The Automotive Industry

To be a productive and active citizen in the modern world nearly requires access to a reliable automobile. We use our vehicles to get to and from work, to bring our children to school and other events and to travel about our communities. The vehicle has permeated so many aspects of our lives that sometimes it is easy to forget the extent to which we rely on it. Because of this reliably and because of the necessity of a working order automobile to get things done, it is of supreme importance to work to maintain your vehicle. None of us likes to be the person stranded, prior to an important appointment, because of an automotive issue. For these and other reasons, it is important to consider carefully an automotive service provider.

Introduction Automobile usage has increased in America and elsewhere in the world. In a research done by Sutherland, J., et al. (2004) “The US has a contributed to 200 million passengers in cars and light truck over the past few years. Further in 1990, studies showed that US cars increased six times faster than human population. The leaders in the automotive industry must adopt some key elements to ensure success in this fast-moving environment. They must invest in knowing their markets, building brands, adapting product strategies and taking long-term view on their goals and objectives. This paper outlines some of the key factors which should be considered. Environmental factors automotive designers and engineers have always said the main threats in the American Automotive industry are the environmental factors such as fuel economy and the clean air regulations. Automotive Emission posed different problems than manufacturing discharges such as coal smoke. Increased fossil-fuel emission has resulted from the million car increase. Irritation smog, which is comprised of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, sulfur oxide and other various chemical mixtures are cited in major cities such as Los Angeles. These auto emissions are also said to cause headaches, visual pollutions, contribute to lung cancers and other respiratory disease. In the end, the engineers have designed cars that are better environmental performers, cost effective and fuel efficient to reduce the environmental

Houston, which is the fourth most populous city in the nation and the largest in the southern U.S. and Texas, has been developing strong economy, especially in oil and gas industry. During the last decades of the twentieth century, Houston focused on developing energy industry—which comprises oil and gas exploration and production, oilfield equipment manufacturing and wholesaling, and pipeline transportation. However, some economists doubt that depending on oil and gas too much could make Houston particularly vulnerable to economic downturns determined by energy prices, the national economy, and the value of the dollar against foreign currencies. In fact, oil and gas have driven the Houston economy and been responsible for 50% of the jobs related to the export of goods and services outside the area. This research focuses on analyzing some factors including the incentive programs (local and state policies about taxation) and state organizations including the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Railroad Commission as contributions to regulate and organize oil and gas industry in order to develop Houston economy healthily and prosperously. Besides that, facts and figures from secondary resources are showed as achievements of Houston in developing economy depending on oil and gas industry. Clearly, thanks to state and local policies and programs as well as these state organizations in oil and gas industry, Houston is a potential economy region whose economy is growing faster

Given the current economic climate, I think the automotive industry is going to be faced with a multitude of economic challenges in the next five years. As an oligopoly market, the auto industry is highly dependent on strategic decision-making, and the demand for dynamic innovation and supply at decreased-cost levels. Competition, possibilities of turning substitutes into compliments, and shifts toward higher demand in services are seemingly leading factors that face the current automotive industry in the immediate future. But first, we should not ignore the political forces at play within the market.

Several factors have affected how the American auto industry now positions itself on the world market, and big changes have been made to reflect this new direction. The introduction of new technologies in vehicles, the growing market for cars in new developing markets, the impact of the industry on the environment, legislative responses and demands, as well as the increased expectations from consumers, are some of the factors. More international cars are being designed, manufactured and bought by American consumers and exported to foreign markets today than those exclusively manufactured by American companies, redefining the American auto industry, while having a positive impact on its economy. International brands accounted for 45% of total sales in the U.S. in 2013 and have now risen to 59% of the market, and continue to grow. While the amount of American cars has decreased in the local U.S. market share to international ones, the increase of foreign car production on U.S. soil has had the effect of creating new jobs for Americans both in the auto industry as well as in related new industries. The industry has seen huge growth numbers in the last few years with more growth expected.

