Risky Asymmetry in the Automotive Cosmos

Measures to prepare for geopolitical insecurity and shortage of semiconductors

2023/06/19

Summary

  This report contains a Spotlight article from Springer's automotive technical magazine "ATZ" www.atz-magazine.com. and "MTZ" www.mtz-magazine.com. Springer is a German company affiliated with MarkLines.

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About Automotive Technology Magazine ATZ

  Motorwagen-Zeitschrift (Motored Vehicles Magazine) was founded in 1898 as an automotive technical magazine. From 1929, the name of the magazine was changed to "ATZ (=Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift: Automotive engineering magazine)". In addition to being published in German, the English edition has been available since 2001.

 

Risky Asymmetry in the Automotive Cosmos

A love-hate relationship: this is the best way to describe the current state of affairs between automakers and their suppliers. It is true that there have always been problems with supply chains, but these dramatically intensified during the Chinese government’s zero-Covid policy. Because collaboration between all those involved along the value chain is to a high degree asymmetrical, a radical change in direction is now necessary.

 

Material from: Andreas Burkert, Correspondent of ATZ | MTZ | ATZelectronics, Risky Asymmetry in the Automotive Cosmos, IN THE SPOTLIGHT article from ATZ worldwide [04/2023] [the websites of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, which are available at www.springerfachmedien-wiesbaden.de] reproduced with permission of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH.

 

 

 

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