Publications
The Center for Automotive Research is involved in the research of significant issues that relate to the future direction of the global automotive industry. As a nonprofit research organization, and in cooperation with study funders, most CAR research is released publicly through this website.
Computer Assisted Collaboration in the Automotive Industry: What Are the Complex Problems and How Are Decisions Made?
Market forces are driving the automotive industry toward shorter design times, shorter order fulfillment cycles, and fewer labor hours in final assembly
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…
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….
E-readiness of the Automotive Supply Chain: Just How Wired is the Supplier Sector?
E-commerce plays a key role in the function of today’s automotive industry. In cooperation with supplysolution
