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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher shares six reasons why product development projects fail and they all stem from poor requirements management. The guest post titled 6 Reasons Your Projects Fail: How Requirements Management Can Help on the PTC Integrity blog, explores the impact of these six challenges on project success and discusses various ways poor requirements management can derail a project.
Read the post on the PTC blog now.
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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 afford a large time, resource, and financial investment to fix their problems. Unfortunately simple solutions, while very attractive, fall short of their real needs, don't help them improve their business the way they want to, and don't leave them room to grow in the future. They need to find the "sweet spot" of a solution that helps them get started quickly with the basics of controlling, managing, and sharing product data but provides the features they need to be successful now and into the future.
Please enjoy the summary below.
For the full eBook, please visit our sponsor Dassault Systèmes (free of charge, registration required).
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software can help. It drives better product development performance by managing product-related data, processes, and projects. While smaller companies may be able to control, access, and share product data with relatively simple Product Data Management (PDM) tools, larger manufacturers rely on full-featured PLM systems that help automate processes and share data across global supply chains.
Midsize companies may find themselves in-between because:
At Microsoft Envision, Tech-Clarity’s Michelle Boucher will chair a panel that includes:
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 simulation tools? What should you look for in a simulation solution for design engineers?
In addition, 25 respondents will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. See rules and eligibility requirements below.
The survey should take about 10 minutes or less to complete. Individual responses will be kept confidential.
Thank you for your help and support!
To be eligible for this offer, you must complete the survey and be a professional with job responsibilities related to or supporting the development, release, or manufacture of products. Vendors and consultants who sell software, solutions, or services to support product development are not eligible. Students without relevant professional work experience are also not eligible. A valid work email is required to receive the gift card. To verify eligibility, your work email must include the domain of your place of employment. Email addresses will be kept confidential and will not be used for any direct sales or marketing purposes. Duplicate responses will be disqualified. Winners will be notified when the survey is closed.
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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 materials.
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, Elsevier (free of charge, registration required).
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 products. This report identifies best practices for quickly delivering an accurate, yet competitive bid.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required).
For for more information on bidding for Engineer-to-Order products, please visit our sponsor, Autodesk.
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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 a challenge for many companies, but is especially difficult for businesses such as industrial equipment manufacturers offering Engineer-to-Order products. This report discusses best practices for becoming more innovative, while meeting the demands of on-time delivery for current projects with current resources.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required).
For for more information on improving innovation processes, please visit our sponsor, Autodesk.
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 title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required).
Additional information can be found in our companion infographic.
For for more information on concept design, please visit our sponsor, Siemens.
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 of charge, no registration required).
For the full report, please visit our sponsor, DriveWorks, (free of charge, no registration required).
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 can cure and prevent product development ailments describes who can benefit from Product Lifecycle Management. The previous article, Choosing a PLM System? Start with Strategy! provides practical advice on choosing a PLM tool.
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[post_content] => 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)
[post_title] => Webcast Driving a Competitive Edge Through Customization
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Are You Changing CAD Tools? What You Should Know shares survey results exploring the motivating factors behind changing CAD tools as well what companies can expect when making a change. The research examines the experiences of companies who have gone through a CAD change. It reveals key metrics such as the how much legacy data companies convert, how long to resume full productivity, and how much training is involved. The research also identifies what Top Performing companies look for in both a CAD tool and the vendor who provides that tool.
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, Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS, (free of charge, registration required).
The The CPG Digital Thread ebook shares how consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies can streamline their product innovation and commercialization practices by innovating along the digital thread. It shares how companies can simultaneously enable R&D to innovate more efficiently while capturing the resulting IP as a reusable corporate asset by leveraging an integrated product innovation platform to create the digital thread.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required) sponsored by Dassault Systemes.
Also see the Consumer Goods Technology webcast New Approaches to Improve Product Development (free of charge, no registration required), also sponsored by Dassault Systemes.
