In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was…
The impact of digitization on the automotive industry is usually discussed in a consumer-related context. But the next digital revolution is not about the consumer, it’s about productivity. “There are annual savings of $16-32 bn…
China’s recent surge in electric vehicle sales astounded the global automotive industry until investigators discovered that the explosive growth may have been attributable to fake customers. Michael J. Dunne, CEO of Dunne Automotive Ltd., explains…
In the most recent data, manufacturers contributed $2.17 trillion to the U.S. economy. This figure has risen since the second quarter of 2009, when manufacturers contributed $1.70 trillion. Over that same time frame, value-added output…
In 2015, 82% of respondents consider themselves as competitive, but only 46% of respondents expect their competitiveness to improve in 2016. We are proud to present you the fourth edition of our survey on French…
Several recent reports have noted the difference between Brazil and Mexico in the automotive manufacturing sector. A recent editorial from IHS SupplierBusiness gave a good snapshot of the dichotomy between these two countries and its…
While Japanese Lean Translated Well, Top-Down, Low Cost Labor Mindset of Chinese Firms does Not, Well-Known Writer Says It’s still relatively small in absolute terms, but the level of investment by Chinese companies in new…