Automotive, Transportation & Industrials

Succeeding in a Recession
Automotive, Transportation & Industrials

Smart Bets for Auto Suppliers
Transforming Underperformers into Advantaged Players

The postrecession auto industry will look very different from today’s, with fewer suppliers and more focused business models for those that remain. To survive, suppliers must place their bets now, backing the business units that fit well strategically and have the potential to create sustainable, advantaged market positions. No longer can suppliers afford to subsidize weaker business units with no clear right to win. This Perspective discusses the importance of making strategic bets and how suppliers can ensure that the bets they make are smart ones. .

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The Best Years of the Auto Industry Are Still to Come

Even as they struggle in the economic meltdown, vehicle makers can look ahead to a high-growth, flexible, global future. In Brazil, Russia, India, China, and other rapidly emerging economies, millions more people will want to buy automobiles. But the vehicles, and the industry that delivers them, will be very different from today's.

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Flying through Stormy Skies
How Airlines Can Navigate the Global Recession

The global airline industry was unprepared for the current recession. The market situation creates a unique opportunity for airlines to reshape their industry through a newly formulated strategy of consolidation and alliances. Such a strategy will enable carriers with a sound financial and cost basis to solidify and expand their positions in existing markets. Less stable and smaller players can also benefit from taking a proactive role in shaping their futures.

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A Recipe for Airline Success
Using Technology to Capture Essential Gains in Airline Productivity

In the coming years, it is likely that airline profits will be further throttled by the global economic downturn, high fuel costs, and the prospect of ever more stringent environmental regulations. In order to survive and prosper in these conditions, airlines must rationalize their processes and increase asset utilization to a greater degree than ever before. This will require business-driven IT transformation—that is, the fundamental redesign and integration of business systems and processes within and across airline functions.

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Automotive Sales to Corporations
From Growth Engine to Risk Trap

After long period of steady growth, vehicle sales in Europe plunged in 2008, and the outlook for 2009 is worse. Sales to corporate fleets have traditionally stabilized revenues and profits, helping OEMs through rough patches in the economy by making up for declining private sales. However, the current worldwide crisis is now cutting into fleet sales and leasing as well, putting pressure on what was once a steady growth engine in Europe. Booz & Company recently interviewed more than 50 key stakeholders across the automotive fleet and leasing industry in Europe.

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