Accelerating innovation with expert consulting
Vehicle development is undergoing a paradigm shift
Speed beats size. Our consulting services help OEMs and suppliers accelerate their development processes – with smart testing strategies, simulation-based validation, and agile methods. Become a visionary and driver of innovation.
Benefit from shorter development cycles, greater efficiency, and faster time to market.
What do we offer? Our portfolio
Our experience
We have worked with the top 30 (tbc) international automotive OEMs and Tier 1. (At IPG Automotive, we believe that staying ahead in the automotive industry means constantly optimizing your development process and embracing cutting-edge technologies. Our consulting services are designed to empower engineers, developers, and decision-makers to leverage virtual test driving, simulation, and model-based development with confidence.) Our consultants are passionate about virtual development with profound know-how in relevant focus topics.
Regardless of whether you are an OEM or a supplier, whether the domain is automotive or mobility in general – we can support you in various ways. We are looking forward to making your challenges a success.
"The ongoing disruption in the automotive industry requires fast adaptation of development processes. Our software and automotive experts help you accelerate innovation.”
Michael Kochem, Vice President SCE & Branch Manager Frankfurt
How can you advance your organization’s virtualization maturity in the context of vehicle development?
An initial step is to conduct a virtualization maturity analysis to assess your current capabilities and their effectiveness. This entails a thorough analysis of the virtualization methods and infrastructure in use, as well as their integration into processes and the organization. With our maturity analysis results, we can help you compare your organization with best practices and define a clear virtualization strategy for your organization and product development.
How can you maximize efficiency and reduce development time?
Organizations should implement a development workflow that consistently follows a virtual-first or simulation-centered approach. In combination with shift-left or front-loading practices and a seamless, automated test infrastructure, tests will not only be performed faster, but also earlier in the process and, most importantly, smarter.
How can you leverage the full potential of simulation?
A thorough analysis and evaluation of current test strategies and use cases across all steps in the development process is necessary to uncover potential for greater virtualization. This includes standardizing methodologies for derivation and smart assignment of test cases to suitable test environments. After establishing efficient test environments, the subsequent step is to assign tests to the simplest possible one. Furthermore, it is important to define and ensure an adequate architecture, quality, and suitability of the simulation models. In this regard, automation is key, encompassing setup, execution, evaluation, reporting, traceability, and consistency of tests.
How can you enhance your use case coverage for the application of virtual development methods?
Organizations seeking to enhance use case coverage in virtual development – while concurrently minimizing physical testing efforts – are advised to implement several strategic measures. Organizations should expand their capabilities of virtual verification at system, function, and software level to enhance virtual validation, tuning, approval, and homologation in the overall vehicle. An analysis of the use cases and derived requirements for models and development environments provides strategic guidance. This allows for expanding the model architecture and improving the model quality, primarily through targeted correlation and qualification.
