A quick peek into some research on the use of social computing and “Web 2.0” techniques to enhance product collaboration.
Insights
Is 3D Printing the Next Industrial Revolution?
What I learned this week made me really start to look at 3D Printing as a viable manufacturing options as opposed to a prototyping / design validation tool.
Servicing Medical Equipment – Safety First, Profit Not Optional
Insight from Tech-Clarity’s research Servicing Medical Devices: World Class Service Management for Medical Equipment. This report is intended to help medical device companies leverage lessons learned from other service-oriented industries, but points out distinct differences in the healthcare industry.
Mythbusting Product Innovation and PLM 2010 Predictions
A look back at my 2008 research at Aberdeen Group called “The Product Innovation Agenda 2010” to see whether or not my predictions came true, and bust those that didn’t
Making Environmental Product Compliance Sustainable
A quick peek into a survey and interviews on how companies are meeting environmental regulations for their products, and doing so in a way that is sustainable to the business from a cost and risk perspective
Going Social with Product Development
A quick peek into some research on … how manufacturers are taking advantage of social computing and “Web 2.0” technologies to raise the bar on product development performance in my new report Tech-Clarity Insight: Going Social with Product Development: Improving Product Development Performance with Social Computing. The paper discusses the intersection of social computing and new product development (NPD) processes and tools. I have posted frequently about the intersection of social computing and PLM and product innovation, and this research provides some examples on how these strategies are starting to play out for manufacturers like Microsoft (think PC hardware and game consoles, not Windows) and Pitney Bowes.