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How to Reduce Non-Value-Added Work in

Machine Design
Michelle Boucher

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HOW TO REDUCE NON-VALUE-ADDED WORK IN MACHINE DESIGN
 The Value of Increasing Engineering Bandwidth

Imagine the Impact of Reducing Non-Value-Added Engineering Work in Machine Design

How much better would your machine designs be if engineers wasted less time on non-value-added work?

Engineering work is critical to competitive machine designs. However, as designs become more complex, engineering decisions
become more challenging. Unfortunately, engineers waste so much time on non-value-added work, it impacts their bandwidth.
Consequently, it can be hard to identify conflicts and find the time to fully evaluate essential engineering decisions affecting
quality and cost. As a result, many struggle to avoid cost overruns and risks to delivery dates.

About the Research

Based on a survey of 228 manufacturers, this research study examines machine design practices, where engineers waste time,
and best practices to avoid non-value-added work. These best practices will improve your ability to produce higher quality
machines in less time, while improving your ability to meet your customers' expectations.

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 Table of Contents

PAGE

Executive Summary 4
Importance of Machine Design 5
Identifying Machine Design Top Performers 6
Strategies to Reduce Non-Value-Added Work 7
1. Access Product Data from Anywhere 8
2. Maximize Reuse 9
3. Improve Collaboration 10
4. Automate Machine Design Tasks 12
5. Streamline Mechanism Design Tasks 13
6. Solicit More Feedback 14
Conclusion 16
Recommendations 17
About the Research 18
Acknowledgments 19

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 Executive Summary

Engineering’s Business Impact • Automate machine design tasks

Superior engineering is the secret weapon to • Streamline mechanism design tasks
98% of machine
win market share for many industrial • Solicit more feedback
equipment manufacturers. Companies that designers report
empower their engineers to exceed customer Other Key Findings
expectations for quality and price, while The research also revealed several other
that their challenges
maintaining lead-time commitments, will find interesting findings, including: negatively impact
themselves at a competitive advantage. • Top Performers are 3.1 times more likely
than Others to rate their processes to
the business.
Unfortunately, machine designs have grown
so complex that engineers waste significant minimize non-value-added tasks as
time on non-value-added work. ‘Extremely Effective.’
Consequently, they often lack the bandwidth • 48% of Top Performers identify real-time
to meet all of these expectations. In fact, access to designs as top criteria for an
98% of machine designers report that their ideal machine design solution.
challenges negatively impact the business. • 55% of machine design Top Performers
view easier collaboration as the top way a
This research identifies six strategies to help
cloud platform improves efficiency.
reduce non-value-added work during machine
design. The study examines topics ranging • 70% of Top Performers consider
from mechanism design to design reviews. developing mechanisms in the context of
the assembly a requirement for an ideal
Six Strategies mechanism design solution.
This report reveals how to leverage people, • Preparing for design reviews is the most
processes, and technology to successfully commonly cited activity that takes machine
execute six strategies to reduce engineering designers away from innovation work,
non-value-added work in machine design: reported by 41%.
• Access product data from anywhere • 76% of machine designers agree that it
• Maximize reuse would save them time if customers could
• Improve collaboration provide more feedback earlier.

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 Importance of Machine Design
Engineers Need Empowerment Increasing Complexity TOP IMPACTS OF MACHINE
DESIGN CHALLENGES
For companies that develop machines, As machines become more innovative,
especially industrial equipment they also get more complex. More Higher
manufacturers, engineering is critical to components, smarter products, cost

