Automotive

Security in the automotive industry raises several distinct challenges around the connected vehicle, as well as in manufacturing plants and across enterprise IT systems. These challenges appear at each stage of the plan-build-run lifecycle. Every base needs to be covered in order to prevent, detect, and respond to possible security threats.

The vehicle buying process is growing increasingly complex, with consumers that have access to an unprecedented amount of information–to a high degree from social media, blogs, ad-hoc websites and an online independent press–, consumers that expect an individual customer experience, both digital and face-to-face, enabled by technology, such as VR and AR.

Efficient supply chain management helps forward-thinking automotive companies reduce their costs. We draw on expertise in global emerging-market sourcing, master data management, order-to-delivery transformation and supplier relationship management to help you improve your automotive supply chain

The commercial vehicle business currently looks healthy, but even compared with the rest of the automotive industry it is a highly cyclical business, with OEMs well aware that they are extremely vulnerable to peaks and troughs in demand.

The heavy equipment business currently looks healthy, with sales expected to increase across all segments. But despite the buoyancy of the industry, manufacturers face disruptive change, and they need to review their whole way of doing business to respond to current opportunities and challenges

Next-generation digital solutions offer insight into running the retail business holistically, and can help to ensure retailers stay ahead of the competition for the digital market of the future