Navigating Margin Recovery in the Auto Sector

The series "Navigating Margin Recovery in the Auto Sector" explores how auto manufacturers and suppliers can build a fair and equitable cost recovery relationship while facing margin pressures.

In a landscape marked by rising production costs, volatile input factors, and geopolitical shifts, A&M's experts shed light on the most pressing challenges in the auto industry and provide a roadmap for building resilient OEM-supplier relationships.

Discover how to optimize negotiations, manage stakeholder expectations and achieve win-win outcomes through strategic preparation and proactive pain-sharing. Join us as we outline key strategies that can transform margin recovery into a collaborative success story for the automotive industry.

In addition, our latest article, Margin Recovery in the Automotive Aftermarket: Extending the Win-Win Beyond the Series Lifecycle, delves into the unique challenges impacting profitability in the automotive aftermarket. It introduces a structured methodology to help suppliers identify pricing gaps, align cross-functional teams, and engage customers proactively, ensuring margin recovery and extending collaborative success beyond the series lifecycle.

 

Margin Recovery in the Automotive Aftermarket: Extending the Win-Win Beyond the Series Lifecycle

In this article, we will discuss the key challenges in the automotive aftermarket impacting profitability, and outline a structured methodology that enables suppliers to identify pricing gaps, align cross-functional teams, and engage customers proactively, resulting in margin recovery.

Optimizing Commercial Margin Recovery in Volatile Times: Best Practices for Automotive Suppliers

Discover strategic insights to safeguard your margins and strengthen your partnerships in times of unprecedented volatility and change in our latest article.

Creating a Win-Win for Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers: A Strategic Approach to Commercial Margin Recovery

A&M recently facilitated negotiations between a Tier-1 automotive supplier and a leading German OEM, resulting in a win-win outcome. Learn about the key strategies that made this success possible.

Authors

Lukas Mittelbach

Senior Associate

Daniel Wehsarg

Senior Director
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