Customer-Oriented Concept Assessment

All automotive manufacturers have a process for developing vehicle concepts to create the initial idea of a new vehicle. These processes have been proven over decades. Nevertheless, they are manual processes to design new vehicle concepts. With this paper and the corresponding tool, we would like to show a possibility to integrate customer-relevant properties automatically into the process. On the one hand, this should demonstrate the possibility of process optimization for the automotive manufacturers and on the other hand, it is a useful teaching tool for becoming familiar with the vehicle concept development challenges.     «

All automotive manufacturers have a process for developing vehicle concepts to create the initial idea of a new vehicle. These processes have been proven over decades. Nevertheless, they are manual processes to design new vehicle concepts. With this paper and the corresponding tool, we would like to show a possibility to integrate customer-relevant properties automatically into the process. On the one hand, this should demonstrate the possibility of process optimization for the automotive manufa...     »