Automotive Development Processes (eBook)

Processes for Successful Customer Oriented Vehicle Development

Julian Weber (Autor)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
XII, 312 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-3-642-01253-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The global crisis the automotive industry has slipped into over the second half of 2008 has set a fierce spotlight not only on which cars are the right ones to bring to the market but also on how these cars are developed. Be it OEMs developing new models, suppliers integerating themselves deeper into the development processes of different OEMs, analysts estimating economical risks and opportunities of automotive investments, or even governments creating and evaluating scenarios for financial aid for suffering automotive companies: At the end of the day, it is absolutely indispensable to comprehensively understand the processes of auto- tive development - the core subject of this book. Let's face it: More than a century after Carl Benz, Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler developed and produced their first motor vehicles, the overall concept of passenger cars has not changed much. Even though components have been considerably optimized since then, motor cars in the 21st century are still driven by combustion engines that transmit their propulsive power to the road s- face via gearboxes, transmission shafts and wheels, which together with spri- damper units allow driving stability and ride comfort. Vehicles are still navigated by means of a steering wheel that turns the front wheels, and the required control elements are still located on a dashboard in front of the driver who operates the car sitting in a seat.

Prof. Julian Weber is currently a Strategy Manager in BMW Group's Product Strategy department. He began working for the BMW Group in 1997 after graduating in Mechanical Engineering with a major in Design and Development at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and receiving a doctorate at the Karlsruhe University, Germany. As a member of the BMW team, Prof. Weber has worked in Process Consulting, Experimental Vehicle Build, as Manager of Purchasing Strategy and Innovation Management North America located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and in different management positions in the development division for Electrics/Electronics and Driver Environment. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Clemson University - International Campus for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), where he lectures graduate courses in Automotive Development Processes.

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Acknowledgements 7
Contents 9
Chapter 1 Vehicle Development Projects – An Overview Chapter 1 13
1.1 Categories of Vehicle Development Projects 13
1.2 Platforms and Model Lines 16
1.3 The Product Evolution Process (PEP) 18
1.4 Vehicle Project Management 24
1.5 Aspects of International Development Projects 25
References 27
Chapter 2 Product Strategy 28
2.1 Cars that Topped and Cars that Flopped 28
2.2 Factors of Success in the Automotive Industry 32
References 39
Chapter 3 Phases of the Product Evolution Process 40
3.1 Initial Phase 40
3.2 Concept Phase 44
3.3 Series Development Phase 47
3.4 Series Support and Further Development 50
References 51
Chapter 4 Virtual Car Process 52
4.1 Building Virtual Cars 52
4.2 Geometric Integration 56
4.3 Further Functional Geometry Evaluation 61
4.4 Virtual Build Groups 62
References 63
Chapter 5 E/E System Development 64
5.1 From Machinery to E/E Systems 64
5.2 Systems Engineering Processes 67
References 88
Chapter 6 Management Processes for Complete Vehicle Development 90
6.1 Target Management 90
6.2 Design Problem Management 96
6.3 Release and Change Management 99
6.4 Quality Management 103
References 116
Chapter 7 Primary or Customer Relevant Complete Vehicle Characteristics 118
7.1 Registrability 121
7.2 Total Vehicle Costs 127
7.3 Design Appeal 132
7.4 Cabin Comfort 151
7.5 Infotainment 170
7.6 Agility 177
7.7 Passive Safety 199
7.8 Theft Deterrence 220
7.9 Reliability 230
7.10 Sustainability 253
References 293
Chapter 8 Secondary Complete Vehicle Characteristics 298
8.1 Production Integration 298
8.2 Service Integration 305
References 308
Abbreviations 309
Index 314

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2009
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 312 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: automotive engineering • Engineering Economics • Product Development • Production • product strategy • Project Management • Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk • supplier network • system development • vehicle charasteristics • vehicle development • virtual car process
• ISBN-10: 3-642-01253-1 / 3642012531
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-01253-2 / 9783642012532