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Straight talk: The truth about collaboration in product development

Nearly everyone involved in designing and building products regularly collaborates with colleagues, yet very few are satisfied with the results of those efforts. That’s one of many surprising facts uncovered in a survey on manufacturers’ information exchange and collaboration habits conducted by Harris Interactive.
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A new model: PTC unveils new version of Wildfire; plans for CoCreate

Some might find it ironic that PTC, the originator of parametric modeling, now has its own "explicit" modeler. The new modeler comes with the $250-million acquisition of CoCreate that PTC announced in late November. PTC also just introduced Wildfire 4.0, the midmarket configuration of its flagship Pro/ENGINEER product design software suite.
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The right prescription: Pharma manufacturers use PLM to swallow bitter regulatory pill

Regulatory compliance pressures and increased competition have pharmaceutical manufacturers focusing much more attention and resources on adopting product life-cycle management solutions, according to a report out of London-based Datamonitor.
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R&D investment: Fast-growing economies rapidly gaining on U.S.  

The National Association Manufacturers (NAM) is calling on U.S. government policymakers to lend support to manufacturing research and development by, among other things, renewing the R&D tax credit that expired at the end of 2007.
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Research

Product Innovation Agenda 2010: Profiting From Innovation Today and Tomorrow

Innovation is hard to grasp, but product profitability is tangible and readily measured. Best-in-Class companies take different approaches to creating innovation and developing it into profitable products. This report serves as a guideline to help companies understand what Best-in-Class companies have done to gain significant performance advantages in product innovation and profitability, and provide insight into what they have planned to maintain or extend their leadership position. In the December 2005 "Product Innovation Agenda" benchmark report, Aberdeen Group investigated how companies leverage product innovation. The "Product Innovation Agenda 2010" report reassesses the 2005 product innovation agenda and looks at its relationship to the corporate agenda today and beyond.
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