Advanced Power Technology Survey
The Advanced Power Technology survey is based on the Delphi forecasting process and is highly dependent upon the quality of the small ‘expert’ panel.
A Report for the Advanced Power Technology Alliance
Estimating the New Automotive Value Chain
The automotive value chain is comprised of one of the largest sets of interconnected markets in the U.S. economy. We define the automotive value chain as the accumulated value produced by companies that sell components,
This study was prepared for Accenture.
Michigan Automotive Research and Development Directory
The first ever assembly of data on 135 Michigan companies involved in vehicle research, engineering and product development.
A report of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Automotive Partnership.
A Collaborative Model for the Tool and Die Industry
Many tool and die makers have gone bankrupt during the first years of the new millennia. This study was commissioned to better understand the underlying causes for the demise of these shops.
This report was sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Automotive Suppliers and the Revenue Acquisition Process: What’s Working, and What’s Not?
The Revenue Acquisition (RA) process is the core business process by which a company drives its product portfolio – and its top and bottom line. RA determines what new business a company acquires, what products it drops, how prices are set and what profit margins it hopes to realize.
Michigan: The High-Technology Automotive State
There is no fixed “official” definition for the concept of high tech. At different times various organizations and individuals have issued such labels as the “new category,” “information age,” “Internet economy,” “dot.com economy,” “web economy,” “silicon states,” or cyber-states,” and so on.
This report was prepared for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation
What Wall Street Wants…From the Auto Industry
The ownership shares of a majority of major automotive firms have been publicly traded for many years. As a result, the managers of public automotive firms are committed to the goal of maximizing shareholder value through growth in earnings and/or providing the highest possible rate of return on invested capital.
A study prepared by the Center for Automotive Research for Accenture.
The Canada-U.S. Border: An Automotive Study
For the Canadian and U.S. automotive industries, the internal crossing points of the Ambassador Bridge and the Windsor Tunnel (Detroit-Windsor); the Blue Water Bridge (Port Huron-Sarnia), and the Peace Bridge (Buffalo-Fort Erie) are the critical connecting points within the logistics chain that support new light duty vehicle shipments of pproximately US$4801 billion (the value of the products shipped from assembly plants) between the two countries. Automotive trade flowing between the two countries in 2000 was US$43.6 billion of vehicles and US$34.6 billion of automotive parts.