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By the Numbers: Product Complexity

By the Numbers: Product Complexity
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By DE Editors  

October 3, 2016

Boeing's supply chain, GE's LEAP engine, auto models and lines of code add to product design complexity.

Product complexity drivers: Consumers value technology over car brand, electronics contribute more than 90% of a car's innovation, ato recalls are up and the iPhone 7 camera has 20 separate components and performs 24 billion operations to capture one image. Did you know 800 people worked on Apple's new iPhone camera?

 
 

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