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