Product Development Outlook: Economy, Workforce Overtake Supply Chain Challenges as Key Innovation Roadblocks
Protolabs surveyed more than 700 engineers, designers, and product developers across all product development stages, from early prototyping to ongoing production.
- Protolabs surveyed more than 700 engineers, designers, and product developers across all product development stages, from early prototyping to ongoing production.
- “While those challenges are evolving, we are excited to assist product developers as they continue to push the pace of innovation beyond what most thought possible.”
Respondents made clear today’s product development process is driven by a need for speed. - Time-related constraints were mentioned far more than any other challenge influencing product development during the prototyping stage.
- Survey respondents expect to slowly close the door on pandemic-related product development challenges, namely material shortages and supply chain disruption.