BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - July 10, 2007) - Best-in-Class small to mid-sized enterprises
(SMEs) are rising to the challenge of producing complex products at lower
costs and in less time, according to a new study by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks
Company (
NYSE:
HHS). These top performers are hitting revenue, budgeting
and scheduling metrics on an 80% or better average.
"Although Best-in-Class SMEs have fewer resources, these top performers are
assessing product development efficiency then executing with due
diligence," said Chad Jackson, research director and analyst at Aberdeen.
"These companies are more than twice as likely as laggards to have
formalized design processes that require product analysis (50% vs. 23%),
while also assessing product manufacturability (78% vs. 18%) and a formal
design release event (67% vs. 33%)."
To speed processes, Best-in-Class SMEs are giving the right tools to the
right employees. Better-performing companies are twice as likely to place
combined CAD and CAE tools in the hands of engineers (25% vs. 10%) to
design products and assess performance. Best-in-Class are also 39% more
likely to have machinists not only create tool-paths but capture
manufacturability feedback during the design process through combined CAD
and CAM applications (22% vs. 8%).
This study is made available to the public through the underwriting of:
Autodesk, Enovia, and PTC.
To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=4008
About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company
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than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely
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Contact Information: Media Contact:
Chad Jackson
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
(617) 854-5288
Chad.jackson@aberdeen.com