May 16th, 2023
Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering center

Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering Centertransferred to a general incorporated association
Expanding the reach of Monozukuri and contributing to further development of Japan’s
automotive industry
With five Japanese automobile manufacturers and five parts manufacturers as executive
members, we announced today the Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering center(JAMBE), whose mission is to promote Model-Based Development (MBD)*1 across Japan’s
automotive industry, transferred to a general incorporated association from this April.

The center was founded to fulfill the purpose of creating the most-advanced development
community in the mobility sector, able to carry out optimal and high-grade Monozukuri
efficiently and without rework. It was launched in July 2021 as a private-sector consortium
succeeds an initiative led by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry called“Enrichment of Suriawase 2.0*2” — an industry-academia-government and strategic future
policy for MBD in the automobile industry — which had been compiled as a result ofdiscussions conducted by the Study Group for Ideal Approaches to Model Utilization in theAutomobile Industry*3.
The center ultimately aims to enable academia and businesses to share digital models*4
across the board, linking academic research with development of parts, systems andvehicles. Therefore, allowing both sides to coordinate and make adjustments (Suriawase inJapanese) digitally from the initial stages of development.
Since the establishment of the center, we have promoted a wide range of activities, such aspromotion of MBD dissemination through MBD human resource development, andpromotion of model distribution between companies by developing guidelines related tomodel creation. About a year and a half after its launch, the number ofcompanies/organizations has rapidly increased from 43 to 139 (as of April 2023). Therefore,
in order to strengthen the legal organizational foundation for further expansion of activities
in the future, we have decided to transfer to a general incorporated association.
JAMBE’s Guiding principle / Vision / Goal and Pros of participating members:<Guiding principle> Contribute to making Japan’s automotive industry more competitive internationally byspreading and deploying MBD technology and concretizing the Suriawase 2.0 concept’s
high-grade virtual model development technology.
<Vision> Utilize MBD to promote carbon neutrality and innovation of vehicle technology torespond to needs such as CASE, thereby contributing to SDGs.
 Encourage organizations of all sizes to use virtual models, thereby promoting highly
efficient research and development.
<Goal>
 Concretize Suriawase 2.0: MBR*5 (Academia) creates new models and MBD (Industry)enhances development efficiency by using the same models across parts and vehicle
manufacturers in the engineering chain for their Suriawase engineering style, creating
new value and achieving the most efficient development processes in the world, freefrom rework.
<Pros of participating members>
 Members can expect profit expansion and future growth through enhancement andstreamlining of their capabilities for research and development.
 Even comparatively small-sized company members can expect business expansion
through a reduction in spending using manufacturing CAE (computer-aidedengineering) or strengthened capabilities to make new business propositions.
Comment by Mitsuo Hitomi, chief director of JAMBE:“With five Japanese automobile manufacturers, five parts manufacturers, we haveestablished JAMBE and transferred to a general incorporated association to disseminate
model-based development across the automotive industry in Japan,” said Mitsuo Hitomi, tocommemorate the transfer of the center, “Through JAMBE’s initiatives, we will endeavor to
make Japan’s automobile industry more competitive globally, while also developing humanresources who will take on future digital manufacturing. I hope many concerned parties,including universities, research institutions, tool vendors and engineering service providers,will relate to and take part in JAMBE, so we can all contribute to the further development ofJapan’s manufacturing.”Illustration of cooperation across industry, academia and government

Overview of the general incorporated association, Japan Automotive Model-BasedEngineering center
Name:
Japan Automotive Model-Based Engineering center (JAMBE)
Business outline: In order to achieve the above-mentioned basic philosophy, vision, andaim, we will carry out the following projects.
(1) Business related to the formulation of guidelines for connection anddistribution between MBD simulation models(2) Business related to promotion of MBD dissemination and promotionof simulation model distribution(3) Business related to human resource development related to MBD(4) Projects related to collaboration with related organizations,companies and research institutes in Japan and overseas(5) Business incidental or related to the above business
Representative Director:
Mitsuo Hitomi (Senior Fellow Innovation, Mazda Motor Corporation)
Operation cost:
Approximately 100 million yen per year
Established:
March 8, 2023
Address: 〒101-0045 3-4 Kanda Kajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo oak Kanda Kajicho 7F
URL: https://www.jambe.jp/
Participating companies (as of April 1, 2023)
Executive members:
AISIN CORPORATION, JATCO Ltd, SUBARU CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION,TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Panasonic Automotive SystemsCo., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(10 members)

Lead members
AZAPA Co., Ltd., NTT DATA ENGINEERING SYSTEMS Corporation, AutoForm Japan K.K.,
Continental Automotive Corporation, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, DAIHATSU MOTORCO., LTD., TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, transcosmos inc., MicrosoftJapan Co., Ltd., NEXTY ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, PwC Consulting LLC, Hitachi
Astemo, Ltd., HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN K.K., MITSUBISHI MOTORSCORPORATION, YAZAKI Corporation(15 members)

