Getting better software into manufactured products
The Mckinsey Quarterly -- Purchasing, 3/29/2006 2:00:00 AM
The embedded software that runs products as diverse as mobile phones and automobiles is accounting for more and more product value.
But this software isn't always up to the job, as the many software-related recalls of automobiles suggest.
In the auto industry, the development of embedded software suffers because automakers and their suppliers have a legacy of hardware development; the way forward calls for methods and systems tailored to software.
Similar problems beset other industries, so by sharing best practices, developers of embedded systems can make a step change in producing better software.
This article includes the following exhibits:
Exhibit 1: Computers in automobiles generate revenues but are also a source of defects.
Exhibit 2: Mature platforms are more productive.
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