The worldwide automotive sector is currently undergoing a radical transformation.
Springboards for growth are directly linked to developments in the emerging countries.
There is a stagnating or falling trend in the traditional markets, manufacturers are faced with new challenges to :

• deal with new user requirements in terms of price, energy consumption and equipment.
  
• deal with increasingly active competition from the emerging countries.
  
• develop products adapted to the new issues: energy issues, control of the environmental impact, acceptation by the different markets of the overall costs of owning a vehicle (purchase, use, upkeep, taxation).

There are more and more electronics in the automotive sector, especially in the following fields :
Safety : ABS, braking, lighting, airbags, night vision ...
Comfort/Driver assist systems : Air conditioning, power steering, geolocation...
Performance : , hybrid engine, geometry turbocharger, multiplexing ...

éolane is able to offer manufacturers the full spectrum in terms of design, industrialisation, and production for top-of-the-range, middle range and even low-cost products.

PROJECTS

• Project management (PPAP procedures, Risk management, Development plan, Reliability), from specifications to EOL (End-of-Life)
• One-Stop-Shop offer: a unique contact throughout the project (from design to production)

SPECIFICATIONS/DESIGN

• Complete products including electronics, mechanics and software.
• Mechanical expertise from project conception to CATIA, INVENTOR, PROENGINEER design
• Electronics design expertise PADS, CADENCE, MENTOR, ORCAD (PSPICE simulation)
• Embedded environment software design expertise (V-cycle - Executable UML, SART, StateMate - QA-C Code - TESSY testing - MaTeLo Validation- GNU compilers, GHS, CodeWarrior Compiler...)
• DTC (Design To Cost)
• Ecodesign RoHS, IMDS, DEEE, REACH, low consumption
• Functional and environmental qualification expertise (CE, FCC...)
• Validation plan (DVP, ...)
• Testing (Life test, VRT, ISO 7637 Pulse, ...)

INDUSTRIALISATION/PROTOTYPING

• NPI (New Product Introduction)
• Research into the best sources of supply
• Special IMP (Industrial project management) organisation
• Team dedicated to automotive products
• A project leader specialised in the automotive sector
• Manufacture of prototypes, initial samples, pilot production
• In-house development of manufacturing processes and test equipment
• Process expertise
• Capability, R&R
• Validation of manufacturing processes: PV
• Testing (Life test, VRT, Vibrations...)

MANUFACTURING/INTEGRATION

• Worldwide logistics (Suppliers, Customers)
• Configuration management
• High-rate SMD lines
• Chip On Board assembly lines
• Expertise and follow through of processes: SPC, MSP
• Use of 6-sigma, 8D statistics
• Dedicated organisation
• Functional and endurance testing
• Flow studies, lean manufacturing, continuous progress plan

TLS/AFTER-SALES SERVICE

• Analysis of obsolescence risk to ensure the life span of the product as well as the availability of products 10 years after vehicle production has been stopped
• Build up of stock of finished and semi-finished parts
• Obsolescence monitoring (PARTMINER, MARTEC experts)