Automotive consulting since 1995

Automotive

With more than 380 consultants in the DACH region and China, UNITY advises this leading industry to develop product strategies, optimize development processes, introduce agile methods, select and implement development tools and technologies as well as integrate new technologies such as AI and machine learning.

In addition to the development of vehicle electrification and autonomous driving, the development of the automobile as an analogue product to a digital product is currently one of the greatest challenges, because both information technology and the organization of established manufacturers and suppliers must be adapted. UNITY Automotive experts bring methodological knowledge and cross-industry experience required for successful implementation.

In addition, the transition to electromobility presents the automotive industry with enormous challenges in production and logistics, as new technologies are being introduced while the old ones must continue to be operated. Mastering this increase in complexity is only possible through digitalization. As a winner of ‘Germany's Digital Pioneer 2022’ (F.A.Z. Institute award), UNITY brings not only the stimulus but also the technical expertise for the necessary process changes.

For this purpose, several companies under the UNITY Innovation Alliance have joined to provide unparalleled and unique expertise in implementation including UNITY Operations for planning and support services, the Berlin-based software developer Next Data Service and the specialist for change processes UNITYmove.

Consulting Services for the Automotive Industry

Future Engineering – „Code the car“

In the "Code the car" vision, future platforms and vehicles will be virtually available to all engineering processes as digital twins in the industrial metaverse. The development processes are redesigned with this vision and enable the software-oriented development of platforms with real-time data from the field.
Product Lifecycle Management

UNITY knows the trends and future requirements of the automotive industry with regard to product lifecycle management. In particular, the shortening of the product development process is a goal of the industry. With a 360-degree view of PLM target images, processes, organizations and IT, we optimize the PLM capabilities of OEMs and suppliers
Material Compliance

European regulations such as REACH and RoHS restrict the use of certain chemicals and hazardous substances in industrial products. For manufacturers and distributors of such products, this means an obligation to prove the conformity of their own products with these and, depending on the market, other international regulations. Find out more and benefit from our expertise.
Cyber Security

The use of state-of-the-art technologies such as cloud computing, big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) not only accelerates your digital transformation. The increasing size and complexity of the IT infrastructure must be secured and new necessary requirements must be established in processes and methods through Cyber Security Management (CSMS) and Software Update Management (SUMS) .
Agile Excellence

Shorter product life cycles, faster innovation and rapid changes in customer segments require new agile methods for project planning and management. Digital transformation and agile transformation go hand in hand and enable the further development of skills in the automotive company. UNITY assesses your agile maturity level and guides your organization to a successful transformation.

Project Stories from the Automotive Industry

战略实施、流程管理、领导力调整 (仅提供英文版本)

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- Industries
- Automotive
Romay (Qingdao)

Management Workshops: Strategy, Organization, Team, Process

Initial Situation and Project Targets

In 2012 Romay Qingdao decided to separate the medicalbusiness from the Chinese JV company which was founded in 2004. In 2013 the biggest challenge to Romay Qingdao was to ramp up an independent production without its former JV partner, to install a production shop floor management and to ramp up new product production lines. In 2014 the top management focused on forming the local management team in becoming more independent in managing the operations and being more consistently in implementing the improvement measures. The goals of the project were to align the management team about strategies, to improve business processes and to define functioning KPI’s.

Tasks of UNITY

UNITY designed and conducted 6 individual workshops with the Romay Qingdao team and the Romay headquarter managers and experts. UNITY provided an international comprehensive project team with multiple experts from different areas – Enterprise Management, Lean Production and Process Management. Main tasks were:

Initiation of a team building process
Familiarization of managers to the Romay value system and alignment of group/company strategies with individual targets of local management team members
Initiation of a cooperative and effective leadership culture
Identification of improvement potentials
Introduction of necessary management tools

Benefits for Romay

Through this project the Romay Qingdao local team learned what team work means using brainstorming and exercises. This way they learned to simplify their everyday-work, to communicate smoothly and to share information more transparent. In cooperation with senior managers and experts from the Switzerland headquarter the local team was aligned with the "Value, Mission, Vision, Strategy" of the Romay group. Following these principals planning and activities were adjusted. Then a series of 3 workshops regarding "Process Management" were introduced to the team using the UNITY specific tool "OMEGA". These workshops trained the staff on how to analyze, control and improve potential during the process. The workshop "Management Tools" enhanced the local team’s behavior towards and their understanding of the Lean philosophy and principles using on-site observation and a JIT game.

“UNITY brought several new ideas and methodologies supporting Romay Qingdao’s local team to implement Romay group’s values, mission, vision and strategy; to strengthen the teamwork, to increase efficiency and effectivity during the daily work, to break the obstacle in the interface between departments; to learn about the specific ‘OMEGA’ tool to analyze the process, not only in production but also in the whole Romay Qingdao business process. Finally we set up individual KPI’s for each department. Doing this we installed a very well basis for future Continuous Improvement Process (CIP).”

Dr. Zhao Huanlu

General Manager

Romay (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.