Our AlphaFlow process automation platform + AlphaProject project management platform solved complex problem the firm is facing, immediately liberated its employees from redundant work.
SAIC Maxus
Industry background
Automotive component research and development requires huge amounts of investments, accounting for one-third of the total cost of products. Automotive and parts R&D needs to follow some standard product development processes, such as lean development processes, etc., which need to be decomposed and automatically sent according to process templates. At the same time, the project progress information needs real-time feedback, which provides convenience for real-time tracking and control of the project progress. The automation and process promotion of project work can greatly improve the efficiency of the R&D process.
Customer Information
SAIC Maxus Automobile Co., Ltd. (SAIC Maxus Automobile Co., Ltd.) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIC Motor Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of RMB 3.794 billion. The company's products include MPVs, SUVs, RVs, wide-body light buses, pickups and other passenger combinations of the "SAIC Maxus" brand, and various light and medium-sized trucks of the "SAIC Yuejin" brand. As an international brand under SAIC Group, SAIC Maxus has served many international conferences such as the Youth Olympic Games, APEC, and G20 with the quality of state guests. The overseas market covers 42 countries and regions around the world, and the sales volume in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand ranks first among Chinese car brands.
Project background
SAIC Maxus Auto R&D follows the CVDP standard development process, etc., and needs to automatically decompose and send multi-level tasks according to the R&D process template; At the same time, the project progress information needs real-time feedback, which is convenient for real-time tracking and control of the project progress. Therefore, the automation and process promotion of project work can greatly improve project efficiency and reduce project risks.
SAIC Maxus Product R&D Process Management has the following requirements for R&D process management and automation system:
1. The entire product R&D process is automatically decomposed step by step according to CVDP, forming task items, and automatically sending them to R&D engineers according to time nodes;
2. Realize the automatic flow and interconnection of complex business process work, avoid the disorderly nature of mail flow, standardize business processes, and ensure the effective tracking and traceability of the process;
3. Seamlessly and automaticly integrate with SAP, MES, PDM, BOM and other business systems;
4. Archive and reuse the business process template of R&D best practices to effectively improve the efficiency of new model R&D.
Project content
Econage provided SAIC MAXUS with an integrated solution of AlphaFlow process automation platform + AlphaProject project management platform (SAIC Maxus' internal project name is "Vehicle R&D Knowledge Ecological Project"), which automatically decomposes the project R&D process based on CVDP, and automates the workflow of project execution process, task deliverables and project control.
1. Workflow. Project deliverables are delivered online through workflows, enabling the submission and automated archiving of project deliverables by engineers.
2. Control the process. Through the plan approval process, plan change process, deliverable change process, etc., complete the automatic control of project progress, project deliverables and other dimensions.
3. Integration process. Through the AlphaBot process robot + iPaaS process integration platform, the automatic data interaction between the R&D process and the MES, PDM, and BOM systems is opened, avoiding repeated queries and data entry, which greatly prompts the efficiency of R&D engineers.
Application value
This collaboration, through the AlphaFow process management and automation platform:
1. Help SAIC Maxus realize the decomposition of complex R&D work, and realize the online control of model R&D work through the combination of business process management with project organization, milestone, deliverables and valve point management;
2. The original offline or email business process is switched online, the process flow is more convenient, efficient and automatic, and the process tracking and problem tracing have become simple.
3. It solves the problem of reusing the original best practices, so that the experience of predecessors is precipitated into assets in the form of business process templates, which is better for subsequent R&D engineers to provide reference and guidance.
4. It solves the information and process islands between R&D and other businesses, and greatly reduces the repetitive process work of engineers.