success. Global competition is so steep numerous configurations, mechanism

that much of what makes a machine calculations, and more drive product Loss of
productivity Lost
stand out is the engineering behind it. complexity. In turn, the more complex revenue
However, many challenges hold machines become, the more complicated
engineers back (see graph). engineering decisions get, making it
difficult to balance cost and quality.
TOP MACHINE DESIGN CHALLENGES These factors make predictability
difficult. Plus, minor errors easily
Increasing contribute to cost overruns and delays.
47%
complexity Changes also require agility to quickly manufacturability issues, and other
pivot and adapt without compromising difficulties hurt productivity.
Balancing cost 45% lead times.
and quality Increase Engineering Bandwidth
Business Impacts Engineers need to be empowered to be
Staying on budget 44% An overwhelming 98% of machine as productive as possible to have the
designers report that these challenges capacity to deal with the top machine
impact the business, hurting profitability design challenges. Unfortunately,
Managing lead 42%
(see graph). If engineers are not more previous Tech-Clarity research has found
times
empowered, products will cost more. that engineers waste 33% of their time
Meeting quality 38% Meanwhile, quality issues can lead to on non-value-added work.1 By reducing
requirements missed delivery dates, market delays, or some of that time, engineers will have
fewer key features, making you less more bandwidth to address the top
Predicting if it 38% competitive. Consequently, customers challenges of machine design.
will work
may go elsewhere, leading to revenue
Too many manual losses. At the same time, dealing with
32%
processes increasing complexity or addressing
problems related to errors,
Machine Designers

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 Identifying Machine Design
Top Performers PERCENTAGE RATING THEIR PROCESSES AS
‘EXTREMELY’ EFFECTIVE
Top Performers Definition
To define Top Performers, Tech-Clarity identified the top 25% of METRIC TOP PERFORMER OTHERS
companies who outperform their competitors in metrics that indicate
product development success. These metrics were the ability to develop: Leverage design data
• High-quality products from one stage to the 53% 17%
next
• Innovative products
• Products efficiently Minimize time spent
• Products that meet cost targets on non-value-added 47% 15%
tasks
We then focused on what Top Performers do, especially what they do
differently compared to Others, to identify the factors contributing to
their success. This analysis was then used as a basis for Reuse design data 41% 20%
recommendations.

The Top Performer Advantage

Top Performers have the right practices in place to get better results. To Find needed data 53% 32%
help us understand what works well, companies involved with machine
design rated the effectiveness of their processes.

On average, 83% of Machine Design Top Performers rate their processes Share data with
others 50% 18%
as 'Extremely' or 'Very' Effective compared to only 60% of Others.
However, what's especially striking is how many more Top Performers
rate their processes as 'Extremely Effective' compared to Others. Top
Performers are 2.4 times more likely than Others to rate their practices
Top Performers are 3.1 times
to be as good as they can possibly get. Of particular note, they are 3.1 more likely than Others to find
times more likely than Others to find their processes to minimize time
spent on non-value-added tasks 'Extremely Effective.' The table shows their processes to minimize time
the percentage of Top Performers and Others who rated their processes
spent on non-value-added tasks
as 'Extremely Effective.' Together, these metrics indicate the significant
competitive advantage Machine Design Top Performers enjoy over their ‘Extremely Effective.’
competitors.
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 Strategies to Reduce Non-Value-Added Work

TOP STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE NON-VALUE-ADDED WORK Top Strategies

DURING MACHINE DESIGN The research finds that engineers waste
significant effort on many non-value-added
tasks, including:
65% • Preparing for design reviews
Make it easier to access product
data from anywhere 44%
• Waiting for data / design information
• Searching for information
• Waiting for approvals / feedback
53% • Redoing work due to outdated information
Maximize reuse To address this, Top Performing machine
43%
design companies are more likely to
implement several strategies to help
minimize non-value-added work (see graph).
50%
These strategies involve improving access to
Improve collaboration
51% engineering information, supporting better
communication, leveraging existing work,
and automating tedious tasks. Together,
41% these strategies help engineers avoid wasted
Automate tedious design tasks efforts.
34%
Best Practices
Let us look at best practices for executing
38%
Solicit more feedback from more these strategies to improve the efficiency of
stakeholders earlier 25% machine design practices.

Top Performers All Others

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 1. Access Product Data from Anywhere

