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

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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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