Strategic Direction
CV Business: Product/Market
For reference
| HD Sales |  |
P'up |
| - Export Forecast (Excl. Sales in Thailand) - | ||
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Material Cost Reduction| Generate cost saving through volume merit, on part-by-part basis |
CV |  |
Commonize next generation MD and LD cab (-30%) | |
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Volume merit from HD and MD truck (-15%) | |||
| - | In short-term, reduce domestic supplier prices by leveraging China/ASEAN volume (eg. extensive use of dies) | |||
| - | In mid-term, expand procurement from China/ASEAN to achieve further cost reduction | |||
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Drastic de-proliferation : vehicle variations, engine series | |||
| - | HD: 500  200 |
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| - | MD, LD: 5,000 2,000 |
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| - | Engine: 9 7 series |
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| LCV | |
Combine purchase volume with US-produced GM volume (WWP program) | ||
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Review manf. footprint plans for new engine (Japan, China, Thailand) | |||
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Secure re-quotation and/or re-source based on increase volume including derivative models (10%) | |||
| Unconventional Approach (esp. leverage alliance) |
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Joint purchasing with GM Alliance Partners (FHI, SZK, GM): 13 commodities + a | ||
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Collaboration with keiretsu body-builders: Integrate chassis & body engineering (body: 10%) | |||
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Supply component to 3rd parties (GM, domestic competitors, etc) | |||
| - | Suspension, T/M, Transfer | |||
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Reinforce complementary relationship with non-keiretsu suppliers | |||
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