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Accelerating Time to Volume: Best Practices for the High-Tech Industry

Performance analysis from SAP shows that the best performers excel in two key areas:

Industry Context

Centralizing product information

Streamlining product design

Streamlining and centralizing product

information and

development processes

Enhancing supplier collaboration early

in the lifecycle

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24%Faster time to market for new products when high-tech organizations

manage and centralize product information and development processes

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Competitive Analysis

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Proven Best Practices

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Insights from Performance Benchmarking

Global Scaleat Local Speed

ComplexSupply Chains

Shorter ProductLifecycles

ConnectedCustomer

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