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Engineering Integration & Management Services

A single provider of system integration

During the entire development process for a product, we are at your side – even when we are talking about support processes and cross-sectional functions. Our “PMO as a service” advises and supports you on topics of product data and project management, digitalisation and process design, quality and environmental management, among others. Because only with the ideal combination of technology, quality and costs, while considering environmental demands, can innovative, sustainable projects be successfully implemented.

Engineering advice, methods, tools

The Engineering Integration & Management Services consultants head up and support the integration of technical and non-technical content, of the supporting functions and processes across the entire development process and through to the start of serial production.
Our teams manage the development process, reconcile contradictory product objectives, and ensure that client attributes are complied with. Our “PMO as a Service” helps with the developing and launching of efficient tools and methods for managing projects and processes.

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Our mission: We offer our customers professional solutions in all transversal functions in product development – so that projects can be implemented successfully and future mobility designed together.

Jörn Thaute, Vice President Operations – Engineering Integration & Management Services

Key strands in our range of services:

We offer you comprehensive expertise and quality awareness in all aspects of product data management: 

  • PDM (product data management) structure
  • PDM (product data management) consulting
  • Parts list (incl. analysis, automation, quality control)
  • Product detail assembly instructions
  • Ensuring installation space specifications
  • Digital mock-up at component and overall vehicle level

Benefit from our expertise in digitalization, process design and tooling:

  • Process management
  • Process development (based on ASPICE)
    • Process consulting and GAP analyses
    • Process specifications for tooling
  • ALM/PM tooling, tool landscape
  • Evaluation of ALM tools (e.g. code beamer, Polarion, Atlassian, IBM tools)
    • Tools configuration, integration and migration
    • Enabling and mentoring
  • Product ownership and IT project management
  • Tool concepts
    • backlog management and release planning
    • User acceptance tests

We support you with our many years of know-how in:

  • Project and process management
    • Maturity level management
    • release management
    • change management
    • Budget and cost management
    • Reporting and committee management
  • Requirements management
    • Development of AM structures/standards
    • Definition/specification/review of specifications
    • Tool processing (incl. software) and creation of specifications
  • Consulting
    • Scrum & Agile
    • Multi-project management and control
    • Advice on PM methods

Take advantage of our many years of expertise and efficient processes for:

  • Strategic and operational sourcing
    • Budget planning and control
    • Cost analysis
    • International procurement market analysis
    • Make-or-buy analysis / award strategy / transformation
    • Operational enquiry/quotation process
    • Price negotiations (project / series)
    • Order processing
    • Tool procurement
       
  • Initial sample / prototype procurement
    • Supplier management
    • Change management
    • Escalation management

Everything from a single source. We take care of the overall vehicle control for you:

Control of overall vehicle protection incl. 

  • Thermal management, aerodynamics, noise, ground clearance, driving performance and fuel consumption

Complete vehicle verification and validation (V&V) 

  • Test planning and execution (block and department tests)
  • Pool management, vehicle body and usage planning, 
    vehicle control, 
  • (overall) vehicle testing

Maturity level and integration management

  • Committee and error management
  • Integrated network release planning (iVP)
  • Scheduling, commissioning tests and VR approvals
  • Fault/issue management
  • Complete monitoring of type approval procedures for complete vehicles for the EU and international markets
    • Monitoring of laws 
    • Control of type tests
    • Data collection
    • Plausibility checks 
    • Documentation for authorities
  • Enabler for entry into new markets
  • Optimization of customer processes
  • Consulting and mentoring
  • Independent processing
  • Experts in a global team
  • Homologation

Quality management during development

  • Quality project management
  • Quality management process and engineering planning, advance quality planning (APQP, PPAP, RGA)
  • Software quality management and eQuality management system 
  • Maturity level management
  • Sampling tracking & Q releases
  • Analysis of Q sensors, error correction process, SE/PF teamwork

 Risk management and QM methods

  • FMEA moderation and coordination
  • QM core tools training and coaching
  • Six Sigma project support

Integrated management systems & processes

  • Development and operation of management systems (QMS, EMS, CSMS, SUMS, PCSM)
  • Process consulting as well as preparation and implementation of audits and assessments

Safe and sustainable. We take care of all issues related to sustainability: 

Life cycle assessment

  • Data collection and validation
  • Balancing of product and corporate carbon footprints
  • Support during the certification process (DIN ISO 14040)

Resource and environmental management

  • Implementation of environmental management systems and support for the ISO 14001 certification process
  • Implementation of environmental and social governance (ESG)

Environmentally relevant laws, standards & guidelines

  • Implementation of legal requirements
  • Identification of the affected scopes
  • Support with technical implementation

Circular Economy

  • Analysis of waste streams
  • Assessment of the impact of waste
  • Use of secondary raw materials
  • Creation of concepts for take-back and recycling
  • Safety and security management (in accordance with ISO 26262, 21448, 21434)
  • Carrying out relevance and risk analyses (FMEA, FTA, HARA, TARA)
  • Integrated requirements management (BiRD) 
  • Moderation and creation of artifacts along the safety/security life cycle
  • Supplier management (DIA, CIA)
  • Process management, modeling and tailoring as well as PMT solutions
  • Development and operation of management systems (CSMS and SUMS)
  • Consulting, coaching and qualification concepts
  • Confirmation Reviews (i1-i3), Audits und Assessments

Take advantage of our many years of expertise and efficient processes for:

Series production support

  • Component responsibility
  • Problem analysis and finding solutions
  • Representation of interests in committees
  • Quality management / certification
  • Implementation of changes in ongoing series production Supplier qualification

Change management

  • Recording, analysis, definition and control
  • Accompanying the decision-making processes documentation
  • Data and release management
  • Committee management

Your Contact

Jörn Thaute

Vice President Operations – Engineering Integration & Management Services

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