Delivering simulation benefits

Product-development software tools are being put to good use in many off-highway industry segments.

Producing a new piece of software takes a great deal of commitment, part of which includes defining functionality, writing code, testing the output, verifying accuracy, etc. In fact, many common software tools today were written by experts within a company to solve its particular problem, then spun off as a separate commercial enterprise to share the development and maintenance cost over a larger number of users. But making effective use of available tools also requires considerable investment. Making it easier for engineers to retrieve and distribute data is one fundamental approach that provides many benefits.