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02/12/2020MAHLE and SAP: strong partners for digitalization
MAHLE and SAP: strong partners for digitalization
Stuttgart/Germany, February 12, 2020 – MAHLE and SAP have decided to cooperate closely on the implementation of the MAHLE Group’s digitalization strategy. The “Digital Backbone” will serve as a new, central digital platform for MAHLE, with the specific aim of standardizing data and processes.
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Press release [PDF; 18 KB] Strategic cooperation and co-innovation“Digital Backbone”: MAHLE plans to launch new digital platformThe SAP-based platform brings together a total of six strategic projects along the entire value chain of the group. For example, the complete product development process will be standardized across the globe, and modern purchasing solutions—both direct and indirect—will continue to be rolled out. “Digitalization is the key to securing MAHLE’s innovative edge in the global competitive field—in IT as well as in vehicle technology,” explains Dr. Jörg Stratmann, CEO and Chairman of the MAHLE Management Board.
The new platform will be continuously developed in accordance with the principle of co-innovation and optimized specifically for the automotive industry. The competences of the two groups will be combined in the most effective way, with both partners benefiting from the progress achieved. “The strategic partnership between MAHLE and SAP brings together two innovation drivers. Together, we’ll set new standards in terms of standardization as well as agility,” says Michael Frick, CFO and as a member of the MAHLE Management Board also responsible for IT Services.
“The automotive industry is showing impressive momentum in its digital transformation, and we as SAP can support our customers with our in-depth knowledge of the sector. The joint development of best practices and co-innovations also gives customers and partners in the industry valuable insight into how companies can make themselves future proof,” says Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Management Board of SAP SE responsible for the Board area SAP Product Engineering.
About MAHLEMAHLE is a leading international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry as well as a pioneer for the mobility of the future. The MAHLE Group is committed to making transportation more efficient, more environmentally friendly, and more comfortable by continuously optimizing the combustion engine, driving forward the use of alternative fuels, and laying the foundation for the worldwide introduction of e-mobility. The group’s product portfolio addresses all the crucial issues relating to the powertrain and air conditioning technology—both for drives with combustion engines and for e-mobility. MAHLE products are fitted in at least every second vehicle worldwide. Components and systems from MAHLE are also used off the road—in stationary applications, for mobile machinery, rail transport, as well as marine applications.
In 2018, the group generated sales of approximately EUR 12.6 billion with more than 79,000 employees and is represented in over 30 countries with 160 production locations. At 16 major research and development centers in Germany, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Spain, Slovenia, the USA, Brazil, Japan, China, and India, more than 6,100 development engineers and technicians are working on innovative solutions for the mobility of the future.
For further information, contact:MAHLE GmbH
Ruben Danisch
Corporate Communications/Public Relations
Pragstraße 26–46
70376 Stuttgart/Germany
Phone: +49 711 501-12199
ruben.danisch@mahle.com
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AEye Team Profile: Elaine Wu
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Q: In honor of Valentine’s Day, what do you love most about working on autonomous vehicles?One of the reasons why I like working on autonomous vehicles is because I am working with innovative technology. A lot of people may shrug off that sense of ambiguity – when you’re working with technology that has not yet been built or actually utilized out in the field. But I enjoy that sense of uncertainty. It means that everything can be further tuned and customized. I enjoy the process of going from proof-of-concept all the way to a completed product. To have the opportunity to have an idea and really push through to production is really exciting.
Q: As a Sensor Systems Engineer, what are you responsible for?I’m responsible for testing the architecture and contributing to the overarching development of the sensor system. I work across all the interdisciplinary engineering teams. I verify and test different concepts, as well as execute research and development that are implemented for each team, which is then iterated across all the sensor systems. I then ensure that everything is collaborative and that the system is still cohesive. I also test all the new features, validating that everything is working as designed and that it meets AEye’s and the automotive industry’s rigorous standards.
Q: You were an Experimental Researcher at the USC Biodynamics Research Lab. Can you tell us about the work you did there?One of my research projects was on bio-inspired navigation and localization. For this project, we were interested in identifying the path taken by underwater marine animals that do not have visual sight but are still able to navigate their environments intuitively. We were trying to identify how they navigate underwater during instances with “disturbances” and classify them. These “disturbances” are usually from an object nearby or from other moving collateral objects, and they usually create trails, which we call “eddies,” or underwater vortices. They are easily identifiable because when you have an object that goes through the water, it creates contrasting eddies – or vortices – and with the relative speed and dissipation, you can then identify the trajectory of its path.
For this project, we had an underwater tank with floating particles illuminated with a laser sheet along with a few miniature pressure sensors to simulate how these disturbances are classified underwater. After post processing with a high speed camera, we identified some key characteristics of these disturbances and then interpolated how these marine animals were able to navigate through them.
Q: You’re a San Francisco native! What do you love most about the Bay Area?I enjoy the diversity and all the different cultural aspects of the Bay Area. I think that people in the Bay Area are very colorful in the sense that not many are narrow minded and everyone’s very open to all beliefs, ethnic backgrounds, and gender orientation and identification across the spectrum. I like that people here generally don’t have prejudices against you and it’s nice to be accepted wherever you traverse in the city.
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