The challenge of mass customisation, building cars to customer order, brings great value to both the customer and the automotive industry. Building cars tocustomer order eliminates the need for companies to hold billions of dollars worth of finished stock. Any company able to free this capital would improve their competitive position and be able to reinvest in future product development. The benefits to all are clear and the first to market an operational build-to-order system will generate a significant cost advantage that may be difficult to emulate. The question for many automotive executives is not when but howexactly will such a radically ‘different’ business model operate. Build To Order: The Road to the 5-day Car addresses the conceptual and practical aspects for achieving the automotive industry’s next goal: the rapid delivery to the customer of a bespoke vehicle only days after placing an order. Addresses the conceptual and practical aspects for achieving the rapid delivery to the customer of a bespoke vehicle only days after placing an order INDICE: From the contents The evolution of competition in the automotive industry.- BTO: impacts, trends and open issues.- Current issues at OEMs and suppliers.- Outsourcing; management and practice within the automotive industry.- An overview of modular car architecture: the OEMs perspective on how and why.- The modular body.- Modular concepts and the design of the ModCar bodyshell.- Complexity cost management.- Key principles for collaborative planning and execution.- Collaborative planning processes.- Collaborative execution processes.- Functionalities of supporting IT-systems.- Modelled scenario examples of planning and execution processes.- A BTO reference model for high level supply chain design.- Rapid supply chain design by integrating modelling methods.- Moving towards BTO – an engine case study.- How the electro-mechanical valve train accelerates logistics and reduces costs.- Network design for build-to-orderautomotive production.-
- ISBN: 978-1-84800-224-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 465
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés