Why Should IEMs Care about Innovation?
- Clarify the Meaning of Innovation
- Identify Challenges that Hurt Innovation Success
- Establish a Culture of Innovation
- Invest in the Concept Phase
- Define Processes
- Take Advantage of Available Technologies
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
Executive Overview
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Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- Understand the Importance of the Concept Phase
- Identifying the Top Performers
- Optimize the Conceptual Phase Recognize the Challenges of Concept Development
- Manage the Concept Phase
- Facilitate Collaboration
- Enable Reuse Capture
- Engineering Knowledge
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
- About the Research
Executive Overview
- Only 52% of the concept is reused during detail design
- Companies agree more should be reused
- Companies believe they would save 45% of overall development time by optimizing concept design reuse
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Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- Optimize Profitability
- Support Guided Selling
- Automate Manufacturability Checks
- Streamline Sales to Manufacturing
- Create More Revenue Opportunities
- Enable ETO Best Practices
- Ensure Quote Accuracy
- Integrate to the Enterprise
- Enable Web and Mobile Platforms
- Keep the Implementation Simple
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
Executive Overview
Manufacturers have a tough job competing in today’s global environment. Global competition, price sensitivity, time to market pressures, and increasing complexity all make it very difficult for manufacturers to be successful. Competitively differentiating your business and its products is hard while facing all these pressures. In addition, customers expect more. To capitalize on this trend, a company can set itself and its products apart by tailoring products to customer needs with a Design to Order (DTO), Configure to Order (CTO), or Engineer to Order (ETO) strategy. Among the many benefits, customization and personalization:- Offer customers exactly what they want
- Create competitive differentiation
- Enable a price premium
- Higher productivity
- More accurate quotes
- Fewer errors
- Optimized manufacturing processes
- Less waste
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- Software capabilities
- Implementation
- User adoption
- Support
- Vendor characteristics / attributes
- Industry or unique business needs
Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- The Business Value of Requirements Management
- Start with Defining Best Practices
- Define Requirements
- Manage Requirements
- Manage Changes and Approvals
- Enable Traceability, Reporting, and Compliance Management
- Ensure Interoperability
- Support Reuse and Variability
- Verify and Validate Requirements
- Assess Service Requirements
- Consider Vendor Attributes
- Identify Specific Needs for your Company
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- About the Author
Executive Overview
Fierce global competition means companies have little leeway to bring the wrong product to market. However, today’s products have gotten so complex, it has become increasingly difficult to capture customer and market needs, translate those needs to product requirements, manage them throughout a complex development process involving changes and different configurations, and then make sure the requirements are truly satisfied. A lot of work goes into the initial definition of those requirements, but we do not live in a static world. Changes are inevitable. Tracing all the impacts of those changes, notifying everyone involved, and getting everything updated, including the test case, can be a nightmare. However, with expert requirements and validation engineering practices, combined with the right technology, the process will be far more manageable. This guide consists of four major sections covering requirements management and validation software tool functionality, service requirements, vendor attributes, and special company considerations (Figure 1). Each section includes a checklist with key requirements to investigate when selecting software tools to support requirements and validation processes. To set the foundation for expert requirements and validation engineering practices, companies should focus on the entire lifecycle of requirements, not just the definition. This will enable companies to ensure the product they want to bring to market, is the one they actually do. In addition, it will improve the efficiency of the entire process, with fewer errors, leading to higher product profitability.![Tech-Clarity Requirements and Validation Buyers Guide Framework](http://tech-clarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tech-Clarity_Requirements_and_Validation_Buyers_Guide_pdf__page_4_of_22_.jpg)
