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Vector Consulting Services Newsletter January 2012

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Dear customer,

welcome in 2012 with our VCS News. The challenges for a globally competitive engineering will increase in the current fragile economic climate. Our EfficiencyDay 2012 will feature companies such as Bosch, EADS, Daimler, GE and Thales who will present their experiences how to boost engineering efficiency. Join us at this classic event at the begin of the new year. We look forward to exchanging ideas with you!

Dr. Christof Ebert & Dr. Dieter Lederer
Managing directors of Vector Consulting Services
Your Partner in Achieving Engineering Excellence

Highlight: EfficiencyDay 2012 on 14. February in Stuttgart   ↑

Many ambitious cost-reduction programs miss their targets or strangle entire product areas. How can you successfully increase efficiency and reduce costs? Join our esteemed event with Hanser on Feb. 14, 2012 in Stuttgart. We will show how to improve your engineering together with many hands-on experiences. A highly interesting program is waiting for you with contributions from Bosch, EADS, Daimler, GE, Thales and others. 
 
Proceed to the program of the EfficiencyDay 2012 and register directly...

Read our white papers with experiences in efficiency improvement, Lean and Agile...

Experiences: Model-Based Engineering    ↑

The Vector systems engineering environment PREEvision 5.0 is now available. To further increase engineering efficiency, the current Version 5.0 implements such aspects as requirements management, hazard and risk analysis (ISO 26262), AUTOSAR support, Simulink integration, life cycle management and file management. Benefit from our experiences in Vector Consulting Services in optimizing systems engineering, safety engineering and architecture modeling with PREEvision.

Proceed to the overview on PREEvision 5.0...

Read our free white papers with experiences on introducing systems engineering and model-based development...

Benchmarking: Globally Distributed Engineering   ↑

Engineering today is typically done by distributed teams. But how to make such teams successful? "Global Software and IT" is the new book of Vector with experiences and guidance for distributed software and IT projects. This insightful book delivers proven strategies and practices for software development and IT sourcing on a global scale. Most importantly, readers will learn how to engineer a first-rate product as efficiently as possible by fully leveraging global personnel and resources.

More details and reader feedback on our new book...

Read some chapters from our free download and receive a voucher for "Global Software and IT"...

Opinion: Trends 2012 – Innovation, Collaboration, Performance    ↑

Economic growth will continue across industries in 2012. Engineering efficiency and competitiveness will be further challenged in the current fragile economic climate, however. Vector Consulting Services has spoken with clients from various industries to identify where technical product development is heading and what themes are relevant for 2012 and beyond. We have outlined five major trends and supplemented with concrete recommendations.

Proceed directly to the trends and recommendations...

Humor: Testing Usability    ↑

Software has to perform even in critical situations. Take a minute and enjoy Dilbert's test method towards fool-proved software.

Watch the fun video...

Events:     ↑

Looking for trainings and workshops on engineering and management topics? Contact us for a tailored inhouse training at your place and with contents relevant for your business...

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