Eppendorf: Developing products faster

In order to serve different application areas in medical technology more efficiently, Eppendorf relies on a common product architecture across the different sizes and product lines of individual product groups. At our Industry Forum, Philipp Abel and Alexandra Brisch shared their experiences: “When setting up the modular structure, it was important to get the entire team on board and deliver tangible progress reports to management. An architecture can quickly become a complex ivory tower that neither the team nor the management understands. In our collaboration with Odego, we achieved a breakthrough using a bottom-up approach that enabled us to get everyone involved”, reports Philipp Abel. “Our Cquenz model is the current basis. To ensure that this is always accessible to everyone, we have set up an architecture overview via the Cquenz Excel interface”, adds Alexandra Brisch. And it works: the new way of working is now receiving a high level of recognition from management and by colleagues.