Poor Data Management Hurts strategies. Engineers will have DATA MANAGEMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES TAKING
Productivity more confidence in their data if MACHINE DESIGNERS AWAY FROM INNOVATION WORK
Many activities that take engineers they have real-time access to it. In
fact, 48% of Top Performers 36%
away from innovation work result Machine Designers
from the inability to quickly find the identify real-time access to designs
data they need. The graph shows as top criteria for an ideal machine 29%
the percentage of machine design solution. Real-time access 25%
designers who said that the from a central location ensures it is
associated task is a top activity that current and easy to find. They don't
takes significant time away from waste time redoing work because
innovation work (see graph). they were unaware of a change. All
of this helps them improve
As products become more complex,
productivity.
there is more data to manage,
making it harder to find. Worse, if The Cloud
engineers are not aware of One way to enable real-time,
changes, their work will be based anywhere access is to use a cloud
on outdated information. Previous platform. Moreover, 49% of
Tech-Clarity research finds that machine designers identified Searching Redoing Recreating
engineers work with outdated data "flexibility to access design data for data work due data
29% of the time,2 wasting time and whenever I need it" as a top way a to outdated you can't
creating a significant risk of costly cloud platform improves efficiency. data find
errors that become even more With a cloud platform, engineers
painful the more complex products can access needed data wherever
become. they are, and they don't waste time 48% of Top Performers identify
searching for it or recreating it
Real-Time Access
because they can't find it. This
real-time access to designs as
Providing real-time access to
improves efficiency, so they have top criteria for an ideal machine
product data from anywhere is a
foundational strategy that will also
more time to manage complexity, design solution.
balance cost and quality, and meet
facilitate the execution of other
release dates.
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 2. Maximize Reuse

Cost of Limited Reuse

Recreating work or reinventing the wheel is a significant waste of engineering
time. Given this, it is not surprising that 30% of machine designers find that
recreating work similar to previous designs is one of their biggest
bottlenecks.

Not only will increasing reuse avoid all that wasted time, but by leveraging
previously proven design work, there is less risk of introducing new errors.
This is particularly critical as products become more complex. Consequently,
more reuse makes it easier to meet lead times, quality requirements, ensure
reliability, reduce errors, and stay on budget.

Supporting Reuse
The first step of maximizing reuse is making the data easier to find.
Everything discussed in the previous section to make data more accessible
will also support reuse.

Another step that will help is a reuse library. Thus, it follows that 40% of
machine design respondents, both Top Performers and Others, identify a
reuse library as part of an ideal machine design solution. A reuse library can
include standard hardware components such as fasteners, o-rings, and
brackets, plus common parts, sub-assemblies, and even features. Anything
taken from a reuse library means engineers spend only a few minutes finding
and placing it rather than several hours recreating it.

Beyond making it accessible to every designer who will benefit, the library 40% of machine designers
should also have strong search capabilities, allowing both parametric and
shape queries. The easier it is to find a relevant item, the more time
identify a reuse library as part
engineers save. There should also be a defined process for adding new of an ideal machine design
features and components. These capabilities will make the reuse library more
useable and ensure it does not become outdated as your products evolve. solution.

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 3. Improve Collaboration

Cost of Poor Easy Options to Share QUALITIES OF AN IDEAL

40% of Collaboration QUALITIES
MACHINE OF AN
DESIGN IDEAL
SOLUTIONS
This is yet another strategy
engineering time is Previous Tech-Clarity where easy access to design
MACHINE DESIGN
SOLUTIONS
impacted by how research finds that poor data helps. The majority of
collaboration costs companies
teams work in multiple ways, significantly
machine designers,
regardless of performance, Ability to share design
together. impacting profitability. agree that the ability to easily with others internally
Today's products have share the design should be
TOP ACTIVITIES TAKING AWAY become so complex that 40% part of an ideal machine
FROM INNOVATION WORKS of engineering time is design solution (see graph).
impacted by how teams work When combined with real-
38%
together, and 93% agree time access, these
33% they need to improve how capabilities ensure the entire
they collaborate with different design team has access to
groups.3 the latest information,
While there are many costs of minimizing communication
poor collaboration, machine delays. Interactions for
designers identified two that review and approval are also
take engineers away from more streamlined, so it is
innovation tasks (see left easier to access relevant
graph). Poor visibility to design details for approvals.
engineering information and Model annotations and
manual communications often embedded chat features
Ability to share design
result in communication could also help to facilitate with 3rd parties

delays. Engineers report that better communication.

