Enterprise SaaS Platform for Standardized Digital Product Development and Cost Optimization in Automotive Industry

The client faces complex organizational structures with multiple autonomous departments producing standalone digital solutions, resulting in redundant development efforts and difficulty reusing functionality. Their manual processes for generating vehicle benchmarking reports are time-consuming, inconsistent, and hinder operational efficiency. The lack of a unified SaaS platform prevents scalable product development, increases costs, and impairs timely delivery of key solutions.

A large automotive technology enterprise with multiple departments developing internal and customer-facing solutions, seeking to streamline and standardize digital product development across its organization.

• Validate the feasibility and ROI of a SaaS platform for digital product development within the automotive sector.
• Develop a detailed product architecture, including functional requirements and technical specifications, to support scalable and reusable digital solutions.
• Create a prototype of the SaaS platform demonstrating core functionalities and integration capabilities.
• Enable cost reduction by facilitating solution reuse, automating manual processes, and decreasing development man-hours by an estimated 1.5 times.
• Automate the generation of vehicle benchmarking reports, reducing manual processing time from two weeks to near real-time updates.
• Allow clients (OEMs) to customize and manage subscriptions, including benchmark selection, messaging options, and user access controls.
• Support multi-departmental application reuse, reducing redundant development efforts and fostering collaboration.

• Provisioning of a cloud-hosted SaaS environment supporting microservice architecture.
• Development of UX/UI prototypes for core SaaS functionalities and customer applications.
• Implementation of a solution that automates vehicle benchmarking report preparation and publication.
• Subscription management module enabling clients to configure benchmark options and payment plans.
• Application reusability framework allowing multiple departments to leverage common functionalities and components.
• Technical architecture plan specifying cloud infrastructure, data storage, and security layers.

• Existing vehicle benchmark databases
• Customer subscription and payment systems
• Internal legacy systems for report data sourcing
• Authentication and access control systems

• Scalability to support multiple departments and increasing user load
• Performance to enable near real-time report generation and updates
• Security compliance for data privacy and access control
• High availability with minimal downtime
• Maintainability and ease of updates in a multi-tenant environment

The project aims to reduce manual processing time for vehicle benchmarking reports by up to 50%, equating to significant time savings and operational efficiencies. It also targets increasing solution reuse across departments, thereby lowering development costs and enhancing agility. The platform is expected to support scalable growth with minimized risk, enabling the organization to make evidence-based investments and improve overall digital product management in the automotive sector.