What's Driving Your Business?
In Defense Electronics, strong revenue growth has companies focused on the flawless, profitable execution of major contracts. In this climate, optimal use of available engineering capacity is more important than ever.

In Telecommunications Equipment, time-to-market remains the primary driver. Product life cycles continue to shorten, fueled by an ever-expanding global economy and consumers' insatiable appetite for new high-tech products. Telecomm Equipment companies are also challenged with developing and introducing next generation of products in the face of severe capital constraints.

All the while, the test environment represents an untapped source for dramatic improvements in engineering and capital capacity. That's because in Defense Electronics or Telecommunications Equipment, the typical test environment is riddled with obstacles to optimal business performance:

• Engineering personnel spend countless unproductive hours researching, locating, procuring, setting up and tracking their test infrastructure. This needlessly increases costs and impedes time-to-market on critical projects.
• Companies have far more equipment on-site than they need. That's because there's no system for rigorously measuring asset utilization. Not only are thousands of pieces of equipment on-site at any given time, they're sitting idle more than 80% of the time. Deep-seated practices such as hoarding test equipment continue to be the norm. Meanwhile, the hidden costs of procuring, maintaining and tracking this unused equipment add up every hour, day and year.
• Inefficient practices and low equipment utilization drive up capital requirements, severely limiting investment in better technology
• Internal silos mean new test set-ups and routines are created for every project, rather than sharing effective, already-existing set-ups and methods. Days or weeks in engineering man-hours are needlessly expended, driving up project costs and adding lead times to projects.

Only The Sente Group offers you a complete set of custom-tailored solutions that help you drive dramatic business improvements in your company's test environment. Our exclusive focus on test-and our experience helping a variety of leaders in Defense Electronics and Telecommunications Equipment – give us an insider's understanding of the challenges you face in driving meaningful change. Let us help you realize unprecedented improvements in profitability, time-to-market and engineering productivity – all while earning the trust of your engineering personnel. To get a glimpse of the potential financial benefits of a Test Resource Management solution for your company, use Sente's free online assessment tools.