IBM is pleased to welcome Aberdeen Group for a discussion of how mechatronic development is helping companies control costs and satisfy shrinking product development schedules. While developing these mechatronic products is simply a matter of responding to market demand, coordinating the disparate engineering disciplines on a single design presents a set of demanding challenges for manufacturers to overcome. How effectively companies are able to address these challenges carries with it a significant impact on a company’s ability to meet key targets that drive product profitability
IBM is pleased to welcome Forrester Research for a discussion of how product development teams are using embedded software to fulfill customers’ demand for innovative, higher-performing products. To compete on innovation and deliver high-end functionality, manufacturers are embedding more and more software into their products. In fact, some estimate the world market for embedded software — defined by Forrester as any software built into the electronics of physical products — is growing at a thriving rate of 16% annually. As the role of software in product development dramatically increases, however, engineering teams are finding that software bugs and compatibility failures are causing costly rework, delays, and high-visibility recalls that cripple NPI profits.
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