How much time do you actually spend NOT designing?
Hi all! I am a senior at NYU working on a research project around engineering workflows in CAD/PLM environments.
I've been talking to a few engineers (including my partner), and something that keeps coming up is how much time gets eaten up by things like:
- searching for parts
- dealing with approvals
- setting up simulations
- fixing issues late in the process
I'm trying to understand how widespread this actually is across different industries.
If you work in CAD/PLM and have 3-5 minutes, I put together a short anonymous survey:
https://nyustern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDDNjDZOMb8MuDc
Happy to share results back here if people are interested.
Thank you in advance, I greatly appreciate it! Your input is directly advancing research aimed at improving some of the pain points engineers face every day.