Tim Williams Chief Executive ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Automotive Supply Chain’
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Tim WilliamsChief Executive
‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Automotive Supply Chain’
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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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TIER 1
TIER 2+3
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The Automotive Industry In Wales
• 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
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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 MANUFACTURERSAND REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND ALSO MOTORSPORTVEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN WALES.
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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
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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
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Technology Roadmap
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Driving Towards a Greener Wales
Driving Towards a Greener Wales
The Climate Change Agenda
OPPORTUNITIES (INCLUDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT)
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Wales Green Automotive Agenda
• CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
ENERGYTRANSPORTINFRASTRUCTUREINDUSTRY
WIND – WAVE - BIO MASREFUSE VEHICLESBUSES
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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
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OUR FUTURE
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