Table of Contents

and Overview.- and Overview.- Industry Dynamics.- The Evolution of Competition in the Automotive Industry.- Build-to-Order: Impacts, Trends and Open Issues.- Current Issues at OEMs and Suppliers.- Outsourcing: Management and Practice Within the Automotive Industry.- Modularity.- An Overview of Modular Car Architecture: the OEMS Perspective on Why and How.- The Modular Body.- Modular Concepts and the Design of the ModCar Body Shell.- Complexity Cost Management.- Collaboration.- Key Principles of Flexible Production and Logistics Networks.- Collaborative Planning Processes.- Collaborative Execution Processes.- Functionalities of Supporting IT Systems: Current Situation, Future Requirements and Innovative Approaches.- Modelled Scenario Examples for Planning and Execution Processes.- Validation.- 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-Order Automotive Production.- Implementation.- Automotive e-hubs: Exploring Motivations and Barriers to Collaboration and Interaction.- Automotive Supplier Park Strategies Supporting Build-to-Order.- Managing the Transition to the “5-Day Car” in Europe.- The Road Ahead.- The Road to the 5-Day Car.

About the Author

Glenn Parry is a senior research fellow in the University of Bath's School of Management (UK), having joined the university after working for the UK Lean Aerospace Initiative, WMG and the University of Warwick (UK). He is participating in the EU Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies (ILIPT) project, which explores the feasibility of producing and delivering a bespoke car within only 5 days. His research interests include enterprise transformation and the move to service; application of lean and agile thinking, and development of practice, within automotive, aerospace and construction contexts; and enterprise resource planning systems. Andrew Graves is Professorial Fellow, Management of Technology, also at the University of Bath (UK). He has worked as development engineer and team manager in the world of Formula 1 and 2 racing, and from 1985 he was part of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex (UK). He is a member of several professional bodies, including the Aerospace, Innovation & Growth Team, DTI; the Automotive Innovation & Growth Team, DTI; and the SMMT Motorists Working Group.

Reviews

From the review: This book is interesting and well organised... [T]he editors have been able to well integrate the different contributions proposing a book which appears homogeneous... and well written. Production Planning & Control Vol. 20, No. 8 (December 2009) (Reviewer: Paulo Gaiardelli)