This ASSESS Theme Positioning Paper: Business Challenges, is from 2023. NAFEMS & ASSESS members can view / download when logged in.

The ASSESS Initiative has defined multiple focus themes to enable a significant increase in the use and benefit of Engineering Simulation. The specific theme for this paper is Business Challenges (Business). The use of Engineering Simulation has seen more than 10% cumulative annual growth for over 40 years. This growth now means that Engineering Simulation is a significant portion of the Engineering Software Market and continues to be a driver for future growth. The changing role of Engineering Simulation is more about its role in business than the changes in technology. The focus of this ASSESS Initiative theme is to investigate issues and to develop approaches to enable a transformation of business models to enable a significant increase in usage and benefit of Engineering Simulation.

Acknowledgements

The ASSESS Initiative would like to acknowledge the efforts of the Business Challenges Working Group for its efforts to support advancement of this ASSESS theme and the development of this Positioning Paper.

The ASSESS Initiative would also like to acknowledge the efforts of those who participated in Working Sessions at the ASSESS annual Congresses on the Business Theme.

The ASSESS Initiative specifically acknowledges the following individuals for their efforts on this ASSESS Positioning Paper.

Primary Authors:

• Joe Walsh, ASSESS Initiative
• Roger Keene, NAFEMS

Reviewers:

• Wolfgang Gentzsch, The UberCloud
• Don Tolle, CIMdata
• Chris Wilkes, OTB Company
• Rod Dreisbach