Profile "AUTOMOTIVE"
NOTHING MAKES MANKIND AS “AUTONOMOBILE” AS THE CAR.
The only feature of the car not modified by the future is the four-wheel principle. In other respects the automotive industry is a sector with dramatically changing parameters and coordinates due to technical progress, globalisation, and always more demanding customer requirements:
• No comparable economic asset makes such laboured requirements on improved electronics, innovative materials, new drive technologies, and optimised production procedures.
• No comparable product in daily use is so directly influenced by raw material and energy costs, environmental requirements, and basic political conditions.
• No comparable mass commodity demands such a high level of variance management in the interest of individual customer requirements with regard to equipment and design.
• No comparable industrially produced object gives rise to so many emotions. Not only is the car a conspicuous status symbol; for many it is also the epitome of sensual technology.
The automotive industry is a bellwether sector of globalisation – in sourcing and production as well as in sales. It is a branch of economic activity with probably the highest level of international networking and structural mobility. While, on the one hand, worldwide cooperation is on the increase, on the other hand, competition between manufacturers, suppliers, and technical services is becoming more severe. The way to protect margins is through great product design which embraces novelty and quality. Innovation Management is just as important for vehicle manufacturers as Cost Management.
With sectoral, professional knowledge and extensive practical know-how, MANAGEMENT ENGINEERS has enjoyed being apart of the changing automotive industry for decades. We are convinced that the potential of this key industry has not been depleted for European market leaders; neither the potential for further development of their technical products, nor the potential to optimise all links in their value-adding chain.
We will help you to control the transition. And that will safeguard your head start.
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