Manufacturing Strategies & Operational Excellence
OEMs are investing more “upstream” to improve product creation and "downstream" to better serve their customers and raise profitability. These trends will intensify the already strong pressure to maximize manufacturing efficiency and operational performance. In the future, OEMs will consistently align products and resources with their brand positioning. They are designing vehicles so they can be assembled more efficiently while improving quality. The proliferation of brands and niche vehicles requires that OEMs become more flexible so they can produce multiple models in one standardized process.
Suppliers also will see drastic changes in their value creation structures. They will need to improve operational efficiency to achieve additional cost reductions which are necessary to remain competitive. These trends make it critically important that they develop a sophisticated, long-term manufacturing strategy.
Oliver Wyman helps OEMs and suppliers to address these challenges by offering a broad range of services in the area of lean manufacturing and operational excellence. This expertise was strengthened by the acquisition of Harbour Consulting, a leading consulting firm dedicated to productivity improvement in the automotive industry. In addition, Oliver Wyman provides manufacturing due diligence assessments for private equity investors, hedge funds and manufacturers considering acquisitions.
Additional information on the Harbour acquisition and Oliver Wyman‘s manufacturing services >
