A multidisciplinary model-based test and integration infrastructure

Current market trends like shorter time to market, faster return on investment, flexible product families, first time right etc., will put strong requirements on the development process of manufacturing companies. Add to this the large groups of experts from multiple disciplines, which have to work closely together, all focussing on the same moving target, and you can grasp the challenges manufacturers of complex machines face. In the past the solution to this problem was just to add more people to the project, but this is not an option anymore. In this article we will present another approach, a multi-disciplinary modelbased test and integration infrastructure that supports the development process in these changing markets.