E/EVOLVING THE FUTURE
With our automotive electronics expertise, we consistently implement your strategy: As a technically sound consulting firm, we impart software competency, from the architectural level to the structural and process organization. In E/E development, we improve processes and structures on the basis of established process models and standards. The combination of consulting and implementation is unique in the automotive industry worldwide.
Automotive Systems Engineering
With Automotive Systems Engineering, we ensure that you can transparently control the entire R&D process – from the concept phase to fleet operation. Automotive Systems Engineering combines the system/product perspective with the process dimension and appropriate problem-solving methods. This makes system integration manageable: you will see all the requirements of your project at a glance, such as required work products or deadlines to be met. Together with the lifecycle blueprint AiD, you thus control the entire product development process – in your company, at your suppliers and across all mechatronics disciplines.
AUTOMOTIVE iNTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
We sustainably improve the operational processes and structures in the R&D units of your electronics development, from the team to the entire business unit. With our unique AiD blueprint, we ensure that your development is set up in a target-oriented manner and meets specifications such as functional safety, automotive security or Automotive SPICE®. AiD complements Systems Engineering to provide an integrated R&D framework designed directly for the needs of the automotive industry.
Need support with a key project? We’re your first port of call when it comes to management consulting and improvement programmes in electronics development.
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AT HOME IN THE WORLD OF DEVELOPMENT
Our track record with the development of automotive electronics and mechatronic systems goes back more than 25 years. We enjoy a large number of long-standing and successful relationships with leading clients not only in vehicle manufacturing and the supply market for electronic systems, but also with a variety of highly specialised suppliers. These partnerships are a testament to our ability to anchor software know-how within development units. A number of established industry leaders turn to us for our detailed expertise. We are also an important contact for up-and-coming companies and newcomers. We are considered a central figure in the automotive industry, especially among semiconductor producers and developers of embedded software solutions.
Over and beyond consulting services, there is also strong demand for our expertise among industry associations and standardisation agencies. We regularly share our knowledge through conference speeches, studies and journal articles.
In the world of industry, you’ll find us everywhere where automotive electronics are developed. We currently operate through three sites:
- KUGLER MAAG CIE GmbH in the town of Kornwestheim near Stuttgart
- KUGLER MAAG CIE North America Inc., near Detroit
- KUGLER MAAG CIE Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
We’ve been working with Audi on a variety of key projects since 2004, mainly on process improvements and comprehensive training programmes in Germany.
We’ve been a partner of the Bosch corporation since 1994. As well as supporting units across the organisation with the roll-out of management systems and improvement programmes, we’ve also worked on assessments, projects and training programmes at sites in Germany, Europe and beyond.
We’ve been providing Continental with control systems development support since 2004, with a focus on management consulting, improvement programmes, assessments and detailed training for staff in all areas of the world.
We’ve been helping Daimler with the development of automotive electronics for motorcars and commercial vehicles since 2004. They turn to us for consulting services on management systems, assessments, improvement programmes and training programmes across the globe.
We support Infineon Technologies in Germany with improvement programmes and staff training.
We advise INTEL throughout Europe on process improvements, also providing staff with training in this area.
We have been supporting VW since 2000 with management systems, improvement programmes, project management units and training. We have also been a VW-CERTIFIED SOFTWARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT LEADER since 2014.
- Consolidating software skills, especially in development units
- Assessing background conditions and pinpointing potential areas of improvement
- Developing end-to-end improvement conceptswith the aim of striking the right balance between your business needs, your product and technology goals, and your organisational structures and workflows
- Preparing and gearing your development units to new requirements such as agility and cybersecurity
- Adhering to industry standards, manufacturing requirements and safety standards
- Providing your employees with training to equip them with the required skills
