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.
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….
Applying Distributed Adaptive Optimization to Digital Car Body Development
Companies in today’s automotive industry are under immense competitive pressure to reduce the length of their product development cycle from initial concept to begin of high-volume manufacturing. From the publication: Engineering Self-Organizing Systems: Methodologies and Applications
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…
Creating Shareholder Value in the Supply Base, Gentex Corporation – Leveraging Intangible Assets Through Relationships – A Best Practices Case Study
In 1998, Andersen LLP undertook a three-year study of 10,000 firms to determine the underlying drivers of value creation. This study was prepared for Andersen LLP.
Positioning the State of Michigan as a Leading Candidate for Fuel Cell and Alternative Powertrain Manufacturing
The automotive industry enters the 21st century on the verge of a new powertrain paradigm. Recent technological developments suggest the internal combustion engine (ICE), which has been the driving force over the first 100 years, may have a major competitor within the coming decades. A report conducted for the Michigan…
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