Advancing Engineering with AI through the Next Generation of Strategic Projec...
Build a car with Graphs, Fabien Batejat, Volvo Cars
1. Build a Car with Graphs
G R A P H D A T A M A N A G E M E N T
A P P L I E D T O P R O D U C T D E V E L O P M E N T
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The challenges of complex product development
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Complex Product?
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10.000
30.000
1.000.000
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Product evolution
after original sale
... Unknowns
Multiple brands
multiple segments
System of systems Crowd sourced data Machine learning
Personalization
Third party access
Autonomy
AutonomyElectrification
Electrification
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sharing
Sharing
Decreasing time to market
On the horizon
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Highly integrated
Complex
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How will graphs help?
11. Volvo Cars Graph Intelligence Platform
Knowledge Graph
Graph Connector
Application Connector
User Management
Data Visualization
Data Manipulation
DataAnalysis&AI
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UNIFY
UNIFY
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System Engineering
@ Volvo Cars with Graphs
13. Functional Disposition
”Every system component is
connected to the customer
needs instead of mere
engineering performance
cursors”
Connecting Systems Engineering and Human Factors through MBSE
Nilsson, Robert - Volvo Cars Corporation
Bligård, Lars-Ola - Chalmers University of Technology
On-board Off-board
Temperature
Management
Air flow
Management
Climate
Comfort
Context
Customer
Function
Product
Function
NEEDS
to affect air flow
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15. •Function Owners
The work sociogram
•System Design Analysts
DSM analytics
•Project Leaders
Support to project planning
The Demo – Use-Cases
16. DSM = adjacency matrix in graph theory
System design analysis & project planning
Analytics:
• Feedbacks
• Clusters
• Sequencing
DSM (Design Structure Matrix) Analytics
Original relation matrix Triangular – Feedbacks
Sequence
2 relations involved in loops
Block-diagonal - Clusters
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3 decoupled subsystems
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