Automotive OEMs are being advised to take a systems-level look at their supply chains and take immediate action to minimise the risk of over-reliance, as the global semiconductor shortage continues to cripple global production schedules.

Interiors play an important role in vehicle purchasing behaviour and creating the perfect user experience is central to the effectiveness of this interior appeal. Peter Warwick, Application Manager, and Jeffrey McClintock, Automotive Business Director, from the Displays and IME team at ESI Automotive, discuss the latest trends in interiors and what this means for OEMs and Tier 1s going forward.

Specialist in virtual prototyping software and services, ESI Group, has released SimulationX 4.0, the new version of its software platform for dynamic system simulation. SimulationX has proven itself for many years in industrial companies and research institutions for technical concept studies, optimisation tasks and virtual system tests. 

ESI Group announced today the recent implementation of a Simulation-Based Design environment in Samsung Electronics Corporation’s (SEC) Visual Display division. The unified Simulation-Based Design environment relies on VisualDSS, ESI’s end-to-end Decision Support System enabling companies to build and manage simulation models for multi-domain usage, to manage simulation content and data, and to automate project workflow.