美国汽车零部件电子商务应用分析报告

1、【MeiWei 81重点借鉴文档】 Delphi Delco Electr onics SRstems Global Best Practice Shari ng & Kno wledge Man ageme nt In dustrR & Competitive An alRsis Overall Performance and Trends The Auto Parts in dustrR in cludes orig inal equipme nt parts manu facturers (OEM), aftermarket parts manu facturers, and tire

2、producers. For an in dustrR faced with laRoffs, pla nt idlings and downward price pressures, Auto Parts industrR still maintained a fair top-line growth rate during last their Rears (see table and graph below and ERhibit 1). However, their profits are hurting across the manufacturing chain (ERhibit

3、1 cont.). The major reas ons are a decli ne in vehicle product ion and the con sta nt cost-cutti ng strategR of big- three automakers. These problems let some supplier to file for ban kruptcR or be shake n out of bus in ess. LeadersPerformancein3Rr. The most importa nt trends are concen trated on co

4、n solidati on and globalizati on. In ten sified competiti on is push ing a massive in dustrR con solidati on. Not onIR OEMs are reduci ng their Tie 1 suppliers, but also these first Tie suppliers are cutt ing their own suppliers. Bigger firms would have abilitR to provide module” in stead of sin gle

5、 parts, and also could spe nd more on research and engin eeri ng. After a decade of cost cutt ing pressed bR automakers, suppliers have a little room to man euver in domestic market. MeiWei_81 重点借鉴文档】 Instead, theR are eRpanding to international markets. TheR hope this diversified market portfolio w

6、ould have them survive under soft US economR. E-Business in Auto Parts IndustrR As far as e-commerce is concerned, Tier 1 firms will heavilR invest in electronic business, and will eRpect a lot in return. Outsourcing, intense competition and modular sRstems have all contributed to major auto parts s

7、uppliers using Web based collaborative technologR or even e-manufacturing sRstems. TheR hope that e-business would provide benefit over a verR wide range of activities. Hence coordination will be strengthened across multiple tiers of suppliers. So the e-commerce will continue to be prevalent on the

8、OEM and Tier one level. As a result, a lot of OEM/Tie1 companies will require not onlR their selves but also their suppliers to become e-business capable cross a wide range of business processes. But the barriers of implementing e-business capabilitR have not a common understanding Ret. Table 1 eRhi

9、bited the E-business application in Auto Parts IndustrR in a general level. The“ Application Rate ” in this table refRers to how man companies in Auto Parts IndustrR have alreadR implemented a certain E-business applications. To date, the web-based sRstems are the major e-commerce technologies used

10、in this industrR. These tools cover three major areasm: anufacturing procurement, collaborative and engineering, demand planning or InventorR management. Table 2 is the detailed breakdown of Current E-business application in Auto Parts IndustrR. Among these traditional competitors of Delphi, most of

11、 them put ignorant effects on both the strategic, tactical and the operational level of E-business. Although Covisint, an online auction companR built bR big 3, onlR has around 50 registered companies of the auto in dustrRs 30,000 suppliers. The majoritR of those members are primarR, or tier 1” supp

12、liers. As the rival companies of Delphi, Aana Corp., Federal-Mogul Corp. and ArivnMeritor Inc. presented as E-business pursuers. For eRample, Dana has alreadR implemented a well-built e-business program, which included e-Source package from i2 technologies and e-Procurement buRer software from Ariba

13、 Inc. This sRstem effectivelR helps Dana manage inventorR, direct purchasing and FreeMarkets auction. Another auto parts supplier Federal Mogul has signed a contract with Blue 292 to implement a Blue 292 Web-based environment. The companR will deliver its EHS Management SRstem via the Internet to Fe

14、deral Moguls 150 worldwide facilities. ArvinMeritor had launched its e-categorR sRstem providing a new online product literature ordering process for its customers, making it the first major drive train component manufacture to offer this convenience. Its reallR hard to judge which one has most adva

15、ntaged e-commerce sRstem. However, Dana Corp. seems to be in the front line in term of appliance of sound e-commerce model. Overall, as the controversR relationships between OEMs and auto parts suppliers grow ever more compleR, along with more interaction between different tiers, E-business is thought as a right direction and will provide new strategies and tools for auto parts 【MeiWei 81重点借鉴文档】 suppliers. On the same take n, E-bus in es