The Illusion of Accuracy

With many calculation tools whether CAE or FEA or even basic predictive tools, the illusion of accuracy is core to the business (and truly yet another thing to drive this self proclaimed die-expert up a wall). Yes, the Illusion of Accuracy. Take for example an online Body-Mass-Index calculator. Typical inputs to the BMI for simple [...]

How do you quantify risk?

Maybe I need the help of an actuarial… Trying to develop methodology for assessing and quantifying risk. In this case the risk of a loss in Quality-Function-Delivery from overly cutting costs in a stamping die. In these trying times everybody is cost crazier (costs have always been an issue, but lately we suffer even more). [...]

Change–still difficult to sell amid these hard times

If any of the variables (pain, gain, input, or alternatives) go to zero then resistance in infinite. In preparation to an upcoming product management workshop I am preparing for my sales colleagues I tried to define (again) how we are supposed to get our customers and prospects to accept new ideas on how our (or [...]

Automation in software

stuck on a couple of fundamental issues in regards to the level of Automation in software applications (we are an engineering software house). When using a software application that attempts to propose, predict, develop automatically, how do most of us prefer to have the results presented to us? For example: if the software attempts to [...]