 The OptiAmyx Research Project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF, aims to develop an ideal process chain for additive manufacturing, AM, by analysing reference processes of five industrial companies, adapting conventional production norms and standards, and developing procedure models. The resulting AM product development process was applied and validated using an example component from the automotive industry. This article was authored by Johannes Rody, Ulrich Janky, Christian Lindemann, and others.