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Automotive News Europe, July, 2005 by Lewin, Tony
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Byline: Tony Lewin
Carmakers may have become too reliant on modules, a senior Volkswagen executive warned.
Large assemblies such as front-end modules and cockpit modules are becoming too complex, too inflexible and too cumbersome, said Wolfgang Rohroff, in charge of sourcing for Volkswagen Slovakia.
Rohroff was speaking in a personal capacity on the sidelines of a supplier event here last month.
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Volkswagen has been a leader in the use of modules, or large subassemblies, which are completed off-site by suppliers and installed in a single operation on the production line. ...
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