There have been many changes in product development over the last few years, particularly in terms of speed, processes, and methods. In spite of shorter product development cycles, product variations are on the rise.
Changing scenario is also affecting the automotive industry. The reasons for this are multifaceted and have been researched for decades. With more competition than ever before, massive information-technology development support, ever faster and further development of technological inventions, and growing customer demand for customer-specific and individual solutions, the automotive industry has no choice but to accelerate their product development cycle.
Invariably, shorter development cycles and a greater number of product variations result in increased financial pressure during product development. Modularization is used to combat this. Modular kits allow for cost optimization as well as a large number of product variations with maximum customer choice.
The product development cycle is the foundation for the successful development of a product. During this phase, all key processes and phases are addressed, from pre-development to mass production.
This is an important factor in the successful planning and control of product development because it is a key factor in the increasingly shorter product life cycles and customer-centric design.
Despite the fact that agile methods (originating in software development) and lean approaches (originating in manufacturing) have become increasingly popular in recent years, the classic PDP is still frequently used in automotive projects. The goal is not only to manage development, but also to network internal and external resources, thereby integrating development partners and system suppliers.
Despite the fact that each OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) has its own PDP, they share similarities and basic features and can typically be divided into seven phases.
How Product Design Development is done at Rheomold?
Rheomold has distinguished itself in Product Design Development through the use of state-of-art design technologies mainly referred to as design with the help of softwares such as Computer Aided Drafting, abbreviated as CAD and Computer Aided Engineering, which is abbreviated as CAE. Both CAD and CAE are performed with computer softwares which helps in defining the output road map and driving fulfillment during ramp-up and volume production, adopting innovative methods for yield improvement, test optimization, and cost-effectiveness of products, and constructing a qualification strategy and conducting a feasibility analysis. Rheomold also provides Reverse Engineering/Re-Engineering and Legacy Data Conversion/Migration services to industries.
Today, engineers, architects, and designers all over the world use CAD to strategically draught the framework in 3D design and clearly understand the deeper aspects of the project. CAD helps designers optimise and streamline their workflows, increase productivity, improve design quality and detail, improve documentation communications, and frequently contribute to a manufacturing design database.
If you have an idea for a product and want to see how it will look in real life, CAD can help you define its prototype by incorporating various materials, dynamics, and physical properties into the design.
We at Rheomold are experts in providing CAD design services to assist you in visualising your dream products, drafting them into working 3D virtual models, and testing the real-life concepts before turning them into reality.
Rheomold’s best in-house talent makes it possible for innovative ideas to become a reality. Our engineers create high-quality products that exceed the technical requirements of our customers.
Rheomold’s Product Design and Development Services for Automotive Industry
There is a lot of effort put in by each department of the OEM, as well as the entire supply chain, at each step of the process. The majority of these are not very digitalized and require an enormous amount of manual effort in terms of coordination, system maintenance, acquiring data, and so on. This becomes even more complicated when there is more than one party involved. It is crucial to communicate changes across all levels of the supply chain efficiently and transparently, but it is seldom implemented properly.
Rheomold has a proven track record of successfully operating product co-development relationships with several global companies (OEM & TIER-1) to help them meet their Product Design & development company Objectives.
