Automotive OEM Plants Update: Dates for Plant Openings, Closings Worldwide

6 May, 2020

GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview, “Automotive OEM Plants Update: Dates for Plant Openings, Closings Worldwide” features Thomas Kowal.

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Mr. Kowal is Vice President of Business Development of Seraph, a US-based management consulting firm with offices in the US, Mexico and Ireland. Thomas has over 15 years of OEM / Supplier sales, plant operations, and product launch experience.

In the 16-minute Audio Interview, Mr. Kowal discusses these questions:

Why did Seraph decide to post the OEM opening schedule? What was the value for the industry?
What do you think the impact of the OEM’s and Tier 1’s have for each region, and are there any overlapping concerns/constraints?
Are there any lessons learned between countries?
What can OEM’s and suppliers do to handle the ramp up when we get started again?
What do you think is on most of the people’s minds at the moment?