CPG companies have the opportunity to step up their product innovation processes and productivity to compete in crowded, competitive markets. In order to do that, they can leverage the digital thread to:
Of course this can’t be done with today’s disconnected tools, data, and office productivity tools like documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. As PLM for CPG, Personal Care, and Cosmetics advises, “Understand that spreadsheets and shared folders are not enough to fuel the speed and throughput requirements to remain competitive in formula-based industries.” Science Lifecycle Management in the Enterprise Ecosystem goes further, explaining that “Disjointed solutions and lack of integration leads to inefficiency, inability to reuse lab results, difficulty running analytics to find trends, and no mechanism to leverage scientific knowledge to become a ‘learning organization’ that leverages its scientific know-how.”
Instead, the digital thread removes the burden from innovators while creating a manageable IP asset that provides value well into the future, resulting in better corporate IP, more time for innovators to innovate, fewer recalls, faster time-to-market, higher productivity, and happy consumers. The time for the digital thread to transform product innovation and delight consumers has arrived. Consumer Packaged Goods Companies that don’t move toward a digital thread enabled by a product innovation platform will be at a disadvantage.
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This infographic explains how manufacturers can improve configure-to-order (CTO) profitability by shifting design and validation “left,” earlier in the product lifecycle, to rapidly respond to requests with accurate quotes and quality products. For more information on 3D Design and Validation, download the related eBook from our sponsor Dassault Systemes (free of charge, registration required). You can also see…
This new eBook explains how companies with configure-to-order (CTO) products can improve efficiency and responsiveness through the intelligent use of 3D design and validation techniques. The research shares perspectives from Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown and GE’s Jeff Erno on how design and validation can be “shifted left” in time so manufacturers can accurately and rapidly deliver quotes…
Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown will participate in a panel discussion along with a presenter from GE and representatives from Dassault Systemes as a part of the upcoming ENOVIA user meeting. The panel will address customer submitted questions expected to include PLM functionality and the 3DExperience Platform. The theme of the event is “Driving Growth for the…
During this webinar, Michelle Boucher joins Charles Krueger, CEO of BigLever Software. Together they discuss strategies for handling increasing complexity, meeting varying customer needs, and managing product lines, especially for software-intensive products. The webinar focuses on product line engineering and includes a discussion on: Successful approaches to product line engineering (PLE) for managing product variation How embedded software, combined with the…
Jim Brown presents on this Industry Week and Aviation Week webcast sharing insights into the new levers of competition for suppliers to the automotive and aerospace industries. He presents with Dassault Systemes Director of Automotive/Transportation Industry Michael Lalande and Aerospace and Defense Business Consultant Paul Granada who share deeper perspectives on their respective industries. Together they share practical ways that suppliers…
Michelle Boucher shares six reasons why product development projects fail and they all stem from poor requirements management. The guest post titled 6 Reasons Your Projects Fail: How Requirements Management Can Help on the PTC Integrity blog, explores the impact of these six challenges on project success and discusses various ways poor requirements management can derail a project. Read the post on…
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…
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…
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: 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: 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…
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: 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…
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: 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: 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…
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…
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)…
Are You Changing CAD Tools? What You Should Know shares survey results exploring the motivating factors behind changing CAD tools as well what companies can expect when making a change. The research examines the experiences of companies who have gone through a CAD change. It reveals key metrics such as the how much legacy data companies convert, how long to resume full productivity, and…
The The CPG Digital Thread ebook shares how consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies can streamline their product innovation and commercialization practices by innovating along the digital thread. It shares how companies can simultaneously enable R&D to innovate more efficiently while capturing the resulting IP as a reusable corporate asset by leveraging an integrated product innovation platform to create the digital…
Configuration is also strategic to localizing products to meet global requirements. Many manufacturers are simultaneously launching variants of a single, global product around the world. This takes a little longer to achieve, but maximizes profits across regions and improves operating margins. It can also prevent competitors from copying and launching differentiating features of a product in other parts of the world where it hasn’t been launched yet.
Configuring products to order, however, is inherently complex. Being able to effectively and efficiently design, validate, and sell configure-to-order (CTO) products is a strategic capability that drives profitability. A well-designed CTO process allows companies to define product variants and associate them with customer specifications so they can rapidly respond to customer requests for quote (RFQ) and orders.
It’s time for manufacturers to improve CTO performance by leveraging 3D design and validation. With 3D configuration, engineers can develop variants in 3D without generating CAD files for each variant. They can use a max case approach to find errors early using dynamic filters to design in a configured context. “
