¹M. Tech Student, All Saints College of Technology, Bhopal India
²Senior Team Leader TATA Technologies Ltd., Pune, India

Corresponding Author Email: atifaziz82@gmail.com
 

(Mechanical/Automobile Engineering)

In ever increasing competition in the automotive sector, there is a growing need to reduce the vehicle development time and bring new vehicles to market much faster and first time right with the desired attributes in order to retain the competitive advantage. Powertrain systems engineering is an important area which affects many critical Vehicle attributes perceived by the customer. Most of these powertrain attributes often impose conflicting requirements on the Powertrain design parameters. These conflicts are most often realized at a very late stage of the vehicle development which results in rework and delays as currently there is no Process available to optimize the Powertrain attributes quite early in the program In this paper, few key Powertrain attributes are shortlisted to demonstrate the new approach for powertrain multi-attribute target development for vehicle integration. A design structure matrix (DSM) provides a simple, compact, and visual representation of a complex system that supports innovative solutions to decomposition and integration problems11. A Design Structure Matrix is created for the Powertrain attributes to demonstratevarious interactions among powertrain attributes and balance the Targets.

This Research paper aims to develop and demonstrate Powertrain attributes Design Structure Matrix as a new approach for powertrain multi-attribute target development and balancing for vehicle integration.