Practice area

Automotive consultancy

The quality and information-security standards the automotive chain requires.

Standards in automotive

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What automotive is worth to you

Stay on the vendor list

OEMs require it throughout the supply base, with no practical exceptions.

Fewer customer audits

One recognised assessment replaces repeated visits from multiple customers.

Defect cost down

Automotive quality methods target the failures that trigger recalls.

Export supply chains

Recognition travels, which opens international programmes.

Why expert advice is worth having

1

Your team already has a day job

Running automotive in house means taking your most capable people off revenue work for months. For most organisations that hidden cost is larger than the fee for doing it properly.

2

Findings get closed, not logged

Most automotive audits produce findings. What matters is whether they are closed with genuine corrective action or papered over, because the next auditor reads the last report first.

3

Template packs fail on contact

Downloaded automotive documentation describes a company that does not exist. Staff do not recognise the process, records never get made, and the gap shows up on audit day.

4

Someone has to own the detail

automotive generates a large amount of small, unglamorous work. Left to whoever has a spare afternoon it drifts for months. Given an owner with a plan it takes weeks.

Insights, news and know-how

Four kinds of writing, each in its own column.

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Working notes from the consultants.

News

What has changed, and when it bites.

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Articles

Longer pieces on one subject.

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Knowledge base

How things are actually done.

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Talk to us about automotive

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