With competition increasing worldwide, automotive subcontractors face strong cost pressures. Enhancements to automotive components regarding security, comfort, performance, and the environment have raised the initial costs of manufacturing an automobile. At the same time, consumers are demanding more. They want a larger variety of more reliable models to choose from with more options, more often. This forces manufacturers to implement more flexible and competitive manufacturing processes to satisfy the demand for a diverse product offer and guarantee delivery time, while maintaining low production costs. If quality and traceability were important before, today’s safety standards make them indispensable.
To respond to these challenges and stay competitive, automotive manufacturers must look for new ways to drive optimization. Production models must evolve, production centers must be more in line with the countries that represent the most consumption, stocks must be reduced to a minimum, and just-in-time production made a priority: investing in new technology is now imperative. Lectra’s value-added technologies respond to this demand for flexibility, productivity, profitability, and production optimization.
With competition increasing worldwide, automotive subcontractors face strong cost pressures. Enhancements to automotive components regarding security, comfort, performance, and the environment have raised the initial costs of manufacturing an automobile. At the same time, consumers are demanding more. They want a larger variety of more reliable models to choose from with more options, more often. This forces manufacturers to implement more flexible and competitive manufacturing processes to satisfy the demand for a diverse product offer and guarantee delivery time, while maintaining low production costs.;){kind=logo}