From prototype to production at high speeds

In industry, productivity is increasing while product lifecycles are becoming shorter and shorter. Whereas car manufacturers brought new models to market every five to seven years in the past, in the future 30 months are expected to be enough time from planning to serial production.

Due to this extremely shortened time-to-market, ramp-up management will be accorded a special role. Companies will be able to create competitive advantages with a seamless and accelerated start-up phase. This phase encompasses the coordination of all start-up activities from creation of the first prototypes to the planned production output, i.e. series production. At the end of the ramp-up all production processes must run optimally and all components for series production launch must be available on schedule.

Decreased start-up costs, increased quality

In view of the high degree of market pressure, companies can only completely utilize their competitive advantage through product innovations when they bring these innovations to market faster than the competition. In addition, they are increasingly building new production facilities abroad in today's globalized market. To do this they must reduce start-up costs to a minimum and ensure at least constant quality of their products. Against this backdrop, companies need tools and methods that support the requirements of fast, efficient and accurate ramp-up management.

Find out more about the methods and tools of ramp-up management in the new T-Systems whitepaper. The PDF document is only available for download in English.