Abstract
To improve the possibilities for the electronic exchange of product information, European car makers are involved in the development of STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data). It is likely that STEP will be implemented within the automotive industry soon. TNO Product Centre and the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, jointly initiated a research project to find out if STEP is also applicable within the automotive supply chain. Data were gathered from automotive suppliers by the use of interviews and a questionnaire. The survey showed, that most of the problems with product data exchange between suppliers and customers relate to different organizational patterns for product development. Four types of suppliers are presented, each having specific requirements according to product development organization and product data exchange. STEP, which applies to the technical problems with product data exchange, can only be used effectively when the organizational problems with product development processes have been triggered.
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