Project Overview
 Major organisations in the European automotive industry have seen
substantial benefit from the integration of modelling and
simulation into their design process. Today, there is a need for
more widespread adoption of engineering simulation throughout the
supply chain. At the same time, technology is being developed that
offers the potential to reach a new generation of advanced
applications.
A number of key issues are currently holding these developments
back, including:
A lack of sufficiently skilled personnel and inefficiencies in
their use.
Smaller organisations not being ready or able to deploy the
technology.
Limits to the confidence placed on the reliability of analytical
results.
Suppliers using different procedures when supplying to different
companies.
Researchers needing a coordinated industrial view on priorities for
the development of breakthrough technologies.
AUTOSIM has established an international team of leading
experts representing much of the European automotive industry. They
will develop a preliminary set of Best Practice Guidelines,
standard analytical procedures and research strategies. They will
then consult with the wider automotive industry to gain feedback on
the preliminary documents and establish credibility of the final
documents.
Final authoritative versions of these Best Practice Guidelines,
standard analytical procedures and research strategies will be
delivered and widely disseminated. Their adoption throughout the
industry will:
Increase the efficiency and improve the quality of simulation.
Increase the efficiency of the supply chain.
Enable simulation to be practiced more effectively by a broad range
of personnel.
Coordinate ongoing research by providing a focused set of
priorities.
Assist industry to plan its future implementation strategy for
simulation.
With these actions, AUTOSIM will contribute substantially to
advancing design techniques in the European automotive industry.
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