We’re excited to announce that Perficient has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide IT and Engineering Services for Software-Defined Vehicles 2025 Vendor Assessment. We believe this recognition reflects our deep commitment to helping automotive OEMs and mobility innovators navigate the complex shift toward software-defined vehicles (SDVs) with confidence, agility, and innovation. […]
Posts Tagged ‘automotive’
Automotive News Reports the Roadmap to Software-Defined Vehicles is Still Fuzzy
On the hundredth anniversary of its circulation, Automotive News launched a series on the technological innovations driving the shift to “software-defined vehicles” (SDVs). The articles explore the fragmented U.S. roadmap to software integration, intensifying global competition, OEM progress to date, and the uncertainties shaping automakers’ strategies. This coverage signals an evolution. As automakers race to […]
Highlights from the 2025 Formula SAE and Formula Student Season
This year marked an exciting milestone in Perficient’s long-standing commitment to automotive innovation as we celebrated the third year of our Electrifying the Future of Automotive program. Since our launch in 2022, we’ve grown from a few partnerships to proudly sponsoring 12 Formula SAE and Formula Student teams that span the U.S. and, for the […]
Perficient Recognized by Leading Analyst Firm for Automotive and Mobility Expertise
We’re proud to share that Perficient has been recognized by a leading global technology research and advisory firm for our deep expertise and impactful work in the automotive and mobility industry. This recognition underscores our commitment to helping automotive companies accelerate innovation, embrace digital transformation, and lead in a rapidly evolving market. As the automotive […]
Energy Organizations Seek Cross-Industry Solutions to Stay Competitive
Broad changes are underway in energy and utilities organizations, many influenced by trends from other sectors. These shifts are pushing companies in utilities and oil and gas to rethink their approaches, creating new cross-industry dependencies and consumer interactions. Working to Accommodate Changing Consumer Behaviors Energy companies are responding to evolving consumer behavior. In utilities, […]
Accelerating Data Activation with Salesforce Data Cloud for Automotive and Manufacturing Companies
Salesforce is making significant strides in the data space, which is excellent news for the manufacturing and automotive industries. Jim Hertzfeld, VP of strategy at Perficient, recently visited the Salesforce tower to discuss this with Megan Glasow, managing director of Perficient’s global Salesforce practice. We’ve previously shared how connected vehicles and the influx of data […]
Giving the Power of Speech Real Horsepower with Voice-to-Everything Capabilities
With the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics now behind us, I pause for a moment to reflect on a time when the last summer games were held in Europe. The year was 2012, and the Olympics had just wrapped up in London, the queen had celebrated 60 years upon the throne, and in true royal fashion, […]
The Risk and Reward of Connected Cars
Connected vehicles are no longer the future. They have become the present. This year, our team is conducting connected products research in which we are collecting insights from consumers, commercial end users, and manufacturers. The reason? Almost every manufacturer is working on providing connected products and solutions for both their consumers and their businesses operations. […]
Jump On the Automotive Commerce Bandwagon with Order Management
When I started looking for my next car, the questions did not stop at whether to buy an internal combustion engine (ICE), an electric vehicle (EV), or a hybrid. I wanted to be a well-informed buyer before I made my final decision. I wanted to not only know all the information needed to make the […]
The Demand For A New Era of Automotive Loyalty
There is an untapped potential for automotive loyalty programs, and we are living in an era where customer loyalty is more fleeting than ever. Until now, the relationship between OEMs and customers has been largely transactional. A customer buys a car, and the interaction ends there until the next purchase cycle—typically five to ten years […]
Knowledge Transfer in High Gear: A Project By Perficient, STEM Students, and Tec Racing
Six months ago, the Perficient team in Mexico contacted Tec Racing, the Formula SAE team at Monterrey Tec, to discuss a potential partnership as part of Perficient’s Electrifying the Future of Automotive Program. While the team was excited to partner, they were in the middle of a generational change. Their leaders were heading through their […]
Revving Up Loyalty at the Marconi Automotive Museum
The Marconi Automotive Museum in Southern California was the perfect backdrop for our roundtable event, during which we discussed the evolution of brand loyalty with leaders from several of the world’s most influential automobile manufacturers. This is an important topic for the automotive and mobility industry, one that is front and center as emerging technology […]