PLM Investment Trends in the Western Europe Automotive Industry

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Manufacturing Insights Opinion
• In This Report
• Situation Overview
  • Business Challenges to Automotive Players
    • Structural Changes in the European Automotive Market
      • The OEM Perspective:
      • The Supplier Perspective
  • PLM and CAD Integration Investment in the Automotive Industry, Western Europe
  • Figure: Western Europe, Automotive Industry, Industry-Specific Investment Priorities (1 = Low Priority, 5 = High Priority)
  • Figure: Western Europe, Automotive Industry, Industry-Specific Solution Investments Intentions by Mid 2006
  • Figure: Western Europe, Automotive industry, Prioritization of Industry-Specific Solution Investments, by Company Size (Mean Rating)
  • Key Motivations for the Modernization of Engineering Applications and Product Life Cycle Management Tools
• Future Outlook
  • Short-Term Drivers for PLM Adoption in Western European Automotive Industry
    • 1. New Product Introduction and Innovation Creation for Idea Generation
      • Carraro
      • Alpine
      • Vredestein Banden
    • 2. Global Product Development and Project Management
      • 2A. Global Product Development
        • Nissan
        • Paulstra:
        • Plastic Omnium
      • 2B. New Program and Project Change Management
        • 3M Automotive
        • Freundenberg-NOK
    • 3. Linking Product Development, Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering for Concurrent Engineering
      • Albert Weber
      • Schaeffler Group
      • Toyota
      • Volvo Group
• Essential Guidance
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis