Oct 1, 2005
Automotive suppliers find themselves facing a business environment that continues to grow more competitive. Rising materials prices coupled with demands for price cuts, as well as the growing cost of health care and increased competition have created a business environment in which suppliers struggle to succeed.
Prepared for gedas, USA, Inc.
Aug 1, 2005
This report will focus on how the industry is addressing warranty issues that appear to be systemic in nature, and would thus present significant potential cost exposure.
Prepared for the Program on Automotive Practices Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation.
Jun 1, 2005
This file contains an executive summary of the study. To obtain the complete study, please contact Brett Smith at (734) 929-0491.
Sponsored by the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory.
Jun 1, 2005
The motor vehicle industry is the largest manufacturing industry in the United States. No other single industry is linked so much to the U.S. manufacturing sector or directly generates so much retail business and employment. This study describes the economic contribution of an important company included in the U.S. motor vehicle industry: the U.S. operations of Toyota North America.
Prepared for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Mar 1, 2005
This Delphi report describes the North American auto industry’s perspective on the current and future state of various issues surrounding the product design process and its impact on product design success.
This study sponsored by Parametric Technologies Corporation
Mar 1, 2005
This study is an update of a previous report on the economic contribution of the international automotive industry completed in 1998 for the AIAM.
A study prepared for the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.
Jun 1, 2004
This report first reviews the general economic environment that led into the 2003 negotiations.
A Research Report for the Auto Industry of the Future Program. Sponsored by Ernst & Young Global Automotive Center
May 1, 2004
The motor vehicle industry continues to be one of the most important sectors of the U.S. economy. It is sufficiently prominent to influence the movements of Gross Domestic Product, and it employs hundreds of thousands of workers in well-paying jobs across the country.
Prepared by: Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan and the Economics and Business Group, Center for Automotive Research
Prepared for: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.
