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What We Do

Oliver Wyman supports leading auto manufacturers and suppliers worldwide as they develop and operationalize profitable business strategies and master today’s pressing digital challenges.

We help auto companies generate more value for their customers, increase their potential with new business models, innovate and optimize products and operations, and develop their brands.

We support suppliers with strategic problem-solving and innovation, development, and cost-cutting programs. Our broad experience allows us to also support wholesalers, car importers, and service providers, as well as private equity companies and investment banks in the auto industry.

Original Equipment Manufacturer Expertise

Product Development

Auto manufacturers can differentiate themselves through new technology, but research and development is expensive.

Procurement

Today, parts, modules, and systems from suppliers are responsible for about 60 percent of the typical added value of a car.

Manufacturing And Assembly

Efficiency and quality are the main goals of automotive manufacturers. Like revenue, the added value in production will increase in upcoming years.

Sales And Distribution

An average automotive customer will spend around EUR 300,000 on automotive mobility during his lifetime.

Mobility Services

The automotive industry is shifting from being product-centric and asset driven, becoming a more service-oriented industry.

Complexity Management

Caught between customer expectations and portfolio legacy, next-level complexity management has become a prerequisite for transformation of automotive companies.

Supplier Expertise

Procurement

Oliver Wyman has extensive expertise in reducing product costs across nearly all vehicle components.

Strategic Transformation, Growth, And Restructuring

Suppliers need to constantly re-think and transform their business design in order to stay competitive. Oliver Wyman is here to help.

Manufacturing Strategy

Excellence in manufacturing operations is a prerequisite for profitability in the automotive supplier segment.

Organizational Development

Suppliers need to adapt their organizational structure to their growing size and level of complexity as well as to evolving industry requirements.

Product Development

Oliver Wyman has a broad range of experience with research and development projects for automotive suppliers and engineering services providers.

What We Think

HOW SHARED MOBILITY IMPACTS THE GLOBAL URBAN LANDSCAPE

An economic, social and environmental analysis

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AT THE CROSSROADS

Automotive Manager 2020

LiDAR and radar battle for autonomous vehicle turf

Determining the future of autonomous driving systems

How Auto Suppliers Can Survive Electric Vehicle Transition

Automakers are transitioning to electric vehicles (EV). By 2030, the focus will be on EVs, causing significant disruption in the automotive supply chain.