MBSE along the Value Chain – An Approach for the Compensation of additional Effort

Model Based System Engineering is an approach that is not limited to the development activities of one system creating enterprise. In fact, many OEMs nowadays demand the contribution of their suppliers towards the continuous modelling of complex systems. Potentials of applying MBSE might vary and are connected to the constraints and resources of the applying company. This leads to different motivations throughout the value chain for applying MBSE. Especially the resulting additional effort gives rise to the question of generated benefits and the ROI of MBSE. While complex system manufacturers are benefiting from the approach through its complexity-grasping basis, suppliers might not benefit from it at all in their own development activities. With this paper the distribution along the value chain is analyzed and it is investigated how to compensate additional effort caused by MBSE for suppliers and SME.