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Our Finding PLM to Fit Midsized Manufacturers eBook explains how smaller companies find themselves stuck between full-featured PLM systems that feel out of reach and less capable solutions including cloud-based file sharing or very basic data management applications. They know they can’t afford the errors and inefficiency inherent to informal data and process management, but can’t…
3D Printing Panel Discussion at Microsoft Envision
At Microsoft Envision, Tech-Clarity’s Michelle Boucher will chair a panel that includes: Luis Baldez, Software Strategy Program Manager, 3D Printing, HP Prabhjot Singh, Manager, Additive Manufacturing Lab, GE Global Research Simon Floyd, Director Strategy, Product Lifecycle Management, Microsoft Microsoft Envision takes place in New Orleans to April 4 – April 6. The panel discussion will explore…
Simulation Study: Empowering Innovation
This survey is now closed. Please check out our Active Research page for additional Tech-Clarity survey opportunities. How do leading companies empower design engineers with simulation? Please share your experience. We are conducting new research on simulation and exploring questions such as how does simulation help design engineers? What are the best ways to help design engineers adopt…
How to Empower R&D and Engineering Teams to Innovate with New Materials
How to Empower R&D and Engineering Teams to Innovate with New Materials: Secrets to Growing Revenue and Increasing Profit Margins identifies six lessons to help companies innovate to secure future revenue streams, while managing risk. The study examines how new materials can help companies innovate and how more successful companies take advantage of the latest developments in…
Optimizing the Bidding Process
Optimizing the Bidding Process: How Industrial Equipment Manufacturers Can Win More Business focuses on the importance of getting the bidding process right. Bids require a quick response, yet must be competitively priced, without sacrificing margins. Getting this right is a challenge for many companies, but is especially difficult for businesses such as industrial equipment manufacturers offering Engineer-to-Order…
Infographic: Improving Concept Design to Boost Revenue
The concept phase is critical for innovation. Tech-Clarity’s Improving Concept Design to Boost Revenue infographic steps through what companies attempt to achieve during the concept phase, how the most successful companies approach concept development, and the benefits they enjoy as a result. Additional information can be found in our related research report, Improving Concept Design: Innovating at the Front End to Drive…
Preparing Industrial Equipment Manufacturers for Growth
Preparing Industrial Equipment Manufacturers for Growth: Innovating Future Product Lines with Higher Margins identifies how industrial equipment manufacturers can transform their business to a position of growth by implementing a strategy for innovation, without investing in additional resources. With the right approach to innovation, companies will ensure future revenue streams, while managing risk. Getting this right is…
What’s the Strategic Payback from PDM? (animation)
This short Tech-Clarity TV animation explains the strategic, financial value of PDM. Most companies get plenty of cost savings that justify the investment in PDM, but should also recognize the strategic, top-line benefits that PDM delivers. This episode is sponsored by Siemens PLM. Learn more about Siemens PLM and their Teamcenter Rapid Start Program or see…
Improving Concept Design
Improving Concept Design: Innovating at the Front End to Drive Revenue Opportunities examines the importance of the concept phase. The report reveals survey results highlighting not only what companies can do to improve the concept phase, but also how to take advantage of concept work during later stages of product development. Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or…
Improving Profitability for Configured Products
Improving Profitability for Configured Products: Leveraging Sales Configuration and Design Automation explores how companies can profitability tailor products to meet customer needs. The research investigates the experiences of several companies, revealing several key areas companies should focus on to improve their profitability. Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report to download a PDF overview (free…
Selecting the Right PLM Partner
Jim Brown offers some advice on selecting PLM systems in this TechTarget article A PLM Systems Comparison of the Industry’s Top Tools. The report also shares some insights on the leading PLM vendors. This is the final article of a four part series. Prior article What can PLM technology dor for Enterprises? explores the benefits of PLM and PLM tools…
Webcast Driving a Competitive Edge Through Customization
Jim Brown joins Mark Rogers of Price HVAC and Rick Smith of Siemens PLM to discuss how to improve ETO processes and performance. Jim will share findings from a recent survey on what strategies, best practices, and enabling technologies top performing manufacturers use to gain higher profits from their customized products. Register now (free of charge, registration required)…