Testing Services for Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD)
The automotive industry is undergoing a significant transformation, with Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD) playing a pivotal role. These technologies offer the potential for enhanced safety, efficiency, and convenience.
Transportation services
The global logistics landscape is becoming increasingly complex, driven by factors such as globalization, technological advancements, and evolving consumer expectations. As companies expand their reach, the need for efficient, reliable, and cost-effective transportation solutions has become critical. Managing these complex supply chains requires navigating challenges like fluctuating demand, rising costs, and stringent regulatory requirements.
Packaging management
In the automotive space, quality and efficiency are predominantly discussed in connection with large tasks like assembly, procurement, system development or delivery. By contrast, sufficient attention is still not paid to the topic of packaging management. Significant effects can be achieved in this area with relatively simple tools: optimising the workflow, reducing costs and implementing sustainable, environmentally-friendly work methods.
High-voltage battery test
The rise of electric vehicles (EVs) has revolutionized the automotive industry, driving an increased focuson high-voltage battery testing. This field is experiencing rapid growth due to the need for safe, reliable,and efficient battery systems. Lithium-ion batteries, favored for their high energy density and cost-effectiveness, are at the core of this transformation. As the preferred choice for EV manufacturers,ensuring their safety and longevity through rigorous testing has become paramount.
Technical Representation C5 – A key service to assure supply chain quality
Formel D provides the tiered supply base with an agile and flexible service solution to meet their technical representation needs in their customer’s facilities. Representatives will: support product launches, have knowledge of customer products, are able to perform first analysis of complaint(s), share / escalate problems, provide timely reporting / details of any issues, perform various troubleshooting activities, repair and re-test defective parts as applicable, and monitor / manage containments to report the status of corrective actions.
QCC Support for Yamaha Motorcycle Production in Brazil
Formel D supports Yamaha on the client’s premises in Manaus in northern Brazil with approximately 40 employees in the quality and supplier management divisions since 2019.
Increase Efficiency in Vehicle Software Management with Full Scope HIL-Management
This white paper explains how to recognize problems in the product and relevant vehicle projects early on in a complex HIL landscape and how to introduce suitable preventive measures to resolve these issues in good time in a complex network of dependencies.
Comprehensive Expertise in physical and software Testing
Article in Top Company Guide 2020 | For manufacturers in the industry, there is a much larger demand for vehicle testing prior to moving into series production. Formel D Group supports its customers with numerous services in this area.
Commercial Vehicle Testing – Under Realistic Conditions
Article in Informel 1/2019 | Due to the rapid development of increasingly complex vehicles, manufacturers are counting on experienced partner support in the field of vehicle testing. Formel D is responsive to this environment and is continually expanding the scope of its services in this area.
Vehicle Testing 2.0
Long version of interview in OEM & Lieferant 2/2019 | Vehicle tests help ensure vehicle quality under a wide range of external conditions. Formel D supports its customers in preparing, organizing, and carrying out test runs on public streets as well as private tracks and test sites.
The right components at the right time
Article in Top Company Guide 2019 | In the summer of 2018, Formel D joined the “Retail Enabling Parts Management” (REPAM) project as a strategic partner, supporting dealers of a premium German manufacturer in optimizing their stock management processes.
Comprehensive Services for new Mobility
Article in Automobil Industrie | E-mobility, connected cars, shared mobility, autonomous driving or increasing digitalization: Based on the global trends in the automotive industry, the key to success and sustainability more than ever lies in the optimization of quality assurance processes.
Quality assurance for vehicles of all sizes
Article in OEM & Lieferant | The Formel D Group offers a comprehensive range of services along the entire automotive value chain for vehicle types of all sizes.
Electric Future – Supplier management in China
Article in customer magazine Informel | China is increasingly becoming a pioneer of electric mobility. In light of the booming market for electric vehicles, Formel D is active in the field of supplier development for various OEMs in the People’s Republic.
Professional Hotline Support
Article in customer magazine Informel | Since 2015, Formel D has been active in the fields of service management and technical support for a German premium manufacturer. The Group assists the automotive manufacturer with its comprehensive system knowledge and experience and helps to increase customer satisfaction.
Quality Confirmation Center (QCC)
Article in OEM & Lieferant | As digitalization increases, Formel D constantly improves its Quality Confirmation Centers (QCCs) to help manufacturers safeguard the supply of parts for assembly lines.
Full Trialing for vehicles of tomorrow
Article in OEM & Lieferant | New propulsion technologies, lightweight designs, optimized consumption demands, the sophisticated comfort requirements of final consumers and the introduction of extended assistance systems – these are just a few of the topics which are now affecting development processes.
Vehicle Repair Center (VRC)
Customer service now plays an increasingly important role in the holistic consideration of the vehicle lifecycle. Proactive quality- and solution-oriented handling in this field forges a sustainable positive relationship to the brand. Formel D is aware of the importance of customer loyalty, so it now offers a similarly wide range of services in the aftersales area as it does in development and production. Service, vehicle, dealer and warranty management form the basis of the service portfolio in this segment.
Interactive Workshop Media
The time management of visits to passenger car workshops makes a crucial contribution to customer satisfaction. Complex repairs in challenging installation geometries can be very time-consuming. The law prescribes comprehensive repair instructions for each vehicle derivate, but it does not specify all of the parameters. Formel D develops easy-to-understand workshop literature with multimedia approaches and an especially high information content with the aim of supporting a convenient and effective repair process.
Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI)
Formel D uses structured concepts for pre-delivery inspections to support manufacturers with their upstream fleet management. At specially equipped sites, the service provider processes vehicles for internal delivery. This ensures that they are in perfect technical and optical condition at all times while taking the manufacturer’s guidelines into account.
Holistic Assurance and Verification
Article in Automotive Testing Technology International | The automotive sector is characterized by progressively shorter development times and an increasing density of derivates. Also, the rising proportion of electronic components in vehicles leads to new and expanded demands for solutions in the field of vehicle, software and component tests. Formel D as an experienced partner of the automotive industry expertly maps these scopes of services in everyday virtual and real-life testing.
Quality Assurance using the E-Report
Article in OEM&Lieferant | Countless Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers are involved in the complex process of manufacturing a car. This means that quality assurance includes an increasing number of incoming goods checks which the processing manufacturers prefer to put in the experienced hands of the Formel D Group.
Quality Assurance using the E-Report
Article in OEM&Lieferant | Countless Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers are involved in the complex process of manufacturing a car. This means that quality assurance includes an increasing number of incoming goods checks which the processing manufacturers prefer to put in the experienced hands of the Formel D Group.
Vehicle Management Worldwide
From the East Coast to the West, Formel D gives expert support to a German premium manufacturer in its Performance Centers in the US using its globally standardized procedures and qualified professionals.
EDI – Electric Data Interchange
Article in OEM & Lieferant | The global economy is currently experiencing a period of increased and unprecedented activity in which the worldwide exchange of goods and services gives rise to supply relationships with far-reaching economic impacts. Worldwide communication between, and integration of, suppliers is required in order to meet all present-day requirements of a corporation acting globally.