An interdisciplinary product development process is the centrepiece of successful R&D. Our customer, a development service provider, wanted to establish this process for a new business unit.
Structure created for vehicle development
New business unit receives customised
product development process in just six months
The company
Our client is an internationally active development service provider for the development and testing of drive systems.
The challenge
The company had founded a new business division. We developed and implemented an interdisciplinary product development process for a complete vehicle for this division.
The approach
Over a period of 6 months, we worked with our customer to develop and implement an interdisciplinary product development process for a complete vehicle.
This included:
- Process synchronisation plan
- Detailed sub-process flow diagrams with RASIC and templates for:
- Product Requirements
- Design, Control System
- Test & Validation, Patents
- Styling
- Costing
- Make or Buy Recommendation
- Service Concept
- Product Documentation
- Production Planning Engineering
- Supplier Recommendation
- Homologation
- Prototype Build
- Pilot Series Support
- Master schedule
- Gate and milestone checklists
- Role descriptions
- Complete scope of work for future service offerings