Suppliers face extinction over lack of project skills
3 April 2012
Many first and second-tier automotive suppliers in Europe face bankruptcy unless they improve their project management skills, a senior director of Toyota Motor Manufacturing warned.
Car makers increasingly turn to their first-tier suppliers to develop standardised components for use in many vehicle ranges, Bryan Jackson told delegates to the Auto Conference Wales 2001 in Newport.
But he said European suppliers can have longer lead times than their Japanese counterparts, highlighting a relative weakness in project management.
“From...