Challenges in Engineering
Engineering in the automotive industry faces growing complexity driven by electrification, software-defined vehicles, connectivity, and increasing regulatory requirements. The shift toward electric mobility, ADAS, and autonomous driving requires deep integration of hardware and software across global development networks.
Collaboration in engineering between OEMs and suppliers remains highly fragmented. Many separate manual and system-specific steps are required for suppliers to prepare, transfer, and for OEMs to integrate engineering data. As a result, cycle times for data integration often range from several days to several weeks, leading to delays, inefficiencies, media breaks, inconsistent data formats, and increased risk of errors.
Combined with shorter innovation cycles, cost pressure, sustainability targets, cybersecurity requirements, and rising variant diversity, these challenges make efficient, standardized, and interoperable engineering processes critical for success.
