The lecture deals with the technical and organizational aspects of integrated development and production of sports cars on the example of Porsche AG. The lecture begins with an introduction and discussion of social trends. The deepening of standardized development processes in the automotive practice and current development strategies follow. The management of complex development projects is a first focus of the lecture. The complex interlinkage between development, production and purchasing are a second focus. Methods of analysis of technological core competencies complement the lecture. The course is strongly oriented towards the practice and is provided with many current examples.

The main topics are:

• Introduction to social trends towards high performance cars
• Automotive Production Processes
• Integrative R&D strategies and holistic capacity management
• Management of complex projects
• Interlinkage between R&D, production and purchasing
• The modern role of manufacturing from a R&D perspective
• Global R&D and production
• Methods to identify core competencies

Learning Outcomes:

The students …

• are capable to specify the current technological and social challenges in automotive industry.
• are qualified to identify interlinkages between development processes and production systems.
• are able to explain challenges and solutions of global markets and global production of premium products.
• are able to explain modern methods to identify key competences of producing companies.

Workload:

regular attendance: 21 hours
self-study: 99 hours

Medien:
Skript zur Veranstaltung wird über (https://ilias.studium.kit.edu/) bereitgestellt.

Media:
Lecture notes will be provided in Ilias (https://ilias.studium.kit.edu/).