AUTOMOTIVE REGIONS

THEMATIC WORK GROUP 1

SUPPLY CHAIN

Turin November 8th, 2007

SUPPLY CHAIN

• 75 % OF ADDED VALUE;

• 50 % OF R & D;

• PATENTS;

• HETEROGENOUS STRUCTURE;

• EU : 6000 SUPPLIERS VS 14 MANUFACTURERS;

• RESTRUCTURING.

SUPPLY CHAIN

• STUTTGART;• CASTILLA Y LEON;• GALICIA;• TURIN;• ANTWERP;• DUTCH LIMBURG;• BELGIAN LIMBURG;• MONTBELIARD.

SUPPLY CHAIN

• STUDY VISIT STUTTGART : JUNE 2006;• STUDY VISIT MONTBELIARD : MAY 2007;• CONFERENCE GENK : MAY 2006;• CONFERENCE : MONTBELIARD : DEC 2006;• CONFERENCE : TURIN NOVEMBER 2007;• 6 MEETINGS (+ STUDY VISIT);• 2 PAPERS.

SUPPLY CHAIN

PAPER : FUTURE FUEL CELL SUPLY CHAIN IN AUTOMOTIVE

INDUSTRY : A REGIONAL OUTLOOK.

SUPPLY CHAIN : FUEL CELLS

• ENABLES ZERO-EMISSION-VEHICLES;

• E.G. : STUTTGART, MONTBELIARD, CASTILLA Y LEON;

• CITY BUSSES : E.G. VAN HOOL;

• LOCATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN ?

SUPPLY CHAIN

PAPER 2 : INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (ITS)

SUPPLY CHAIN : ITS

• TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;• BARRIERS : INSTITUTIONAL, ECONOMIC,

FINANCIAL, …• ROLE OF REGIONS :

- FOCUS ON ANTI-CONGESTION;- LACK OF SPECIALISED WORKFORCE;

• NEEDED : STRUCTURE FOR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.

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