Waiting for Waiting for waiting for information and Engineers will also have
data / approvals / feedback or approvals results access to the latest
design feedback in wasted time that prevents information as soon as it is
information them from getting their work available, not when someone
done. gets around to letting others
Machine Designers
know about it.
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Include Analysts to point to the cloud as the way to
Interestingly, one of the biggest enable it. For example, Top Performers
collaboration differences is whom Top are 25% more likely than their peers
Performers involve in design feedback. to view better collaboration as a key
Machine design Top Performers are way technology can limit non-value-
68% more likely to collaborate with added work during machine design. On
analysts during design than their top of this, 55% of Top Performers Top Performers are 68%
peers. This provides them with view easier collaboration as the top more likely to collaborate
invaluable insight that will help way a cloud platform can improve with analysts during
efficiency.
address the top challenges of machine design than their peers.
design, such as balancing cost and The cloud makes it easier for anyone
quality, ensuring quality requirements to connect and collaborate on design WHO PROVIDES DESIGN FEEDBACK
are met, and validating it will work details, regardless of where they are. DURING MACHINE DESIGN
early on. Identifying and correcting This can be especially helpful for
problems earlier will also help to make 52%
remote workers or even third parties
lead times more predictable. such as suppliers or customers. With
Traditionally, analysts struggle to get the cloud, you do not need to worry
early visibility to designs, when they about maintaining the right
31%
have the most impact. Part of this is infrastructure or losing control of your
because analysis and design tools can data if it is emailed to a third party.
be siloed. However, with real-time Instead, partners can be invited with a
access on a common platform, this link to access what they need. Then
collaboration can become much you can turn off their access when
easier.4 their work is complete.

Cloud-Enabled Collaboration
While machine designers recognize the
importance of easily sharing design
Analysts / simulation
experts
details, Top Performers are more likely
Top Performers All Others

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 4. Automate Machine Design Tasks

Tedious Tasks lower graph). These limit SOURCES OF BOTTLENECKS DURING MACHINE DESIGN
Machine designers view tedious aspects, such as
many tedious design tasks
as bottlenecks (see top
engineering changes. For
example, a solution that
41% Planning / managing part
& assembly structure
graph). Unfortunately, these automatically recognizes
issues create additional work
35%
similar features when Manual effort to prepare
for engineers that don’t add manufacturing deliverables
applying changes saves
value and make the job less
time as changes won’t
satisfying.
need to be done
Difficulties with part and individually or require
29% Too many tedious design
steps (trimming, etc.)
assembly structures force excessive mouse clicks.
engineers to waste time
managing data rather than Intelligence can also save 26% Generating cut lists for
manufacturing
designing. Further, machine time by automating
designers report they spend tedious tasks like trimming
45% of their design time IDEAL MACHINE DESIGN SOLUTION:DESIGN AUTOMATION
or automatically applying
outside of CAD, preparing for fasteners to holes and
manufacturing. This
joints. It can also 52%
significant effort takes them Automatically select similar
automate manufacturing features when applying 38%
away from innovation,
preparation steps, such as changes
improving the design, and
ensuring quality. generating cut lists.
45%
How to Automate Abilities to design features Artificial intelligence to
without worrying about automate tedious / repetitive
Top Performing machine 32%
assembly structures can tasks
designers identify several
also free up engineers.
design automation 28%
Rather than wasting time Ability to design features
capabilities they would like Top Performers
planning the structure, without worrying about
in an ideal solution (see 25% All Others
they can start designing. assembly structures
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 5. Streamline Mechanism Design Tasks

Mechanism Bottlenecks it takes 6.7 days before it is Creating Mechanisms mechanism in the context of the
Mechanisms are often a even ready to be added to Top Performers take several entire assembly enables
critical part of machine an assembly model. Plus, approaches to develop initial engineers to work within the
design. There is also much 28% report they cannot mechanisms. These steps add design envelop and avoid
opportunity to automate reuse data from initial more automation, reduce potential conflicts and clashes.
tedious design tasks. layouts, meaning they waste tedious steps, and save time. This saves time later by avoiding
Engineers say they go even more time recreating changes due to assembly
through 7.4 iterations before previously completed work. A specialized 3D CAD application conflicts. Also, if engineers can
they have a working It is even a challenge tailored especially for start with a 2D sketch and
mechanism. On top of that, predicting if it will work. mechanism design reduces convert it to a 3D mechanism,
manual steps. For example, you they can save even more time
HOW INITIAL MECHANISM DESIGNS ARE DEVELOPED can start with simple linkages, by not recreating 2D profiles.
sliders, or cams and iterate. In
addition, integrated CAE enables IDEAL MECHANISM DESIGN
SOLUTION
48% kinematic analysis during design
Specialized 3D CAD
application 42% to assess quality and
performance, support
optimization, and avoid
44% expensive overengineering.
Specialized engineering
application/calculator 28% Further, intelligence can save
time by automating assembly 70% 63%
definition and constraints to

