From "Zero" to a New Electric Vehicles plant in China

• Overall solutions design, implementation and operation of all the technology necessary to run the most critical business processes.

• To implement all the business-critical systems.

• Define the overall IT digital strategy in one of the most digitalized countries in the world.

All these achievements were made on time or even (some of them) behind the committed schedules, always overcoming our business units' expectations.

With a high commitment, great service attitude and problem-solving approach but, overall, the service attitude demonstrated, the IT team now is positioned as one of the strongest teams

• CISCO

• DELL

• SAP

• IBM

• HUAWEI

• ALIBABA

• MICROSOFT

• ORACLE

• First Audi plant in China.

• Due the pandemic restrictions in China (2022 and 2023), the team needed to adapt and re-define the implementation project.

• The team had to adapt the processes, systems and efforts in order to fulfill many (unknown) local regulations in regards of Information Security, processes, manufacturing, EV's production and Car IT policies.

• Multicultural, multilingual, several time zones and a highly diverse background of the team (mainly from China, Germany, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, India and Hungary), made this project a very special one for all the members.

Audi FAW NEV Company Ltd. will be a state-of-the-art production facility for all-electric Audi models, which is based in Changchun. The plant will be built on an area of around 150 hectares and, as the latest production site, will set new standards in the areas of digitalization, efficiency and sustainability. A central IT system, into which the neighboring supplier park is also integrated, will ensure efficient control and monitoring of all production steps. Audi's cross-site environmental program "Mission:Zero" sets the guard rails for sustainable production, with the aim of producing vehicles that are CO2-neutral in balance sheet terms. With an annual capacity of more than 150,000 vehicles, the new site will make a key contribution to the further electrification of the Audi product portfolio in China.

• Design, implement and operate all the technology necessary to operate the plant.

• To implement all the business-critical systems.

• To attract, hire and train the best talents in China who will be responsible for the further operation (ca 100 team members)

• Define the overall IT digital strategy in one of the most digitalized countries in the world.

Many families came from different countries in the world, leaving behind their own families, friends and culture just to be able to participate and being part of this history.