IT consulting for the automotive industry

The change is being driven primarily by the new CO₂ Regulation at a political level, as well as by growing awareness for sustainable technologies among the population. The automakers’ and suppliers’ value chains will undergo significant change as a result. A flexible automotive supply chain that analyzes all the relevant KPIs, as well as reduced logistics costs, will play a key role here. valantic’s automotive IT consulting team, with its industry-specific know-how and decades of experience, would be happy to assist you.

Two examples: Daimler uses a product information system that allows digital monitoring and data analysis of over 22,000 powertrain production machines at all of its plants. At the VW Group, automotive production lines are often already fully networked and integrated into central control systems (see “Automobile Wertschöpfung 2030/2050” [Automobile Value Creation 2050]. Study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy).

Embedded into its strategic IT consulting for the automotive industry, valantic develops business analytics solutions for SAP and non-SAP systems that analyze structured, semi-structured and unstructured data and optimize processes along the entire value chain. Another option, robotic process automation (RPA), offers low-budget and low project-cost solutions for improving efficiency and throughput times in automotive industry processes.

The thousands of sensors that are fitted into the vehicles and evaluated by automotive AI provide valuable operational data on material utilization and wear. In a smart automotive AI factory, these data return to the manufacturer via a feedback loop, helping further improve vehicle design and production to optimally fulfill customers’ needs and preferences.

Two prerequisites must nevertheless be fulfilled for smart, autonomous AI-controlled automotive factories: (1) As they rely on accurate, real-time, process-wide connectivity and data collection, up-to-date data must be available for the production systems to be able to perform their function adequately; and (2) a transparent automotive supply chain and demand-driven sourcing of materials is vital for factories to create self-controlled material flows and fulfill orders efficiently. valantic’s strategic automotive IT consulting develops a long-term IT roadmap together with its clients.

The social trend toward shared mobility reflects this transformation. For automotive industry stakeholders, this does not mean that they must to abandon their existing business models, but that they will have to strategically diversify them if they are to reap maximum benefit from the new structural drivers and be able to tap into new market opportunities.

The shared economy flexibilizes automotive services, HR recruiting processes and the workforce. By temporarily leasing valantic’s automotive experts, you can benefit optimally from their know-how and industry expertise in developing shared business cases for the automotive sector.

At the same time, an optimized and consistent customer experience (CX) is becoming increasingly important for sales success. The magic here lies in the potential, since satisfied customers are willing to pay higher prices if they have a first-rate customer experience; at the same time, a great customer experiences also helps boost provider trust and loyalty.

It therefore pays to invest in tried-and-tested e-commerce solutions and an optimized digital customer experience in automotive retail. valantic has many years’ experience in designing and developing powerful e-commerce solutions based on Magento. Our veteran Customer Experience and IT Consulting teams would be happy to help you benefit optimally from digital sales channels with a perfect CX.

You’d like to be among the winners of these changes? To transform the current challenges into sustainable strengths for your company? To be able to plan reliably and produce smartly and efficiently, even in volatile markets? In that case, you should act now and, as a first step, talk to valantic’s automotive, supply chain, BI and AI experts. Our specialist teams combine many years’ automotive industry experience with a profound understanding of processes, new IT tools and technologies.