Extending Utilization of 3D Data Outside of Engineering Drives Time to Marketing and Top-Line Profits

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - September 5, 2007) - Aberdeen Group's benchmark report "Beyond Engineering, New Applications of 3D Drive Top Line Growth" finds that Best- in-Class organizations are twice as likely to leverage 3D design data in downstream departments. As a result Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks company (NYSE: HHS), found that these companies are twice as likely to achieve their product quality goals and are one-third more likely to launch their products on time and capture greater marketshare.

Best-in-Class organizations were more likely to create 3D design data-based deliverables within manufacturing (100% vs. 63%), documentation (75% vs. 50%), training (50% vs. 17%), and marketing and sales (88% vs. 54%) organizations. Consequently, they were twice as likely to achieve their product quality goals and maintain high customer satisfaction.

Research & Service Director for Product Innovation and Engineering, Chad Jackson, observes that, "Use of 3D design data by non-engineering organizations may well harken the true arrival of concurrent product development. Best-in-Class performers are using 3D design data to enable the manufacturing, documentation, training and sales organizations to start authoring their deliverables prior to design release."

The report offers the following recommendations for companies seeking the highest return on their use of 3D simulation data:

--  Broaden the access of 3D design data to other non-engineering
    organizations through Product Data Management solutions.
--  Leverage 3D design data in non-engineer deliverables by embedding them
    in documents, embedding text into 3D design data as a new non-engineering
    deliverable and authoring HTML /XML deliverables with 3D design data.
    

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Contact Information: Media Contact: Chad Jackson Aberdeen Harte-Hanks (610) 565-6302 chad.jackson@aberdeen.com