Is Money, Reducing Cost Through Virtual Prototyping Kevin Hanley Sr Account Manager ANSYS Inc. Wally Raban Sr. Applications Engineer ANSYS Inc. David Gregory Chief Technology Officer Ursa Major Technologies Andy Berryann Head Of Propulsion Boom Supersonic
A Bad Design? ▪ Would You Like To Save $100,000 On Developing Your Next Product? ▪ What Would It Mean To Your Bottom Line If You Could Reduce Product Development Costs By 30 Percent & Get To Market 6 Months Ahead Of Your Competitors?
Late In The Development Cycle ▪Cost, Performance & Quality Trade Offs ▪Frequent Design Changes ▪Accurately Predicting Performance In The Real World ▪Workforce Reductions & Lack Of Skilled Technical Experts
Way To Innovation ✓Takes Too Long ✓Costs Too Much ▪80 Percent Of The Products Cost Is Determined Early In The Design Process ▪$1 Per Problem Today? ▪$1,000 Per Problem 3 Months From Now? ▪$20,000 Per Problem After Delivery To The End Customer? Typical Development Process ▪ Concept ▪ Detail Design ▪ Physical Prototypes ▪ Physical Testing ▪ Pre Production ▪ Full Production ▪ Release To Market
Behind Schedule & Over Budget? ▪ “A Plan Is Just A List Of Things That Didn’t Happen” ▪ You Have To Fail To Succeed ▪ Exponentially Accelerate The Failure Cycle Utilizing Virtual Prototypes