Michigan Automotive Partnership Research Memorandum No. 1 – The Future of Modular Automotive Systems: Where are the Economic Efficiencies in the Modular-Assembly Concept?

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The world auto industry has experienced many fundamental changes in its long history. The majority of these changes have involved important shifts in the market for motor vehicles or improvements in product or manufacturing technologies. Automotive firms have usually responded to change by developing strategies designed to preserve or even to improve efficiency. In particular, several of the most critical decisions made by motor-vehicle firms concern the integration levels of the firm in vehicle manufacturing and customer sales.