SAE AeroTech Survey

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1. How knowledgeable are you about the digital enterprise (digital twin, digital thread)?

Expert

Average

Novice

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2. Where is your company in its digital transformation journey?

Research

In process

Completed in past 12 months

In use for more than 1 year

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3. How has COVID-19/the pandemic impacted your company’s digital transformation?

No impact

Accelerated adoption

Delayed by 6 months to 1 year

Put plans on hold for more than 1 year

Cancelled

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4. In your organization, how important is digitalization/digital twin/digital thread for successful execution of programs?

Very important

Somewhat important

Somewhat not important

Not important

Unsure

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5. What concerns do you have about digital transformation?

Cost / Investment needed / Return on Investment

Interruption to workflows / downtime

Difficulty to implement

Leveraging existing infrastructure

Need to upgrade / revamp older systems/processes

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6. Are your industry partners / customers…

Asking your company to adopt digital enterprise

Requiring your company’s digital transformation

Each asking/requiring the use of a different platform

Indifferent to whether you adopt digital enterprise

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7. What concerns do you have about connecting systems with partners/the larger supply chain?

Risk of losing intellectual property (IP)

Cybersecurity risks

Expense and resources required

No concerns

All of the above

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8. Does your organization follow Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) when executing a program?

Yes, we follow an end-to-end MBSE lifecycle

We follow some of the MBSE lifecycle

We don’t follow the MBSE lifecycle at all

What is MBSE?

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9. If your organization is not following the full MBSE lifecycle, what is hindering it?

Organizational blocks, no one to champion it

Work culture differences among teams

Expense of software tools/implementation

We currently do not see the need for MBSE

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10. What resources would be helpful for you when learning about digital enterprise?

Hands-on, how-to and problem-solving workshops on digital enterprise

Guidance from and Q&A with experts in digital enterprise

Webinar series with practical/applicable information, lessons learned & best practices

Real-world success stories; hearing from companies having achieved/undergoing digital transformation

SAE AeroTech

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* 1. How knowledgeable are you about the digital enterprise (digital twin, digital thread)?

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* 2. Where is your company in its digital transformation journey?

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* 3. How has COVID-19/the pandemic impacted your company’s digital transformation?

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* 4. In your organization, how important is digitalization/digital twin/digital thread for successful execution of programs?

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* 5. What concerns do you have about digital transformation?

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* 6. Are your industry partners / customers…

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* 7. What concerns do you have about connecting systems with partners/the larger supply chain?

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* 8. Does your organization follow Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) when executing a program?

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* 9. If your organization is not following the full MBSE lifecycle, what is hindering it?

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* 10. What resources would be helpful for you when learning about digital enterprise?

1. How knowledgeable are you about the digital enterprise (digital twin, digital thread)?

2. Where is your company in its digital transformation journey?

3. How has COVID-19/the pandemic impacted your company’s digital transformation?

4. In your organization, how important is digitalization/digital twin/digital thread for successful execution of programs?

5. What concerns do you have about digital transformation?

6. Are your industry partners / customers…

7. What concerns do you have about connecting systems with partners/the larger supply chain?

8. Does your organization follow Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) when executing a program?

9. If your organization is not following the full MBSE lifecycle, what is hindering it?

10. What resources would be helpful for you when learning about digital enterprise?