OEMs are pushing more responsibility down to their supply base, and successful suppliers will be the ones who can integrate the automakers’ needs into value-added modules and systems, going beyond straight components. Additionally, OEMs will rely more than ever on their suppliers as sources of innovation. Those that generate new products and add a greater intrinsic value to the OEM’s assembly process and/or the end user’s preferences will have a significant competitive advantage.
This need for demonstrating higher added value also will require suppliers to become involved in product development earlier in the vehicle design cycle. Suppliers, as a result of greater collaboration, may well find themselves leading more design and engineering and driving more innovation.
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