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What to do in this age of uncertainty
What to do in this age of uncertainty. It is beginning to look a lot like 1982. Automotive production levels in North America in 2009 are likely...
Automotive Design & Production, 03/01/09 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
Implications of the economic melt down
By the time the ink is dry on this article, let alone by the time it is published, it is likely that there will be several more seismic shocks to...
Automotive Design & Production, 11/01/08 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
"Interesting times": 2008 is going to prove to be a time of challenge and change in the North American auto industry
Given the impact of China on the global automotive industry, it makes sense to use one of their well-known Chinese curses to describe the state of...
Automotive Design & Production, 05/01/08 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
Re-establishing the importance of the learning organization
Over the past five years, IRN has written numerous articles on innovation, new product development, and competitive positioning. In the last few...
Automotive Design & Production, 11/01/07 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
Facing changing market demands: from the demands for small cars to an interest in more consumer electronic-like content, times are changing—rapidly
Within the past several months I: Within the past several months I: * Participated in a seminar whereat one of the speakers discussed the...
Automotive Design & Production, 06/01/07 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
The resurrection of Saturn: what it learned here should help GM as it tries to revive its other divisions
The most recent North American Auto Show created some genuine (not PR staff-induced) excitement about the vehicles displayed by the traditional Big...
Automotive Design & Production, 03/01/07 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
Rapidly changing fortunes
If events during the last few months have proven anything, they have shown that there is no such thing as "conventional wisdom" about the auto...
Automotive Design & Production, 10/01/06 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
The new supply chain
When I first entered the automotive business in 1980, there were approximately 30 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) globally. While the exact...
Automotive Design & Production, 07/01/06 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
The death of the supply base is greatly exaggerated
With the continued troubles at Ford and General Motors and the periodic announcements of another major supplier going bankrupt (e.g., the recent...
Automotive Design & Production, 04/01/06 by Kim Korth · More from publication -
The competitive landscape 2006
For those of you that are long-time readers of AD & P, I wrote an article exactly two years ago this month entitled "Why Japanese OEMs Do So Well--...
Automotive Design & Production, 01/01/06 by Kim Korth · More from publication
