Abstract
Every company has its very own enterprise architecture – even if its staff are not aware of this – and in times of technological change, it is particularly important to deal with this issue. The automotive industry has already entered such a phase. Even if most companies are now well aware of this: What can be done about it now? The significance that enterprise architecture has had until now in no way automatically secures companies a place in the mobility industry of the future, which is still in the process of formation. It is therefore high time for us to look at the architecture of our own companies in a critical light – because once we really see it right from its foundations, this is the best possible basis for adapting it to new challenges.
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“Google’s Next Phase in Driverless Cars: No Steering Wheel or Brake Pedals” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/technology/googles-next-phase-in-driverless-cars-no-brakes-or-steering-wheel.html. Accessed: 19 December 2014.
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Toyota Business Report 2013 – “What is essential to building the better cars of the future?” has an unchanged approach in terms of pursuing the systematically best way of manufacturing cars [11].
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We write AUTOmobile in order to emphasise ‘Auto’ – the German word for car.
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We write AutoMOBILE to emphasise the mobility of travelling from one place to another.
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The life cycle can also be defined in a more general way. This would begin with the extraction of the raw materials before the actual development and manufacture, and end with disposal after the sale and operation of the vehicle. Here, however, we will only concentrate on those sections of the vehicle life cycle which are part of the immediate core business of the automotive industry.
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Strictly speaking, a motor vehicle is a vehicle which is powered by a motor and is not track-guided.
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§9 section 2 of the German Motorised Vehicles Tax Act (KraftStG): http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/kraftstg/__9.html. Accessed: 19 December 2014.
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“Acriss – Industry standard vehicle matrix to define car models” http://www.acriss.org/car-codes.asp. Accessed: 19 December 2014.
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“50 models in category check” http://www.autobild.de/artikel/kfz-versicherung-typklassen-2015-1288049.html. Accessed: 19 December 2014.
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“Brand cannibalism in the automotive sector: Increasing number of models causes angst.” http://www.automobilwoche.de/article/20150224/AGENTURMELDUNGEN/302249990/1276/markenkannibalismus-in-der-autobranche-modelle-essen-seele-auf. Accessed: 24 February 2015.
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By the year 2020, for example, Mercedes-Benz is to bring 12 additional unprecedented models to market. http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mercedes-benz-confirms-12-all-new-models-2020. Accessed: 19 December 2014.
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According to a study [13] from the year 2002, an average of two thirds of the parts of each vehicle came from suppliers rather than OEMs. Ten years later, a further study [23] showed that the proportion of work completed by OEMs and suppliers had changed even more, with the value-added share of OEMs dropping to 29 %.
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“Google partners with auto suppliers on self-driving car” http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/us-autoshow-google-urmson-idUSKBN0KN29820150114. Accessed: 15 January 2015.
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In data analysis, the data is collected during different phases before being examined, evaluated and presented in such a way that it can be used for decision-making within the company.
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“Platform Industry 4.0” http://www.plattform-i40.de. Accessed: 19 December 2014.
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Depending on the type of vehicle manufacturer, IT staff make up around 1–2 % of the company staff.
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The actual use and benefit of frameworks in businesses is difficult to estimate, and can only be evaluated using surveys or frequencies of references in the literature [15].
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Wedeniwski, S. (2015). Introduction. In: The Mobility Revolution in the Automotive Industry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47788-5_1
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