Oct 1, 2003
Managing the revenue and margin lifecycle is a critical strategic focus for automotive suppliers to move beyond cost cutting as the primary manner of improving financial performance. Based on a Tier 1 supplier executive panel at the 2003 Management Briefing Seminar, this report captures best practices for improving financials by better managing the revenue and margin lifecycle.
A study prepared for Salion.
Jul 1, 2003
This report will approach the future challenge in Michigan’s automotive labor market in two ways. First, in section II, a special forecast of job openings at the state’s largest vehicle producing firms (the Big Three) is presented.
Jul 1, 2003
The world auto industry has experienced many fundamental changes in its long history. The majority of these changes have involved important shifts in the market for motor vehicles or improvements in product or manufacturing technologies.
Jul 1, 2003
This report contains two sets of overall results. First, a human resources forecast is presented. Most of the results contained in this section either describe Michigan’s automotive labor economy or forecast expected changes in Michigan’s automotive labor market during 1998-1999.
Jan 1, 2003
The Digital Body Development System (DBDS) is a $10.6 million 4 year NIST ATP project to shorten the time to launch vehicles by improving the launch problem solving process.
Jan 1, 2003
This paper introduces three auto body build concepts: net build (NB), functional build (FB) and integrated build (IB). Most manufacturers design and validate their vehicle launches using the NB concept.
Report published in the International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Volume 3, No. 3/4, 2003.
Nov 1, 2002
Market forces are driving the automotive industry toward shorter design times, shorter order fulfillment cycles, and fewer labor hours in final assembly
