International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 175 - Number 20 |
Year of Publication: 2020 |
Authors: Tasneem Mirza, Archana Patankar |
10.5120/ijca2020920726 |
Tasneem Mirza, Archana Patankar . Similarities between Complexities in Automotive Manufacturing and Software Development. International Journal of Computer Applications. 175, 20 ( Sep 2020), 5-8. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920726
The Automotive industry is historically a very traditional industry that majorly focuses on mass production of vehicles and selling them. But from over a decade there are major advancements in this sector. Use of technologies like Big data and machine learning has resulted in rapid innovations in this sector. Hence the face of the global automotive manufacturing industry is growing, and with that growth comes the need for evolution and change. Software engineering was suggested in the 1960s to overcome the software crisis. Software crisis was related to the difficulties in developing large complex systems. Software engineering deals with the adoption of an engineering approach to the development of the software that reduces cost of software development leading to a more reliable software. Software engineering is comparatively a newer field as compared to automotive manufacturing. This paper highlights the similarities between the complexities of software development and automotive manufacturing and outlines what manufacturing can learn from software engineering.