Automotive Suppliers Address Key Question During SAE 2003 World Congress
TROY, Mich., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As automakers and their suppliers
wrestle with competitive pressures to cut costs and lower prices, automotive
executives on both sides of the issue are asking: "We just sold 17 million
vehicles - where is the profit?" Can OEM and supplier partnerships lead to
financial success for both parties? If so, when? If not, what's the new
business model that will allow a survivable situation for both manufactures
and their suppliers? Executives will tackle these burning questions during
the SAE 2003 World Congress, March 3-6, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
A panel discussion, "17 Million Vehicles Sold: Where's the Profit?" will
commence at 4 p.m., Monday, March 3, Technology Theater, Exhibit Hall. It is
open to all registered SAE 2003 World Congress attendees. The session will
focus on examples of successful partnerships between automakers and suppliers
that have led to profitability. New opportunities for engineering teams to
develop a new "scorecard" based on systems relationship rather than a
commodity relationship will be explored.
Ronald E. Harbour, President, Harbour & Associates Inc., will moderate the
panel discussion. Panelists include: J. Michael Laisure, President, Engine &
Fluid Management Group, Dana Corp.; James Orchard, President, North America,
Visteon Corp.; Robert J. Buckler, President & COO, DTE Energy; Murray Davis,
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, DTE Energy; George R. Perry,
President & CEO, Yazaki North American Inc.; Donald L. Runkle, Vice Chairman,
Enterprise Technologies, Delphi Corp.; and Alan Shaffer, Senior Vice
President, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.
Advance questions for this and other SAE 2003 World Congress Technology
Theater panels can be submitted online to theater@sae.org. The speaker to
whom you are addressing the question(s) should be noted, as well as the name
of the session.
New to the SAE 2003 World Congress: DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General
Motors will hold corporate engineering meetings at Cobo followed by VIP tours
of the SAE 2003 exhibit floor; a Technology Theater on the exhibit floor, home
to executive panel discussions throughout the week; and a recatergorized
technical session program.
SAE World Congress, the world's largest showcase of automotive engineering
technologies, attracts attendees from more than 40 countries. This year's
host company is DaimlerChrysler.
To attend, visit http://www.sae.org or call 1-877-SAE-CONG (723-2664); outside
the U.S. and Canada, call 1-724-772-4027.
SOURCE Society of Automotive Engineers
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