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Materials Compliance for Green Product Development

An Aberdeen Paper- Materials compliance plays a critical role, alongside carbon emissions, and energy/ water consumption in today's Green product development. And being "Greener" provides another element of competitive differentiation for organizations allowing them to better address customer requirements and to promote product innovation from within. Read this report to find out how Best-in-Class companies are increasing their annual product revenue by 19% while decreasing product time-to-market by 13% by successfully leveraging compliance measures to enable Corporate Social Responsibility and achieve profitability.

Tech Clarity: Engineering Reference Information in a PLM Strategy

Manufacturers today compete on speed and innovation to drive product profitability and profitable growth. These companies have recently given a lot of attention to business process improvement, organizational design, and enabling software technology to improve engineering productivity. Little executive attention has been placed, however, on the importance of providing efficient access to engineering reference information. This market report from Tech-Clarity investigates the role of engineering reference within an overall PLM strategy.

Innovator’s Toolbox

An Aberdeen Paper - The need for innovation is gaining more prominence on the executive agenda. In fact, the development of more innovative products was reported as the top business goal for product development by participants in The 2008 Aberdeen Report. But, just how do organizations identify the most promising ideas and translate these ideas into successful products? This study answers that question by examining how leading companies empower their innovators with tools and strategies that allow them to leverage ideas and knowledge to develop a steady stream of new and profitable products.