The Systems Engineering Best Practice Industry Group (SE-BPC) is made up of companies that want to make Systems Engineering visible and practically applicable within the company. Systems Engineering (SE) is an interdisciplinary approach to the development, realization and support of complex technical systems throughout their entire life cycle - from requirements elicitation to decommissioning. However, an inconsistent understanding of Systems Engineering (SE) and the complexity of model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) today (often) prevents a cross-industry breakthrough as a central management and development paradigm. The SE Best Practice Circle, an industry working group of the Gesellschaft für Systems Engineering e.V. (GfSE), aims to change this. The working group is coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Design Technology (IEM). The first companies to join the SE-BPC are AVL, Airbus Defense & Space, John Deere, Siemens, Daimler, Claas, BMW, Bernafon AG, VW and Audi.

The open exchange of experience is intended to ensure that the wide-ranging expertise from different industries flows into the further development of Systems Engineering and MBSE. In addition, the participants are multipliers for the topic in their own companies. The working group meets twice a year. In the first half of the year, the SE-BPC meets for 2-3 days at a host company. There is an interesting and interactive program with a factory tour, exciting workshops and plenty of social networking. In the second half of the year, the meeting traditionally takes place on the first day of the GfSE's “Systems Engineering Day” (TdSE). Interested companies are very welcome to send an initial non-binding inquiry by e-mail to Michael Hillebrand (see contact below).