About Novotis
Extensive automotive experience.
Background
Novotis is a one man company founded in 2004 by Mats Ramnefors.
Mats background is in automotive engineering with 18 years in Volvo Cars and Volvo Information Technology. Mats has worked in various positions dealing with requirements management, software development, testing and simulation. Mats was also process owner for the verification process at Volvo Cars with responsibility for the process, tools and advanced engineering.
After leaving Volvo, Mats worked as VP of R&D in Volcano Communication Technologies with responsibility for a portfolio of embedded software and hardware projects.
In 2004 Mats started working as a consultant, initially focusing on SPICE assessments and project reviews. Today most of the work is in helping companies develop lean and effective processes meeting the requirements of demanding automotive customers.
Approach
A typical assignment starts with a 2 – 3 day gap analysis trying to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the company. Normally this leads to 50 – 100 possible improvements which have to be prioritized.
A limited number of improvements are addressed in one step and several such iterations are used to drive the improvement. This builds confidence in the organization and increase the chance of success.