Manufacturing in a new automotive landscape
The automotive industry is being reshaped faster than ever before. Technology advancements are transforming our means of transportation from into ever-more complex machines comprised of advanced software, electronics, and mechanical systems. As our vehicles continue to transform, they also become more sustainable, entertaining, and connected to best fit the needs of customers in the future.
To stay relevant in this fast-changing market, automakers must revisit how they approach all aspects of product design, development, and manufacturing. Electrification, autonomy, and connectivity are driving requirements for more computing power, more electronic control units, and clever packaging of these many devices into the vehicle. Meanwhile, sustainability and efficiency efforts require optimizations in energy usage and the efficiency of the overall vehicle design. With complexity increasing, companies must determine how to continue to advance vehicle design, features, and technologies to realize the potential of the future of mobility, despite the challenge of growing complexity.
Simultaneously, the world of automotive manufacturing is also being disrupted. Production processes must become more flexible, adaptable, and efficient to support greater vehicle customizability and promote sustainability initiatives. As investment in the research and development of new technologies like vehicle electrification and autonomous driving continues; however, some automotive manufacturers have tried to carry on with traditional manufacturing processes and outmoded equipment. By continuing to do so, they jeopardize their market position by risking production line disruptions, failed launches, and penalties for noncompliance to increasingly strict regulations.
In a new episode of the Future Car podcast, we are back with Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation Industries at Siemens Digital Industries Software, to discuss the future of automotive manufacturing. We are going to dive into the challenges being created by the changing landscape in the automotive industry and the effect this is having on manufacturing processes and facilities at the OEM and tier 1-supplier level. We will also discuss how companies can deal with these challenges.
You can listen to the episode through the player below!
The Future Car Podcast
Transportation plays a big part in our everyday life and with autonomous and electric cars, micro-mobility and air taxis to name a few, mobility is changing at a rate never before seen. On the Siemens Future Car Podcast we interview industry leaders creating our transportation future to inform our listeners in an entertaining way about the evolving mobility landscape and the people that are helping us realize it. Guests range from C-Level OEM executives, mobility startup founders/CEO’s, pioneers in AI law, Formula 1 drivers and engineers, Smart Cities architects, government regulators and many more. Tune in to learn what will be in your mobility future.
