Increasing the efficiency of automotive development – Innovative approaches from an engineering service provider

Abstract

These days, engineering service providers (ESPs) are often an indispensable part of the automotive value chain. Working on behalf of their customers, manufacturers, and suppliers, ESPs play an important part in the development of vehicles and their systems, functions, and components. The close working relationships between ESPs and their clients are notable for their high level of trust, but rely on ESPs’ mostly not publishing their development contributions. It is a testament to how the collaboration among manufacturers, suppliers, and ESPs has grown over the years that it has become the proven and efficient collaborative network it is today.