Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes showcased solutions for the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry and demonstrated how auto manufacturers could address the business challenges of the transportation and mobility industry. The company is helping brands and manufacturers of passenger cars, light trucks and vans in India to adapt to the new regulations and help introduce new technologies in the market. The company promoted the ‘3DExperience Lab’, a testimony of the power of collective intelligence, open innovation, and digital cloud platforms that is claimed to enable breakthrough innovations for the greater good in line with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. The 3D Experience is a key program of the company where with a single easy interface, it is claimed to power the auto industry solutions and experiences based on 3D design, analysis, simulation, and intelligence software in a collaborative and interactive environment. The company is looking extensively to support these goals through early-stage startup projects and communities. In the automotive sector, the company looks for the development of nextgeneration vehicles requiring advanced creative design, shared intelligence and a broad systems engineering approach coupled with multi-domain collaboration. Dassault Systemes’ ‘Connected Value Network’ project targets Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in western and northern India. The ‘Connected Factory’ project aims at reaching out to large enterprises and their SME clusters in the western and southern India. At ACMA, Arun Rao, Senior Director, Dassault Systèmes India spoke about the Connected Value Network at length where he urged auto components manufacturers and OEMs to work together under the value network. The objective is that one member relies on other members to foster growth and increase value in an economic system.
Q. What is the significance of this connectivity summit ?
A. Today with so many jargons that are coined, it is imperative that the Indian market, perhaps is a little confused, gets the clarity it seeks. The ACMA Tech Summit is a platform where this can be demonstrated with information sharing.
Q. What is the significance of the ‘Connected Network’?
A. The industry is going through a tough time. A lot of emphasis is being given to connectivity and collaboration in order to foster innovation. This is the reason why connected value network is very important in terms of enabling all the different stakeholders to collaborate collectively and bring out the next generation of products.
Q. How is Dassault Systèmes India contributing to this?
A. We’ve been in India for nearly two decades. We have a software development centre in Pune with 2000-3000 employees. The centre is used to develop not only software solutions but also to deploy some of the solutions here. The ‘3D experience’ platform is a business platform that fosters innovation and helps in bringing together the product to life in a sustainable manner. Our company has been very aggressive with plans for the next three years. The market will be more exciting in the next thirty years. We believe in our strength in order to harmonise the development and product life cycle.
Q. Do you think the automobile industry is ready for these solutions?
A. There are ups and downs. This is a good opportunity to use this time to plan how to build and leverage technology. One must be ready for the next wave or business cycle. We believe activities like electrification and autonomous vehicles have gathered pace from a development perspective.
Q. How do you plan to sensitise OEMs?
A. India is not lagging behind. The next-generation products are being churned out by start-ups from the incubation hub. Most startups coming up could belong to the automotive industry. Be it the battery, or autonomous vehicles. We believe startups will play a significant role in bringing next-generation innovation.