making simulation business relevant
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Making Simulation Business Relevant
Chad Jackson
Agenda
• Framework from the ‘Engineering Manager’s Survival Guide’ eBook
• Early Findings from the ‘Measuring the Value of Simulation’ Study
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The Engineering Manager’s Survival Guide
• Contents– Five Trends Shaping
Modern Engineering– Five Initiatives for
Today’s Engineering Manager
– Six Technology Categories to Enable Initiatives
Slide #3
Five Trends Shaping Modern Engineering
• Profitable Growth and Engineering Staffing
• The Visibility Mandate for Engineering Operations
• The Expanding Role of the Modern Engineer
• The Increasing Volatility of Engineering Work
• The Coming War for Engineering Talent
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Five Initiatives for Today’s Engineering Manager
• Agile Product Development Processes
• Engineering Knowledge Management
• Just in Time Engineering
• Right the First Time Principle
• Talent Management Strategy
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Six Technology Categories to Enable Initiatives
• Design and Simulation
• Engineering Collaboration
• Engineering Guidance
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Talent Management• 3D Visualization
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The Coming War for Engineering Talent
The Increasing Volatility of Engineering Work
The Expanding Role of the Modern Engineer
The Visibility Mandate for Engineering Operations
Profitable Growth and Engineering Staffing
Talent Management Strategy
The Right the First Time Principle
Just in Time Engineering Practices
Engineering Knowledge Management
Agile Product Development ProcessesInitiatives
Trends
Mapping Trends to Initiatives
3D Visualization
Talent Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Engineering Guidance
Engineering Collaboration
Design and Simulation
Technology Categories
Talent Management Strategy
The Right the First Time Principle
Just in Time Engineering Practices
Engineering Knowledge Management
Agile Product Development ProcessesInitiatives
Mapping Initiatives to Technology
Early Findings
Measuring the Value of Simulation Study
• About the research study– Survey-based study– Statistics will be used to publish an info-
graphic research report, made available to participants
• Includes questions on how simulation is valued as well as organizational characteristics
• Early findings will be shown today
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Question #3: Which of the following simulation advantages
are realized by your organization?
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Have metrics been formally defined and tracked as a way to measure the value of simulation? 38% YES
Question #2: Simulation is used in which of the following activities in
your organization?
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48%63%
66%
Question #3: Which of the following simulation advantages
are realized by your organization?
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Question #1: In which of the following aspects of product
development does your organization use simulation?
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Larger orgs concentrated on front end with simulation
Smallest orgs aren’t using simulation as much
Question #5: Which of the following best describes the attitude of your organization’s leadership towards
simulation.
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Question #2: Simulations are used to validate designs before next steps
such as prototyping, testing or design release
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Question #2: Simulation results affect and influence design decisions
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Question #2: Simulation generates design alternatives or improvements through optimizations or design of
experiments
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Takeaways from Early Findings
• Biggest cited advantage @ product performance. BE CAREFUL. Quantify it.
• Understand how sim affects your company’s business model (contract or prospective).
• Bigger orgs should consider using sim more broadly. Smaller orgs should use sim more consistently.
• Orgs that see sim as essential use them more frequently in testing / prototyping and apply them EVERY TIME.
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THANK YOU