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Tim Williams Chief Executive ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Automotive Supply Chain’

Tim Williams Chief Executive ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Automotive Supply Chain’. AGENDA. SOME AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FACTS AND FIGURES SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURE UK AUTOMOTIVE CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY CHAIN ROADMAPS THE GREEN AGENDA ACTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS.

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Tim Williams Chief Executive ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Automotive Supply Chain’

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  1. Tim WilliamsChief Executive‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Automotive Supply Chain’

  2. AGENDA • SOME AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FACTS AND FIGURES • SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURE • UK AUTOMOTIVE CHALLENGES • TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY CHAIN ROADMAPS • THE GREEN AGENDA • ACTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS

  3. 2 Engine Plants – Ford & Toyota 1 System Integrator – Calsonic Kansei > 38 International Component Plants > 100 Related SME’s 8 Universities 18,000 employed > £3Bn turnover The Automotive Industry In Wales

  4. SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANT TIER 1 – MAJOR ASSEMBLIES TIER 2 + 3 SUB COMPONENTS GLOBAL V LOCAL WALES IS A COMPONENT MANUFACTURER PRINCIPALLY AT TIER 1 LEVEL WITH SUPPLY CHAIN DECISION MAKING OUTSIDE OF WALES! SUPPORTED IN THE MAIN BY SERVICE COMPANIES AND NOT TIER 2OR 3 IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NICHE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND ALSO MOTORSPORT VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN WALES.

  5. CLUSTERS + VALUE NETWORKS • WE SHOULD LOOK AT CREATING MORE CLUSTERS • POWERTRAIN • DOOR SYSTEMS • INTERIORS • SERVICE • VALUE NETWORKS • NEW TECHNOLOGIES • PRODUCTIV LTD • WALES: PRECISION ROTARY PRODUCTS • MOTORS, ELECTRIC TURBOCHARGERS, FLYWHEELS

  6. UK Auto Challenges • Macro Economic Environment • Western markets flat with pull from new markets – BRICS • Globalisation / Rationalisation / Localisation • Regional advantage as lever for global competitiveness – (£v€) Supply Chain and Low Carbon Footprint • Pressure on Business Performance • Quality, Cost and Delivery, Innovation – Legislation – Funding - Skills • Climate Change - Impact • CO₂ Reduction Targets (UK -80% by 2050) • Challenges of Technology • Vehicle Roadmap – (Automotive Council) • Shortage of skills & capacity to deliver new technology solutions is driving new approaches • Access to Funds • Finding finance at the right price

  7. Technology Roadmap

  8. Driving Towards a Greener Wales Driving Towards a Greener Wales The Climate Change Agenda OPPORTUNITIES (INCLUDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT)

  9. Wales Green Automotive Agenda • CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ENERGY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY WIND – WAVE - BIO MAS REFUSE VEHICLES BUSES

  10. ACTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS • CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH UK VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS • RE-DEVELOP THE LOW CARBON VEHICLE CLUSTER • CREATE A LOW CARBON VEHICLE / TECHNOLOGY PARK (Ebbw Vale – Enterprise Zone) • VITAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A STRONG SKILLS BASE - WALES’S USP? • WORK WITH WELSH GOVERNMENT FOR FDI AND EXPORTS • ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ‘HYDROGEN HIGHWAY’ - Low Carbon Economic Area • WORK WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON VEHICLE PROCUREMENT • IMPROVE THE MARKETING OF WALES COMPETENCIES

  11. OUR FUTURE

  12. WWW.WELSHAUTOMOTIVEFORUM.CO.UK

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