ALTEN China has developed a strong partnership with a global leader in the lighting industry, supporting the client through a wide range of engineering services, including R&D, project management, hardware design, embedded software development, and supply chain functions. ALTEN China’s efforts help accelerate the client’s innovation strategy, ensuring high-quality products and solutions that meet the evolving demands of the lighting industry.

Challenges

The lighting industry faces several challenges in product development and supply chain management:

• Complex Product Design and Integration: Developing innovative lighting solutions requires seamless integration between hardware, embedded software, and project management to meet performance and cost targets.
• Quality Control and Risk Management: Ensuring product quality while minimizing defects and customer complaints requires meticulous planning and execution across all phases of development.
• Supply Chain and Component Selection: Identifying the most suitable LEDs and components for specific applications, while managing supplier roadmaps and ensuring supply chain efficiency.
• Embedded Software Testing and Integration: Developing, testing, and integrating embedded software solutions for lighting systems that work seamlessly with hardware components.

The client needed a reliable and experienced partner capable of managing the entire product development lifecycle, from project initiation to quality assurance and supply chain coordination, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products.

Solutions

ALTEN China provided comprehensive support across multiple engineering domains, addressing the client’s challenges with a range of integrated solutions:

Project Management

• Project Planning & Execution: Managed the entire project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, risk management, quality control, and project close-out.
• Risk & Quality Control: Ensured that risks were identified and mitigated, while quality control processes were maintained throughout the project to guarantee that the final product met the highest standards.
• Knowledge Sharing: Facilitated knowledge sharing and continuous improvement to ensure that best practices were applied across the team.

Electrical Engineering & Hardware Design

• Circuit Quality Assurance: Ensured the quality of circuits was maintained throughout the design and production process, focusing on minimizing manufacturing defects and customer complaints.
• LED Selection & Strategy: Analyzed product requirements and selected the most suitable LEDs for each application, contributing to the LED engine strategy and evaluating LED supplier roadmaps.
• Electronic Ballast Design & Verification: Designed, integrated, and verified the electronic ballast, ensuring alignment with project timelines, specifications, and cost requirements.

Embedded Software Development

• System Test Design & Implementation: Led the design and implementation of system tests for embedded software products, ensuring that software solutions worked seamlessly with hardware.
• Software Testing & Integration: Managed the testing, verification, and partial integration of embedded software, ensuring the successful release of integrated products and systems.

Supply Chain & Vendor Management

• Supplier Coordination: Coordinated with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of critical components and aligned with supply chain requirements to minimize delays.
• Component Selection & Evaluation: Assisted in selecting the optimal LEDs for specific applications, contributing to supplier roadmaps and ensuring the best component choices for the product.

Outcomes

Through ongoing collaboration, ALTEN China delivered significant value to the client:

• Enhanced Product Quality: Emphasis on quality control and circuit testing helped reduce defects and customer complaints, resulting in higher product reliability.
• Accelerated Product Development: Project management expertise allowed for efficient project execution, reducing time-to-market and accelerating the development of new lighting solutions.
• Optimized Supply Chain Efficiency: Support in LED selection and supplier coordination ensured that the right components were sourced on time, leading to smoother production processes.
• Seamless Embedded Software Integration: Embedded software testing and integration services ensured that lighting systems functioned seamlessly, providing customers with high-quality, reliable products.