Research & Development

We help your company to develop viable R&D strategies which specifically link innovation with your business goals. By means of effective technology management and well-founded product roadmapping, we help you to identify market trends at an early stage and strategically set development priorities. Your business case is key at every stage of the life cycle. By using modularized product architectures and standardization, we reduce complexity in development and create scalability across product lines.

For research and development to be efficient, transparency and management are required. We implement concepts for functional R&D controlling, project and budget management as well as product costing. Our performance management approach also provides decision-relevant indicators to enable you to deploy development investments in a specific way and maximize economic value added.

We ensure decision-making structures are comprehensive. Agile principles and model-based system development in the product creation process promote interdisciplinary cooperation, right up until end-of-life. The result is an R&D organization which enables you to respond flexibly to dynamic requirements while simultaneously ensuring uniqueness – even across country and language boundaries.

A high-performance IT landscape is the backbone of modern R&D. We select PDM/PLM systems to facilitate seamless data flow and efficient collaboration. Structuring of parts lists and configuration of variants ensure consistent product data management. Data transparency also means you can better manage the entire product lifecycle.

Whether in data-driven decision-making or automation of development tasks, we support you with the targeted integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into R&D processes. AI can make it possible for you to produce prototypes more quickly, carry out simulations more effectively, and reduce development risks. To achieve this we combine a functional perspective with the necessary prerequisites for AI-capable technical products in product development.

Sustainability is also a strategic performance factor. We help you integrate circularity principles into your R&D strategies and product development processes. We of course consider the entire product lifecycle here – from material-efficient design through recyclable or reusable product architectures to returning to material loops. This empowers you to offer resource-friendly products.