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Aberdeen Group - The Transition from 2D Drafting to 3D Modeling Benchmark Report, September 2006
- By using 3D, Best in Class Manufacturers:
- Reduce time to market avg. 99 days
- Reduce development cost avg. $50K
- 1.4 fewer prototypes
- 6.1 fewer change orders
- Best Practices help meet goals >84% more often
- Use 3D early, broadly
- Invest in 3D technology
www.aberdeen.com
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Aberdeen Group - The Product Lifecycle Collaboration Benchmark Report, June 2006
- Best in Class Manufacturers
- Engage in more forms of Collaboration
- Work more with external partners
- Deploy collaborative tools & infrastructure
- …across the PLM lifecycle
- Collaborate early & often
- Extend Collaboration Downstream
- 3D in maintenance, training, support, sales…
www.aberdeen.com
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Aberdeen Group - Multi-CAD Design Chain Benchmark Report, December 2006
www.aberdeen.com
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IBM Global CEO Study 2006
More than 75% of 750 CEOs and business leaders are looking to customer collaboration as their top source of innovation.
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/html/bcs_ceostudy2006.html?re=bcsceo
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Industry Week Value Chain Survey, September 2005
- 62% of purchasing executives said supplier collaboration is most effective contributor to increased profitability and reduced cost
- 97% of product development executives selected collaboration with customers as the most effective strategy for meeting customer requirements and bringing innovative products to market
- And 35.6% chose collaboration with customers as the key strategy to reducing product development time to market
www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11608
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AMR Research
Survey of 162 global companies: found that product-launch failures are almost commonplace in some industries, approaching 40%. (35% in A&D, 31% in General Mfg., 20% in Auto)
www.managingautomation.com/maonline/exclusive/read/The_Innovation_Imperative_More_Than_Better_Product_Design_7503895
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Numerous References for Airbus Fiasco
Contact me directly with questions and I’ll direct you to the data. |
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Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation – Perception of 3D
Approximately 30% of all people with HS education lack the natural ability for 3D understanding
www.jocrf.org
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Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework
(The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series) (Paperback)
by Kim S. Cameron (Author), Robert E. Quinn (Author)
As many as 3/4 or re-engineering, TQM or strategic planning efforts fail, or create problems that could kill their companies. Several studies report the most frequently cited reason for failure was neglecting the organization's culture.
A Methodology for cultural change: The Competing Values Framework
www.amazon.com/Diagnosing-Changing-Organizational-Culture-Jossey-Bass/dp/0787982830/ref=sr_11_1/002-5605370-7495206?ie=UTF8&qid=1178559793&sr=11-1
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by Chip Heath (Author), Dan Heath (Author)
What makes some ideas resonate with others and some not.
www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287 |
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Readership Statistics
- 1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
- 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
- 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
- Each day in the U.S., people spend 4 hours watching TV, 3 hours listening to the radio.
www.humorwriters.org/startlingstats.html
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