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BUILDING A
CONNECTED FUTURE
Harnessing the power of connected workflows
to promote interoperability Trends in the automotive in-dustry
and global emission legis-lation
are driving complexity in
the vehicle and the development
process, with new features and
functions increasingly becoming
an issue of software and not just
hardware. This places pressure on
manufacturers in terms of balanc-ing
this complexity with time-to-market
and cost, without sacrific-ing
quality.
The development process must
therefore be optimized, from con-cept
through to the in-use phase.
Frontloading as much development
in early stages as possible is an ob-vious
solution, as is a holistic view
of vehicle development, with data
shared throughout to ensure con-tinuous
validation and verification
(V&V). Enabling a much closer in-teraction
between domains in this
way cuts time-to-market, saves
money, and promotes continuous
V&V across all competencies.
However, in most development
workflows this approach exists in
only a limited way. Instead, experts
in each domain use the tools that
are right for their specific needs,
but which don’t necessarily suit
such a holistic approach. This het-erogenous
landscape of simulation
tools, databases and test equipment
becomes an obstacle to rapid, high-quality
development. We call it the
Interoperability Gap.
CLOSING THE GAP
“This is where AVL's Connecting
Solutions come in,” says Josef Ze-hetner,
Chief Engineer System Ar-chitecture,
AVL. “They connect the
domain-specific tools and activities
throughout your entire develop-ment
process – or just part of it, de-pending
on your needs – and build
up your Integrated and Open De-velopment
Platform (IODP). Of-fering
lifecycle management of rel-evant
information objects, such as
simulation models and parameters,
testbed configurations and Units-
Under-Test, it enables you to link
your CAD-driven product develop-ment
process and your continuous
V&V activities, from early simula-tion
to on-road testing. You can cre-ate
a complete virtual prototype in
the computer, and then as hardware
becomes available, continue devel-opment
with a mixed virtual/real
prototype. Ultimately development
moves into a complete real proto-type,
with data continuing to be
gathered and fed back into the pro-cess.
And it’s with the application of
our Connecting Solutions that your
data can really deliver its full value.