While car manufacturing is a global industry, automotive companies such as JLR operate in broader regions such as Europe and Asia. Three major trends were identified affecting car production in mature markets, the first was the fragmentation of mature markets, customers were demanding more choice, and this has made it difficult for manufacturers to obtain economies of scale, so cost had to be reduced and with the general

The success of the automotive parts manufacturing industry is, at its core, derived from the health of the automotive industry as a whole. Conveniently, the

Just like the other industries such as apparel, electronics, and consumer goods, the automobile industry has accelerated its foreign direct investment, cross border trade and global production. The automobile industry has increased outsourcing and bundled value chain activities in major supplier chains. As a result, more developed countries that serve as suppliers have increased their involvement in trade and FDI. With these increased supplier capabilities, large national suppliers have become global suppliers and are now controlling multinational operations. This is because of their increased capability of providing good and services to various lead firms all over the world. The automotive industry has a distinct firm structure. This

, clouds and the capitalisation of a person’s information are relatively new concepts in relation to other systems and technologies within society. These older systems; let’s give the example of the automotive industry. The car as we know it today was birthed around the 1900s and has had over a century for laws and regulations to be implemented agreed and tested etc. The same can’t be said for the internet and cloud storage. Laws are ambiguous and sometimes non-existent which leads to major frustration or stress for individuals or companies when something goes wrong or an unethical situation arises. An example would be torrenting websites. These are websites that host links to files which can be downloaded from one computer to another. A completely legal practice however these sites would be considered to aid in piracy and authorities would work to shut them down (e.g. the pirate bay). The same however, could be said for a search engine like google so the law is a bit hard to enforce. We as users of cloud computing and the providers must work together to use the service in an ethical manner. Of course there will always be individuals or groups with malicious intent, but that is why it’s important for everyone else to address these current issues and slowly work new laws into place to protect each other when using services that place our personal information in the hands of others.

We selected the Brazilian automotive industry as our study setting for several reasons. Brazil has an expanding local market, inexpensive labor costs, relatively weak labor union bargaining power, and access to other developing markets through Mercosur (Southern Common Market). Brazil is also the largest market in Latin America and one of the largest in the world, representing the core block of emerging economies known as BRIC, along with Russia, India, and China. Presently, there are many well-structured clusters of auto parts suppliers and assemblers across the country, and Brazil hosts all the world 's car manufacturers.

The United States Automotive industry has been dominated by five major auto manufacturers: GM, Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, and Honda. As globalization increases the domestic automotive market (GM, Ford, Chrysler) suffers from foreign competitors. Although with high entrance barriers the market suffers little to none from new entries. There are several reasons for this the largest being capital. It takes a lot of capital to obtain manufacturing plants, raw materials, as well as to hire and train employees. PASTEL Analysis

The Project assigned to me was “A STUDY ON CUSTOMER SATIAFACTION TOWARDS MAHINDRA&MAHINDRA VICHELES (APR)GAYA

There are two crucial components that will set us apart from the rest of the automotive industry. The first being, mass production and the second one will be in-house production of essential manufacturing elements.

Today, the automotive industry is one the top profitable industries in U.S. and all around the world. More than 1.5 million people involved in different segments such as engineering, designing, ordering, sell, and marketing. As a result of this statement, automotive industry has huge effects on employees, customer support, jobs vacancies, revenue and finally GDP which is the most important part of the economy for any countries (Statista Portal, 2016).

The increasing numbers of sub-model cars can also affect the brand quality through increasing any risk issues once launched to the public. Furthermore, according to (Stephen, 2004) Mercedes customers have high expectations about the high quality promised by the company. In 2003, the company disappointed many customers when they sold over 2000 vehicles with an extra option for a navigation system, which were not ready to be delivered at the right time, also accompanied by other mechanical issues. On the other hand, the company made an announcement about its new high quality hydraulic breaking system, which increased its competitiveness in terms of safety and quality against other competitors in the industry.