Partner members
IDAJ Co., LTD., IPG Automotive K.K., AdvanceSoft Corporation, ARGO GRAPHICS Inc., ALPSALPINE CO., LTD., ANSYS Japan K.K., ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, Integration
Technology Co., Ltd., AVL JAPAN K.K., A&D Company, Limited, eXmotion Co., Ltd., SCSKCorporation, NSW Inc., FEV Japan Co., Ltd., MCOR Co.,Ltd., OTSL Inc., Ono Sokki Co., Ltd.,GAIO TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd., Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd., Siemens K.K., JSOL Corporation,ZUKEN Inc., ZUKEN Modelinx Inc., Secondmind K.K., Tata Elxsi Limited, CHUOZUKEN Co.,Ltd., TIC Co.,Ltd, dSPACE Japan K.K., TechnoStar Co., Ltd., Digital Arts Inc., Digital Solutions
Inc., DIGITAL PROCESS LTD, Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd., toshiba
information systems japan, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, TorayEngineering D Solutions Co.,Ltd., Toyota Technical Development Corporation, National
Instruments Japan Corporation, Cadence Design Systems, Japan, NewtonWorks Corporation,Neorium Technology Co., LTD., PERSOL EXCEL HR PARTNERS Co., Ltd., PERSOL CROSSTECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD., HAGIWARA ELECTORONICS CO., LTD., PTC Inc., Hitachi Industry& Control Solutions, Ltd., Fujitsu Limited, Progress Technologies, Inc., MAC SYSTEMSCORPORATION, Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., LTD., RYOMO SYSTEMS CO., LTD.,and 2 extra companies.
(53 members)

Regular members
AISAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Crystal CO.,LTD., KYB Corporation, SAGINOMIYASEISAKUSHO, INC., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,TOKAI RIKA Co.,Ltd., TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYODA GOSEI Co., Ltd.,
Partner Co.,Ltd., Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., Hino Motors, Ltd., HIROTEC Corporation, FUKOKUCO., LTD., MEIDEN(15 members)

Associate members
accenture, enable, iASYS Technology Solutions K.K., EThermo Co.,Ltd., ISUZU MOTORSLIMITED, EXEDY Corporation, HKS CO., LTD., NOK CORPORATION, NTN Corporation,Canon IT Solutions Inc., KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc., Satyam Venture Engineering
Services Private Limited, Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.K., Dassault Systèmes, K.K., DI
SQUARE Corp., T.RAD Co., Ltd, TOKYO R&D Co., Ltd., TOKYO ROKI CO.,LTD., Niterra Co.,
Ltd., NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Federal-Mogul Japan K.K., MIKUNI CORPORATION, YUTAKA
GIKEN CO.,LTD, UNIPRES CORPORATION, plus 10 extra companies.
(34 members)

Academia members
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, plus 5 extraorganizations.
(7 members)

Model Exchange Promotion Organization
Transmission Research Association for Mobility Innovation, the Research Associationof Automotive Internal Combustion Engines(2 members)

MBD Promotion Collaboration Organization
The Oita Prefecture Automobile Industry Association, Hamamatsu Agency for
Innovation, Next-generation vehicle Center Hamamatsu, Hiroshima Industrial
Promotion Organization.
(3 members)
Total 139 members

Overseas partner organizations
We are working with ProSTEPivip, a German international standardization preparation
promotion group (180 companies and organizations participate), and System-X, a Frenchnational initiative to promote digitalization (70 companies and organizations participate),
to develop common global rules for model distribution.

Contact details
JAMBE Secretariat : contact@jambe.or.jp*1 Model-Based Development (MBD):

A development style that uses virtual models on a computer, not using actual prototype parts
throughout design and development activities to realize efficient development activities by saving considerable time and effort thatwould usually be spent elaborating performance concepts, designing, making prototype parts, and testing.
* 2 Suriawase 2.0: A concept that uses MBD to heighten the degree of coordination of cross-disciplinary development (Suriawaseengineering style) between companies and between industry and academia throughout the engineering chain.
*3 Established in November 2015 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Please visit the website below for further details.
https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2018/0404_001.html*4 A “model” is a simulated object that is made to behave like a real object using computer simulation. Depending on the needs, models
of various scales are used, including models of individual parts (e.g., pistons of an engine), models of systems/units (e.g., an engine),and models of entire vehicles. Models can also refer to mathematical models of phenomena such as fuel combustion, hydraulic oil flow,etc.
*5 Model-Based Research (MBR): MBR means activities of basic research and numerous experiments of physical phenomena to createmodels with higher accuracy that are required for successful MBD.