Digital Transformation is Eating Your Engineers’ Productivity

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Introduction:

Engineering Productivity gains made by Computer Aided Design Software (MCAD, ECAD, and Embedded Systems) over the past 25 years are being eaten away by poorly configured Digital Transformation Platforms.

These hard-fought gains are being squandered by dragging Engineers into PLM, ERP, and MES Systems (aka the Digital Transformation Golden Triangle) that are not “Fit for Purpose” and into processes that are configured with little concern for the Engineer’s day-to-day user experience and ease of use.

The result is that not only is Digital Transformation consuming Engineers’ Productivity, but it is also having negative effects on their day-to-day Pain, Stress, and Anxiety.

o It is not unusual to see a poorly deployed Digital Transformation Initiative consume as much as 50% of an engineer’s time, just “Feeding the PLM, ERP, and MES Beasts”.

There are three (3) major reasons why Digital Transformation initiatives “suck” the productivity out of your Engineering Organization:

#1 - Your Digital Transformation Platform(s) are not “Fit for Purpose”:

The Digital Transformation Pillars you select (PLM, ERP, and MES) to run your business on are not “Fit for Your Operational Purposes” or your manufacturing mode(s) of operation.

#2 - Your Digital Transformation Dev and Deployment Teams lack “Ease of Use” Empathy:

The digital transformation processes that your development and deployment teams “configure” lacks the rigor, attention to detail, and empathy required to eliminate unnecessary “wasted step” and confusing user interfaces.

o This happens because your Dev and Deployment teams are “Creating the Dog Food”, not “Eating the Dog Food” that your Engineers are asked to “eat”.

#3 - Your Digital Transformation Team Ignores the importance of Fixing the “Corner Cases”:

Once deployed, your development and deployment teams fail to proactively seek and fix the corner cases (unexpected anomalies) that your engineers encounter, which results in user friction (unnecessary steps and confusion), pain, and loss of productivity.

This article will highlight the first of these three (3) Engineering Productivity “sinkholes” and will explain what you should do in advance to prevent them from happening to your Engineering Teams.