Simulation / CAE / analysis 33% quickly assemble mechanisms. 51% 53%

tool 23% Ideal Mechanism Solution
Top Performers also identified Develop Convert a 2D
mechanisms sketch to a
33% additional capabilities they want
Artificial intelligence within the 3D
in an ideal mechanism design assembly mechanism
assisted CAD tool 14%
solution (see graph). For
TOP ALL
example, a specialized 3D CAD PERFORMERS OTHERS
Top Performers All Others mechanism solution that allows
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 6. Solicit More Feedback

Design Reviews (63% vs. only 33%). This

Design reviews are a top way indicates they overcome these 41% of machine designers report
to solicit feedback. They are challenges better. The way
critical, but also incredibly they have executed strategies
that preparing for design reviews is
time-consuming, with much to improve access to design a top activity that takes them away
effort going into the information and collaboration
from innovation work
preparation. In fact, preparing has likely contributed to
for design reviews is the most improving their design review
commonly cited activity that processes and ability to solicit MOST TIME-CONSUMING PART OF DESIGN REVIEWS
takes machine designers away more feedback
from innovation work,
reported by 41%. Machine Capturing all feedback
designers also say preparation during the meeting
consumes 6.6 days.
50% Preparing design
files for review
Design Review 51%
Challenges
Several aspects of design
reviews consume time (see
46%
Implementing
graph). Much of what machine feedback after
designers find painful involves the meeting

communication barriers and

manual processes to collect
the data. Despite these
challenges, Top Performers 45%
are 91% more likely than
Others to rate their Communicating design
preparation processes aspects during the
'Excellent' or 'Very Good' meeting

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 MOST HELPFUL TO IMPROVE DESIGN REVIEW EFFICIENCY Improving Design Use a Web Link
FOR MACHINE DESIGNERS
Review Efficiency Making the design available
Top Performers identified via a web link on a web-based
several ways they improved platform also extends access.
design review efficiency (see Even non-technical people can
Real-time visibility to then easily provide feedback.
55% graph). The most striking is
design progress for all
that the majority of Top This can be especially useful
stakeholders
Performers (55%) point to when soliciting feedback from
real-time visibility to design third parties such as suppliers
Ability to capture 39%
feedback directly on the progress vs. only 39% of their and customers.
model peers. This capability makes it
Involve Customers
easier to solicit ongoing
Considering how many
39% feedback throughout the
Option to share model machines are designed "to-
via a web link design process, rather than
order," early customer
wait for the design review. If
feedback can be invaluable to
designers regularly get
ensure customers get what
36% feedback and stakeholders
Web based platform they expect. In fact, 76% of
can access the design in real-
machine designers agree that
time, engineers should need
it would save them time if
Top Performers less time to prepare for the
customers could provide more
review.
early feedback. Security
Regular Feedback concerns limit customer
Regular feedback also helps feedback, cited by 65%, but
76% of machine designers agree that address machine design with a cloud-based web
platform, you can turn access
it would save them time if customers challenges. More eyeballs on
on and off without ever losing
the design are more likely to
could provide more early feedback. catch potential quality issues control of your intellectual
that could drive-up cost and property.
cause delays, making lead
times more predictable.
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 Conclusion

Ideal Machine Design Solution maximizes reuse, improves

Regardless of their performance, collaboration, enables design
machine designers indicate numerous automation, including mechanisms, and
business advantages to using an ideal facilitates more opportunities for
machine design solution (see graph). feedback will reduce this non-value-
While products will still get out even added work and free up engineering
without an ideal solution, engineers bandwidth. As a result, engineers will
waste so much time on non-value- have more time to improve design
added work, companies miss out on quality, lower costs, and innovate.
opportunities that would give them a There will be less risk for errors, which
competitive advantage. will save time. The result will be happier
customers, helping you win customer
An ideal solution that supports easy loyalty and capture market share.
access to product data from anywhere,
HOW AN IDEAL MACHINE DESIGN SOLUTION HELPS While products will still get
out without an ideal
Higher quality 59% solution, engineers waste
designs
so much time on non-
Reduce errors 57% value-added work,
55%
companies miss out.
Save time

