1Joint architecture development programs

Opportunity and Constraints analysis

Joint architecture development programs

Nevio DI GIUSTO

Vice President – Product Development

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Platform development at Fiat on stand-alone projects

Platform development challenges

Benefits from a modular approach

Joint platform development programs

Barriers to overcome

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PLATFORM DEFINITION AT FIAT

FUNCTIONAL AREAS

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PLATFORM B

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MARKET OFFER

MAINTENANCE

A COMPREHENSIVE VISION OF THE WHOLE PROCESS

The platform ensures a comprehensive vision of the whole process, participating in Supply Planning and then being responsible for “Impostazione”, Development and Maintenance of the product family

MARKET OFFER -

“IMPOSTAZIONE” / DEVELOPMENTMARKET OFFER -PLANNING

PRODUCTS

SERVICES

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PLATFORM - PROCESS MAP

= Process integration

PLATFORM

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MANUFACTURING

“INNOVAZIONE”

COMPONENTS

DEVELOPMENT

“IMPOSTAZIONE” /

PLATFORM

PRODUCT AND PROCESS development

(Industrializzazione)

MARKET OFFER

PLAN

(Strategic)

SUPPORT

PROCESSES

PRODUCT

MAINTENANCE

LOGISTICS AND COMMERC.MARKET OFFER

PLAN

(Operational)

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Platform development at Fiat on stand-alone projects

Platform development challenges

Benefits from a modular approach

Joint platform development programs

Barriers to overcome

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Comprehensive approaches to platform development process may

become “monolithic” and, if this occurs, they present many drawbacks

Since platform development scope should span over 2 vehicle

lifecycles, an enhanced flexibility and modularity is helpful in

optimizing investment

reducing costs and engineering expenses

The need for flexibility is further enhanced with regard to joint

architecture development programs, in which the partners wish to

differentiate on subsystems that affect customers’ perception of the

vehicle

PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

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Two ways of addressing modularity needs

Disentanglement of some portions of the process

P.S.C. (Component Development Platform)

“Impostazione” Process

Definition of a perimeter of systems/subsystems

that can be harmonized

that have enough flexibility to last for 2 lifecycles or - at least – capable to

be easily adapted to future requirements

PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

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“Innovazione”“Innovazione” “Impostazione”“Impostazione” DevelopmentDevelopment MaintenanceMaintenance

Generation and Alternative Evaluation Process was anticipated to

“Impostazione” phase

PLATFORM PROCESSES

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30%

100%

Core entries Derivatives

Brand (out of scope)

OTHER COMMON COMPONENTS

First cycle

Second cycle

Vehicle valuewithout

powertrain

ARCHITECTURE

35%

35%

JOINT PERIMETER DEFINITION

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JOINT PERIMETER DEFINITION

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Platform development at Fiat on stand-alone projects

Platform development challenges Benefits from a modular approach

Joint platform development programs Barriers to overcome

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PRELIMINARE

Process

Corporate Culture

Language

BARRIERS TO OVERCOME IN JOINT PROGRAMS

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PROCESS

VEHICLE LINE EXECUTIVE

GM EUROPE

In some cases, vehicle development process re-design - that was underway in

Fiat before the start of joint projects - helped the convergence on process

For instance the role of Platform director in Fiat was already aligned with the

GME one

Nevertheless, process and standards alignment is still one of the main

barriers that Fiat-GM joint development programs are currently facing

Role Relationship with Functional Areas Core Team Process Integration

“PLATFORM DIRECTOR”

FIAT AUTO

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PROCESS

Workgroup 2Program Organization Charts & Roles and Responsibilities

Workgroup 2Program Organization Charts & Roles and Responsibilities

Workgroup 3Key Business Processes and Information Systems

Workgroup 3Key Business Processes and Information Systems

Workgroup 1Architecture Development Process & Timing

Workgroup 1Architecture Development Process & Timing

Workgroups for Blue Book activities

Workgroups for Blue Book activities

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CORPORATE CULTURE, LANGUAGE, ISP

Team building events, conducted with the support

of Parent Co. HR departments, are helpful tools to

share project members’ experiences

For Fiat-GM joint programs language represented a

big issue;

Expatriates satisfaction