Table of Contents
Foreword
Introducing Benchmarking and Manufacturing
Introduction
Section 1:
- Explanation of each of the market drivers around which the study is based
- Formulae, definitions and explanations underpinning each of the core
competitiveness indicators that highlight comparative performance
- Overview of the importance of benchmarking
- Extensive profile of the aggregated database upon which the study is based.
Section 2:
Competitiveness data in an aggregated form: The Global Best Practices
Programme automotive component manufacturer dataset is presented in both table
and figure formats and is broken down according to percentiles, quartiles,
means (averages) and medians, thus permitting an identification of performance
spread across the set of firms
Averages for each of the disaggregated datasets in four principal categories:
- 1. Market focus of the benchmarked firms
- 2. Location economy (developed versus developing)
- 3. Component manufacturing sub-sector
- 4. Firm size
The section begins with a statistical summary and critical commentary of best
practice standards in the global automotive components industry, defined as
the performance level of the 90th percentile of firms in each data set
interrogated.
Section 3
Firm-level performance findings in terms of the firms' primary market focus
(Original Equipment Manufacturer [OEM], aftermarket, or 1st tier component
manufacturers)
Section 4
Sub-sector specific performance findings according to 12 automotive component
manufacturer categorisations:
- automotive trim
- harnesses
- electronics
- foundry/forge
- JIT assembly
- metal forming/pressing
- metal fabrication
- components
- glass
- heat transfer products
- precision machining
- other (primarily paint and rubber).
Section 5
Location economy (developed versus developing): ' Developed Economy' firms are
those based in Western Europe, North America or Australia, whilst ' Developing
Economy' firms are based in South Africa, India, Thailand, China, Malaysia or
Central Europe.
Section 6
Firm size (based on employment numbers of 1 to 150, 151 to 300, and then any
number larger than this).
Consistent with the first section of the yearbook, each of these four sections
begin with a statistical summary and critical commentary of best practice
standards according to the sub-sector, economy-type, market focus or size of
the firms.
In addition to the detailed firm-level competitiveness data presented in the
yearbook, financial data capturing sales and employment trajectories, as well
as profitability and capital expenditure is also presented in each of the
sections. Combined with the firm-level market driver findings, this should
give managers at automotive component manufacturers a comprehensive
perspective on their present financial and competitiveness performance in the
ever more demanding global automotive industry.
Self-assessment tool
An easy to implement questionnaire tool to guide managers through a systematic
interrogation of their own company' s performance relative to the yearbook' s
findings, revealing both the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the firm.
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