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INSIGHTS FROM IHS
Michael Robinet has been a managing director of IHS
Automotive since 2011. Prior to that, he was the director
of Global Production Forecasts for IHS Automotive. His
areas of expertise include global vehicle production and
capacity forecasting, future product program intelligence,
platform consolidation and globalization trends, trade fow/
sourcing strategies, and OEM footprint/logistics trends.
slowly converge and enable the
industry to reduce geographic
variations.
Faster Cadence: Faster, more
extensive and with faster launch
curves. The pressure to execute
faster and fawlessly will continue
as competition heats up. We are
seeing the reduction of vehicle
cadence to 5 years for all-new
and major programs impact Tier
2 and 3 suppliers not used to the
frantic pace. Powertrain cadence
is slimming as well.
Navigating these and a number of
other critical trends while maintain-
ing proftability and moderating
risks will be an ongoing challenge.
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