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发布于 2017 十月 27

AAM 的 Phil Guys 以主题演讲嘉宾身份在 ATC 上分享见解并向未来工程师发起挑战

American Axle & Manufacturing 首席技术官 Phil Guys 认为，精彩的时代即将到来，因为工程师们将针对日新月异的快节奏汽车市场不断创新、创造、测试和构建最新技术。Guys 是最近在底特律市中心举行的 2017 年 Altair 美洲东部技术大会 (Americas Altair Technology Conference East) 的主题演讲嘉宾。

ATC 展示了 Altair 在仿真技术方面的最新创新以及领先公司的演讲，这些公司正探索如何通过包括增材制造、大数据和物联网在内的当前颠覆性趋势，不断推动仿真技术发展。

Guys 在题为“在变幻莫测的世界中赢得竞争 (Competing to Win in an Unpredictable World)”的演讲中探讨了世界风云的瞬息万变、汽车行业的不断发展以及 AAM 等公司的应对之策。 

Guys 表示：“我们的下一个重点是有效地将我们的整个运营数字化。”“许多人将其称为‘工业 4.0’，这个概念是提高运营效率和加快上市速度的关键推动力。”

仿真是 AAM 迈向工业 4.0 的一个重要元素。公司已经建立了一个平台，将所有程序数据都整合到一个通用系统中，从而使 AAM 工程师可以共享和构建“一个通用的真实数据来源”。

Guys 表示：“我们以前在开始开发分析工具时，通常的运行时间是几天，而通常的闭环开发周期是几周。”“借助广泛的软件和流程开发，如今我们可以运行多个仿真、评估温度、运行速度和方向，并在不到一周的时间内生成高度可信的完整设计。”

随着 AAM 和汽车行业继续向数字化迈进，并且参与其中的主要颠覆者越来越多，Guys 向观众发起挑战，要求他们成为这个精彩时代的重要一员。

Guys 表示：“创新步伐正在加快，人与人之间的信息流动更加自由、快速，各种新的开发工具可供我们使用，功能更强大的计算机能够比以往更快、更准确地生成反馈，并且成本也比以往更低。正是你们这些工程师，能够利用这些令人难以置信的资本，把它们转化为对我们其他人来说极好的创新和价值创造。”

 

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