Automotive
Global mergers and take-overs have reshaped the automobile industry in recent years, creating a highly concentrated market with a number of very large global players. This market concentrates on the US, Europe and Japan. As well as their core activities, designing and producing cars, many automobile companies now offer financial services like car leasing and rentals, loans and insurance.
Increasing competition has driven companies to differentiate themselves clearly from competitors. This can be done by developing new car designs and getting them on to the market as fast as possible. Cost control is crucial, and manufacturers have moved to flexible production systems by which a number of different car models can be manufactured on the same platform. This not only reduces costs, it increases manufacturing flexibility, allowing companies to respond more rapidly to market developments.
Enabling cost savings, creating flexible production platforms and helping to shape an agile and responsive organisation are core competences of Voorne Partners.