Lower cost 53%

More innovation 41%

Happier customers 35%

Machine Designers

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 Recommendations

Recommendations and Next Steps

By limiting the time machine designers waste on non-value-
added work, you can increase engineering bandwidth,
empowering them to produce higher quality designs, in less time,
at a lower cost. Based on industry experience and research for
this report, Tech-Clarity offers the following recommendations:

• Ensure machine designers can easily access product data in

real-time from anywhere. This will limit their time searching
for data, recreating work because they couldn't find the data,
or reworking designs due to outdated information.
• Maximize reuse by making data easier to find and with a reuse
library. This will save engineering time by using previously
proven work, reducing the risk of introducing new errors.

• Improve collaboration by making it easier for stakeholders,

especially analysts, to access design data in real-time.
• Automate machine design tasks to limit the amount of time
By limiting the time machine engineers waste on tedious tasks.
designers waste on non-value- • Streamline mechanism design tasks with specialized

added work, you can increase applications tailored for mechanism design that enable
engineers to design mechanisms in the context of the entire
engineering bandwidth, assembly.

empowering them to produce • Solicit more feedback by improving the efficiency of design
reviews by extending access to all stakeholders, including
higher-quality designs, in less customers. A cloud platform allows the flexibility to extend
time, at a lower cost. access to third parties and then turn it off so that you never
lose control of your intellectual property.

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 About the Research

Data Gathering Geographies * Note that the values may

total greater than 100% The respondents
Tech-Clarity gathered and Responding companies
analyzed responses to a report doing business in
because companies reported
doing business in multiple
represented a mix of
web-based survey from North America (44%), industries and geographies. industries, company sizes,
over 228 manufacturers. Western Europe (32%),
Survey responses were Asia (26%), Middle East and geographies.
collected by direct e-mail, (7%), Australia (7%),
social media, and online Eastern Europe (2%),
postings by Tech-Clarity. Latin America (1%), and
Africa (1%).*
Industries
The respondents Eastern Europe
Title
represent a broad cross- 2%
The respondents were
section of industries. 39%
comprised of 13%
were from Industrial
Executive, 30% Directors
Equipment, 19% Western
or VP Level, 28% Manager
Consumer Products, 16% Europe
level, and 29% individual
High-Tech, and others.* 32% Asia
contributors.
North 26%
Company Size America
Organizational 44%
The respondents Middle
Function
represent a mix of Africa East
company sizes, including Of the respondents, 45%
1% 15%
28% from less than $100 were in Product Latin
million, 13% between Design/Engineering roles, America
$100 million and $250 17% Manufacturing
Engineers, 12% Product /
1% Australia
million, 21% $251 million 7%
to $1 Billion, and 31% Project / Program
greater than a billion. 7% Management, and the
did not disclose their remainder were from a
company size. Company variety of other roles.
sizes were reported in US
dollar equivalent.

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 Acknowledgments
About the Author

Michelle Boucher is the Vice President of Research for Tech-Clarity.com

Engineering Software for Tech-Clarity. Michelle has spent
over 20 years in various roles in engineering, marketing,
management, and as an analyst. TechClarity.inc

Michelle graduated magna cum laude with an MBA from @TechClarityInc

Babson College and earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering,
with distinction, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is
an experienced researcher and author, having benchmarked Tech-Clarity
over 7000 product development professionals and published
over 90 reports on product development best practices.

Michelle Boucher Tech-Clarity is an independent research firm dedicated to making the business value of
Vice President technology clear. We analyze how companies improve innovation, product development, design,
engineering, manufacturing, and service performance through the use of digital transformation,
Tech-Clarity
best practices, software technology, industrial automation, and IT services.

References

1) Boucher, Michelle, “How to Reduce Non-Value-Added Work in Engineering,” Tech-Clarity, 2021.

2) Ibid.

3) Boucher, Michelle, “What’s the Cost of Poor Engineering Collaboration?,“ Tech-Clarity, 2020.
4) Boucher, Michelle, “How to Survive and Win New Markets by Getting Even More Value from Simulation,” Tech-Clarity, 2020.

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