Enabling new ways of working with A2MAC1 and Microsoft Fluid Framework

Automotive manufacturers and suppliers are in an unprecedented race towards greener, more affordable vehicles. In this environment, speed is the number one competitive advantage. 

With Microsoft Fluid Framework, A2MAC1 brings agile real-time collaboration and automation to its customers. This will accelerate the pace of innovation and enable better, more effective ways of working reducing engineering cycle time and connecting stakeholders at the intersection of competitive benchmarking, cost optimization, and sustainability.  

Rapid Collaborative Ideation

Planning the next vehicle requires input from different stakeholders across disciplines and departments. Today, however, ideas are often generated, evaluated, and implemented in silos, leading to friction and slow, intransparent, and sub-optimal decisions. Using Fluid Framework, we can build rapid collaborative ideation into the fabric of A2MAC1’s tools and platform and connect and accelerate traditionally fragmented workflows.

“We are excited to be an early adopter of Microsoft Fluid Framework 2 which is a key enabler for seamless, granular, data sharing at unprecedented speed and scale” says Arno Zinke, CPTO of A2MAC1.

Enhanced Efficiency Across Departments 

At the heart of A2MAC1 resides its unique database of 3000+ vehicles, covering a wide range of automotive components, systems, and technologies from around the world. This wealth of physical, cost, and CO2 data is the foundation for automation and insights , enabling automotive manufacturers and suppliers to optimize designs and identify and adopt industry trends faster.

Using Fluid Framework across the entire A2MAC1 Platform facilitates cross-functional ideation and more agile and iterative cost-value engineering workflows based on shared real-time data. From R&D and design to procurement and production, A2MAC1 enables transparency and access to benchmarking insights across critical automotive engineering workflows, accelerating decision-making to ultimately produce better, greener designs at lower cost.

Driving Future Success 

In today’s rapidly evolving automotive landscape, staying competitive means learning faster than others, automating workflows better than others, reducing the cost of innovation while accelerating time to market at the same time. During times of rapid change speed becomes safety. With A2MAC1, automotive OEMs and suppliers can not only keep pace but also lead the charge in innovation by focusing on differentiation and leveraging competitive insights across the product lifecycle, from earliest concepts to later stage design optimizations.  With its real-time collaboration capabilities enabled by Fluid Framework, enhanced efficiency, and data depth, A2MAC1 empowers OEMs and suppliers to unlock new possibilities and drive innovation like never before.