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Digital Product Development Delivers Best in Class Results
Top Performers Are Hitting Product Development Targets on a 91% or Better Average by Digitally Prototyping Product Performance and Manufacturability Upfront
| Source: Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company
BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 10, 2007 -- Digital prototyping and electronic notification
technologies are helping engineering and manufacturing organizations to
meet launch dates, revenue, cost and quality targets -- on budget --
despite demand for more products of increasing complexity according to a
new report from Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE : HHS ).
Findings from Aberdeen's Digital Product Development Benchmark Report show
that digital prototyping enables the assessment of a product's performance
and manufacturability. Additionally, electronic forms, lifecycle management
and workflows all automate the notification of product development
stakeholders. For example, among companies surveyed, 51% of top performers
assess manufacturability prior to design kickoff through digital
prototypes.
"Digital product development technologies allow companies to build fewer
physical prototypes, process fewer change orders and have higher design
reuse rates by digitally prototyping the product and then making it
available to the wider audience of product development stakeholders," said
Chad Jackson, Service Director of Aberdeen's Product Innovation and
Engineering practice and report author. "As a result, these top performers
are spending between $7,600 and up to $1,200,000 less than laggards for
product development costs."
The Digital Product Development Benchmark Report is made available at no
charge due in part to the following sponsors: Autodesk, HP, and Anasys.
To download a complimentary copy of this report, please visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=3954
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