The Automotive Transmission Development Process

Abstract

The purpose of this book is to present the development process for automotive transmissions in its totality. A product is only successful if people buy it! A healthy product range (Section 15.1) requires product planning oriented to strategic goals (Section 15.2). The product development process (Figure 15.1) starts with product planning, taking into account the main boundary conditions of the product environment. Next follows the conceptual design phase, which is based on formulating the requirements list (specification); in this phase, solution variants are proposed and evaluated and the most suitable solution selected. This solution concept is then realised by general and detailed form design of all partial solutions. The new product finally is released for series production when all the documentation has been completed and tests have been successfully concluded.