In addition, captives must work more closely with OEMs to be an integral part of the customer journey and to support it – for example, when a vehicle purchase, including financing, is completely mapped online. A uniform roadmap, coordinated business models, and the merging of customer data create a common 360° view of the customer. Both captives and OEMs face the great challenge of adapting their sales models by integrating and mapping their own direct sales approaches into their strategy – an adaptation of the existing remuneration models for dealers is indispensable.

In this highly dynamic environment, providers must find effective ways to leverage and manage their innovation capabilities by firmly anchoring them in business processes.

Providers need to determine their strategic positioning in the ecosystem

Considering these challenges and opportunities, suppliers must decide which strategic positioning they want to pursue: traditional captive with further developed core competencies or orchestrator of the digital ecosystem for mobility, possibly even for several brands? Once a strategic route has been defined, it is important to pursue it systematically and in a targeted manner.