The Automotive Council has been established to enhance dialogue and co-operation between the UK based automotive industry and Government. It is jointly chaired by Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, and Richard Parry-Jones, former Group Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Ford Motor Company.
The Council’s work has support from the highest levels of UK government and the UK automotive industry. We are confident a more vibrant and stronger UK automotive manufacturing and supply base will emerge as a result of this work.
The Council has developed clear work streams, including strengthening the UK automotive supply chain. To this effect, the Supply Chain Group has been tasked with developing a ‘Sourcing Roadmap’ to provide an overview of current and prospective sourcing patterns in the UK automotive industry.
Two surveys will be used to help complete this road map. The first, designed to help better understand their sourcing requirements, has already been completed by all major UK-based OEMs. The second requires your input and help.
The Automotive Council would be grateful if you could help in its work by completing an on-line survey (please see instructions below) and agreeing to the possibility of a follow-up call to clarify, and expand upon, any issues raised.
The results of these two surveys will help match sourcing requirements to supply capabilities, and to organise a series of ‘matching’ events with OEMs, to generate immediate business opportunities for UK suppliers. This work is being carried out by the University of Cambridge, supported by SMMT, on behalf of the Automotive Council's Supply Chain Group.
Any data you provide will remain strictly confidential, and not be visible to any member of the Automotive Council, or any of its member organisations.
It will be analysed, in confidence, at the University of Cambridge, with all results presented as an industry-generated roadmap, ensuring individual contributions remain anonymous. The roadmap will be freely available to all UK suppliers.
Please ensure this survey is completed by the person responsible for business development, in your organisation.
Thank you for your assistance in the completion of this essential research.
Yours sincerely
Mark Prisk MP - Minister for Business and Enterprise
Bill Parfitt - Chairman, Automotive Council Supply Chain Group and Chairman, General Motors
SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS:
We appreciate your time is valuable, so the survey is designed to take less than 30 minutes, and can be completed entirely online.
1. The survey is designed to be completed by the person responsible for Business Development in your organisation. Please forward this message to the appropriate person.
2. To complete the survey, please click on this link: http://cambridge.qualtrics.com//SE?SID=SV_1RZYj6eh9Wc4ZvK.
You may leave and return to the survey at any time within the period of three days.
3. The deadline for completion is Monday 16 August after which the online system will close the survey.
4. In return for your efforts, we will be pleased to send you a copy of the survey results, and in addition, a copy of the SMMT report 'European Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Production Outlook'. This provides full coverage of the latest developments of the major vehicle manufacturers in Europe, covering their production plans and new model launches, as well as a detailed outlook of vehicle production volumes by both model and manufacturing plant through to 2014.
NOTE - All data will be treated with strict confidentiality, and will not be visible to any member of the Automotive Council, or any of its member organisations. It will be analysed, in confidence, at the University of Cambridge. All results will be presented as an industry-generated roadmap to ensure individual contributions remain anonymous.
For any questions related to the survey please do not hesitate to contact Dr Matthias Holweg at the Judge Business School , University of Cambridge, at m.holweg@jbs.cam.ac.uk.
