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PreviousState of Design: The Canadian Report 2010
Product Design and Development Innovation
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Figure 17
| Rapid Prototyping | Virtual Product Development | |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle | 44.4% | 49.4% |
| Aerospace | 23.8% | 43.1% |
| Motor vehicle parts | 25.8% | 32.5% |
| Industrial electronics | 35.9% | 26.4% |
| Electrical equipment | 22.4% | 22.4% |
| Motor vehicle body and trailer | 12.2% | 20.0% |
| Pharmaceutical | 3.4% | 4.0% |
Figure 18
| E–based design/ engineering | Concurrent design/engineering | Cross–functional design teams | |
| % of firms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor vehicle | 48.2% | 62.4% | 63.5% |
| Industrial electronics | 44.7% | 61.9% | 60.4% |
| Motor vehicle parts | 33.1% | 48.4% | 60.0% |
| Electrical equipment | 31.7% | 46.8% | 56.3% |
| Aerospace | 35.8% | 56.5% | 52.1% |
| Motor vehicle body and trailer | 37.2% | 49.4% | 42.2% |
| Pharmaceutical | 28.4% | 29.2% | 34.9% |
Figure 19
| Reduced time to market | Improved satisfaction of client needs | |
|---|---|---|
| % of firms that report improvement | ||
| Motor vehicle | 81.6% | 90.9% |
| Aerospace | 81.6% | 90.1% |
| Motor vehicle body and trailer | 76.2% | 88.5% |
| Industrial electronics | 75.6% | 87.6% |
| Electrical equipment | 61.1% | 86.4% |
| Motor vehicle parts | 67.3% | 81.6% |
| Pharmaceutical | 46.0% | 67.1% |
Figure 20
| Small (20–99) | Medium (100–499) | Large (500+) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| % of firms | |||
| Cross–functional design teams | 29.4% | 41.4% | 50.0% |
| Concurrent design engineering | 26.4% | 32.8% | 36.3% |
| Rapid prototyping | 12.7% | 15.6% | 13.9% |
| Virtual product development | 13.9% | 16.8% | 14.9% |
Figure 21
| Small (20–99) |
Medium (100–499) |
Large (500+) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| % of firms that report an improvement | |||
| Reduced time to market | 70.5% | 64.4% | 57.7% |
| New product features | 70.8% | 67.0% | 62.6% |
| Improved satisfaction of client needs | 87.7% | 80.7% | 80.7% |
| Improvement in product quality | 87.2% | 82.8% | 87.7% |
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