Daunting realities abound in the world of product development. Global competition is fierce across all industry sectors. High-speed innovation is now an industry-agnostic demand. Time to market is becoming crucial to maintaining market share, and customers are increasingly hard to please, demanding products that do more and are more customized. On top of all this, […]
Product developers today work hard. As demands placed upon them increase (more global competition, shorter design cycles, more customization, higher product complexity), corresponding budgets don’t necessarily increase as well. As a result, engineering teams are often overwhelmed. To improve the situation, albeit temporarily, companies often look outside their own corporate walls and bring in outsourced […]
Product developers today know that customers are dictating play when it comes to new product design. Consumers know what functionality they want, what they want it to look like and how much they are willing to pay. And, with an ever-increasing number of options offered to them, they can afford to be picky. So how […]
Innovation is the goal of all new product development. It is what enables profits to grow and what keeps an organization ahead of its competition. Generating product innovation requires the collective creativity of a team of people, a team that has greatly expanded and now includes those from non-technical disciplines. As the dynamics of design […]
Consumers have traditionally made buying decisions based on whether a product was well designed, useful, affordable, and/or attractive. Today, however, many consumers are weighing in a product’s sustainability—or lack thereof—as well so manufacturers must add the environmental impact of products to their growing list of requirements they must meet. Everyone knows that designing for sustainability […]
Manufacturers have a lot of demands placed upon them today. They must design, build and ship products faster than ever to stay above the rising tide of global competition. They must be innovative, sustainable and design increasingly customized products. They must manage extended supply chains and efficiently collaborate with design partners from whom they are […]
Social media is everywhere, having become a somewhat ubiquitous part of everyday life. Its role, however, has expanded beyond people’s social lives. Today, it plays an increasingly important role in the way people interact with the world, allowing them to more easily share information, collaborate, discuss common interests and build relationships. These relationships can be […]
By Admin | Published: Apr 30, 2013
This week, more than 10,000 students from around the globe travelled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST®(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward Jones Dome. The three-day event, April 24-27, came down to a heart-pounding conclusion Saturday night in […]
Implementing new CAD software is often a process often fraught with stress and anxiety. Questions abound, such as, will there be a significant downtime as a result of training users? Will there be a disruption in current workflows? Will users be as productive on the new system as they were on the previous one? And, […]
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology has been around for many years, helping companies by providing a product information backbone that integrates the processes, data, and business systems involved in the product development process. Its benefits have been well documented. They include faster time-to-market, reduced errors, better design efficiency, improved regulatory compliance, higher product quality, decreased […]
