Engineering Digital Transformation: Modernizing ALM for a Global Automotive Leader
25% Productivity Increase
100% Compliance Achieve
Client Profile
Our client is an advanced R&D hub for electronics and mechatronics. They are a key
global automotive component manufacturer with over six decades of industry
presence. The company drives innovation for a diverse portfolio, serving leading OEMs
and Tier-I suppliers. With facilities in Pune and Bangalore, it focuses on developing
cutting-edge automotive electronics and system solutions, emphasizing quality,
compliance, and rapid innovation
Business Challenges:
Client faced significant hurdles in its engineering lifecycle management,
hindering efficiency and innovation
Fragmented Tools & Data Silos:
Requirements, design, testing, and changes were managed in isolated
tools and spreadsheets, causing version mismatches and duplication
Limited Traceability:
Inability to maintain consistent links between stakeholder
requirements, design, tests, and defects created compliance risks (e.g.,
for functional safety standards)
Manual Reporting:
Generating audit and customer reports was time-consuming and
error prone
Inefficient Change Management:
Lack of a unified process to evaluate change impact led to
delays and frequent rework
Inconsistent Processes:
Absence of standardized workflows across teams led to
inefficiencies in reviews, testing, and release management
Collaboration Barriers:
Distributed teams lacked a central platform for real-time
collaboration, causing misalignment
Our Solution
MicroGenesis implemented a comprehensive IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
(ELM) platform, tailored to client’s processes to enable seamless collaboration and
end-to-end traceability
Strategic Implementation:
Duration: Phased rollout followed by a Managed Services model.
Approach: Hybrid Agile/Scrum methodology.
Key Technical Components
Single Source of Truth: Centralized platform for requirements (DOORS
Next), testing (ETM), work management (EWM), and reporting (JRS).
End-to-End Traceability: Achieved 100% bidirectional linkage from stakeholder
requirements through design, test cases, and defects.
Process Standardization: Custom Agile templates for Epics, Stories,
Tasks, and Milestones.
Change Impact Analysis: Integrated workflows to assess and track changes,
reducing assessment time from days to hours.
Compliance Automation: Automated baseline and report generation via
ELO-Publishing for instant audit readiness
Integration Ecosystem
Core Platform: Jazz Platform (JTS, WebSphere Liberty, Db2).
Systems Design: Integrated with IBM Rhapsody for model-based
systems engineering.
Infrastructure: Secured on-premises deployment within client’s network.
Adoption Enablement
- Hands-on training for users
and administrators. - Custom user guides and best practice
documents for long-term self-sufficienc
Quantified Outcomes:
The IBM ELM implementation delivered significant efficiency gains and strategic advantages:
Metrics
Before
After
After
Data Accuracy
Scattered documents across siloed tools
Unified repository with access controls
50% improvement in trust
Requirement Traceability
Manual Excel-based mapping; no live links
End-to-End Traceability
80% less time on trace reviews
Project Setup
Inconsistent formats per team/project
Reusable templates
90% faster program launches
Change Impact Analysis
Manual impact assessment across artifacts
Real-time “suspect propagation” alerts
75% faster analysis
Compliance Audit Preparation
Manual evidence compilation
Auto-generated audit trails
70% effort reduction
Cross-Team Collaboration
Delayed feedback, version conflicts
Centralized platform with live notifications
60% faster decision-making
Reporting
Error-prone Excel reports
Real-time dashboards & automated metrics
65% effort in status tracking
Strategic Outcomes:
Achieved full regulatory traceability for global homologation
Established a scalable ALM foundation for various vehicle programs with seamless Windchill PLM alignment
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