The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry stands at a crossroads. With global demand for transportation and logistics soaring, manufacturers face a critical challenge: How to ramp up production without compromising on quality or profitability.
A report authored by Tech-Clarity’s founder and president Jim Brown in collaboration with our strategic partner Dassault Systèmes highlights how virtual solutions are empowering industry leaders. Implementing DELMIA, leading companies achieve remarkable transformations in manufacturing engineering. Let’s distill the key insights from Jim Brown’s comprehensive and informative piece of work.
Efficiency, first-time quality, and cost control emerge as three primary drivers of product success and profitability in the A&D industry. By streamlining operations and deploying solutions like DELMIA, top-performing companies minimize inefficiencies, reduce human errors, and accelerate time to market. However, complexity in product variants and distributed manufacturing environments pose persistent challenges, including data visibility gaps and collaboration inefficiencies.
Streamlined operations reduce time to market and increase profitability.
Avoiding rework through accurate planning and validation ensures cost-effectiveness.
Controlling production expenses directly impacts the bottom line.
Manufacturers grapple with increasing complexity in product variants, distributed production environments, and reshoring trends. Rather than enabling manufacturing companies to overcome obstacles, obsolete systems and outdated strategies usually further complicate operations, leading to limited visibility, increased inefficiency, and missed deadlines. Addressing these challenges requires adopting integrated digital solutions that enable seamless communication and data exchange.
Engineers often lack access to accurate, real-time data about manufacturing capabilities.
Over 25% of engineering time is wasted on non-value-added activities such as rekeying data or recreating models.
Working with contract manufacturers introduces risks like IP loss and delays due to process design errors.
Adopting integrated digital solutions, like DELMIA, is imperative for enterprises operating in the A&D sector. Jim Brown’s report underscores several opportunities and strategies that not only cut costs but also enhance manufacturers’ engineering capabilities, decision-making accuracy, and operational agility.
Recreating shop floors in virtual environments can reduce costs and accelerate time to market.
Integrated platforms facilitate better coordination with suppliers and contractors, protecting intellectual property while streamlining workflows.
These tools enable engineers to visualize and validate production processes in real time, significantly reducing errors and inefficiencies.
For all enterprises, but especially for A&D manufacturers, the benefits of embarking on a digital journey are profound. If you embrace digitalization through DELMIA solutions, you can experience various difference-making advantages. Expect faster time to market, a significant reduction in engineering change orders, and cost savings. By adopting advanced digital tools and incorporating best practices, you can position your company among leaders in the increasingly competitive A&D landscape.
Companies eliminate 39% of physical prototypes, cutting costs substantially.
Innovations in simulation and planning help reduce development cycles by 36%.
By identifying issues earlier in the design phase, enterprises reduce engineering change orders (ECOs) by over a third.
The insights shared in this blog post only scratch the surface of what’s possible. To delve deeper into the strategies and insights shaping the future of manufacturing engineering in A&D, we invite you to download the full report prepared jointly by Tech-Clarity and our business partner Dassault Systèmes. Equip your organization with the tools and knowledge to transform challenges into opportunities and lead the industry forward.
As a trusted Dassault Systèmes’ System & Consulting Integrator Partner, Andea has an intimate knowledge and a proven track record of implementing DELMIA solutions to maximize production capability in the A&D industry .
