Suzuki plans to cut car development time in half by the end of the decade

Suzuki Motor Corporation plans to reduce the time it takes to build a new vehicle by half before the year 2030 by changing how its factory and engineering groups coordinate work. The car manufacturer also wants to boost its development efficiency by thirty percent and raise production efficiency by fifty percent. The development goals use fiscal year twenty as their starting point, while the production goal uses the Manesar factory in India as its main reference point. This announcement arrives while Maruti Suzuki tries to quicken a very large lineup of upcoming vehicles. Reports indicate the local arm aimed to bring its vehicle development cycle down from forty-eight months to thirty-six months. The company plans to launch nine new models across three years, which includes seven utility vehicles. These separate goals use different starting points for their timelines. Building these vehicles brings extra challenges because the company must offer many engine and fuel choices. New cars will need options for petrol, compressed natural gas, hybrid systems, flex-fuel, and electric power. Each choice adds more work for engineers, parts buyers, and suppliers before manufacturing can begin. To solve this, Suzuki will bring all these steps into the vehicle planning process much sooner. Teams handling design, quality, production, and parts buying will work at the same time using digital tools and shared parts. This approach helps find design issues early and stops delays caused by passing tasks back and forth. Suzuki builds core tech in Japan and shares it with Maruti Suzuki, which changes the vehicles for Indian buyers. The company aims to reach an annual output of four million vehicles in the country starting from fiscal year 2030.