Westernacher

Automotive

Overcapacities of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), new competitors in emerging markets, shorter product life cycles, regulatory compliance, increasing pressure on profit margins and increasingly demanding customers are the main challenges that the automotive sector faces nowadays.

At Westernacher, we are very aware that the automotive industry is a challenging, complex and high-risk sector, involving huge capital and calculated risk-taking. Strategic focus must be placed on the understanding of cost structure and market demand, continual product innovation and revitalizing decreasing profit margins.

This focus translates into strategic priorities for managing revenue, cost, and value chain participation; managing complexity surrounding product innovations; and exploring profitable opportunities provided by product financing and downstream activities (spare parts, service and accessories).

Westernacher helps companies in the automotive industry to:

• Implement new product and market strategy through change management, strategy communication and decision support systems.
• Gain valuable insight into product profitability in an industry that demands world class performance and compliance with voluntary approvals, international standards and legislative requirements.
• Develop and implement the right decision support systems for effective product life cycle management and portfolio management.
• Continuously improve the entire supply chain including highly complex processes for after sales parts and services.
• Effectively manage all documents, workflows and projects throughout the R&D organization.
• Develop world-class production and materials management systems and ensure optimization and certification.
• Optimize intra-logistics by integrating automated, RF-supported and manual procedures using one of our SAP-based warehouse solutions.