SupplierBusiness : Supplying Volkswagen

Table of Contents

1. CORPORATE FACTS

• Overview
• History
• Ownership and the VW Law
• Porsche
• Operations
• Executive Team
• By Brand
• Recent Restructuring Efforts
• Recent Progress
• 2007 - A Year of Overall Success
• 2008 - A Year of Further Sales Growth
• Strategy 2018
• Financial Progress
• By Division
• Latest Results
• Near-Term Outlook
• Share Performance
• Long-Term Prospects
• Strengths and Weaknesses

2. SALES AND PRODUCTION

• Brand snapshot
• Volkswagen
• Audi
• Bentley
• Lamborghini
• SEAT
• Skoda
• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
• Volkswagen Financial Services AG

• Sales
• Sales by Brand
• Latest Sales Results - Full Year 2008
• Production
• By Brand
• Sales and production outlook

3. PRODUCT STRATEGY

• Current model overview
• Volkswagen
• Audi
• Bentley
• Bugatti
• Supplying VW
• Lamborghini
• SEAT
• Skoda Auto
• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

4. MANUFACTURING STRATEGY

• Vehicle Manufacturing Plants
• Engine and Component Manufacturing Plants
• Quality

5. PURCHASING

• Supply Chain Snapshot
• Group Purchasing Structure
• Group Purchasing Divisions
• Purchasing Organisation Structure
• General Purchasing Strategy
• Top 50 Group Purchasing Suppliers
• Top 50 General Purchasing Suppliers (Year 2008)
• Top 50 Production Material Suppliers (Year 2008)
• In-house Component Expertise
• In-House Hybrid Expertise
• Global Sourcing Policies
• Purchasing in the Americas
• New US Supplier Park and Component Factory
• Low Cost Sourcing Strategy
• RSOs
• Importers
• Procurement Volumes by Brand and Company
• Logistics
• Online Communication with Suppliers

• Sustainability
• Supplier Awards
• Risk Management
• Research and Development
• Current and Emerging Technologies

SUPPLIER RELATIONS

• Which carmakers are most attractive to work with?
• Return on Investment and Payment Terms
• How willing is the company to reward cost-saving ideas?
• Quality Demands

6. VW FORWARD MODEL PROGRAM

Table of Figures

• 1: VW Share performancce
• 2: Supplier Survey - Quality
• 3: Supplier Survey - Change in Quality from 2007
• 4: Sales and Purchasing Volumes
• 5: VW Purchasing Divisions
• 6: VW Purchasing Organisation Structure
• 7: Purchasing Process
• 8: VW Global Offices
• 9: Supplier Survey - Product Technology
• 10: Supplier Survey - VW' s long term prospects
• 11: Opportunities to make acceptable return on investments with VW
• 12: Supplier Survey - Willingness to reward cost saving ideas
• 13: Supplier Survey - Demands on Quality
• 14: Volkswagen 2006 - 2008 survey scores

Table of Tables

• 1: Volkswagen Volume and Fianancial Data
• 2: Key Figures by brand and business field
• 3: Volkswagen Sales Data 2003-2007
• 4:Volkswagen Financial Data
• 5: VW Financial Results (euro, bil.)
• 6: Key figures by market
• 7: Marketshares of new passenger car registrations by country (VW Group)
• 8: VW Passenger Car Data
• 9: Audi Sales Data
• 10: Bentley Sales data
• 11: SEAT sales data
• 12: Skoda sales data
• 13: Volkswagen Commercial Sales
• 14: Financial/Contract data
• 15: VW Production
• 16: Audi and Lamborghini Production
• 17: Bentley Production
• 18: SEAT Production
• 19: Skoda Production
• 20: VW Commercial Production
• 21: VW Top 50 General Purchasing Suppliers
• 22: VW Top 50 Production Material Suppliers 2008
• 23: Procurement Volumes by Brand and Company
• 24: Research and Devlopment costs in the Auto