
The product digital thread imperative
Importance of product digital thread for success, profitability
45% Important
33% Nice to have
21% Critical
1% Not important
Product digital thread goals
69% Product quality
55% Better decision-making
51% Faster time to market
49% Product development efficiency
49% Engineering efficiency
46% Traceability
36% Improved service
Integrate the product digital thread
Importance of integration to achieve goals
51% Important
31% Nice to have
18% Critical
The integration state quo is insufficient
Integration across the product digital thread
63% Some
26% Significant
9% Very little
2% Not integrated
Integration across the organization
37% Departmental
35% Cross-departmental
24% Enterprise
4% Value chain
1% Not integrated
Living with poorly integrated product data
Duplicate entry
37% Weekly
35% Daily
17% Monthly
11% Occasionally
Retrieval from multiple systems
42% Daily
26% Weekly
16% Monthly
16% Occasionally
Errors/inconsistencies
37% Daily
32% Weekly
19% Monthly
12% Occasionally
Causes of underlying integration issues
39% System complexity
37% Hard to justify/prove ROI
37% Shortage of knowledgeable resources
37% Takes too long
34% Systems difficult to integrate
34% Large file sizes
33% Lack of predefined integration capabilities
32% Too expensive
25% Lack of defined process/workflows
23% Risk is too high
Challenges throughout the integration lifecycle
53% Handling exceptions/issues
42% Scalability
27% Security
24% Losing data
Source: https://www.razorleaf.com/
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