2006 Auto Industry Report Card
10-16-2006, 03:09 PM
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2006 Auto Industry Report Card
This is a PDF which includes:
Operating Margin
Profit Per Unit
Revenue Per Employee
Global Market Share
Productivity
R&D Spending
R&D As a % of Sales
and a Final Report Card
For all major automotive names in the industry today. Click below:
http://www.autolinedetroit.tv/industryrc/IRC2006.pdf
Source: http://www.autolinedetroit.tv/
Operating Margin
Profit Per Unit
Revenue Per Employee
Global Market Share
Productivity
R&D Spending
R&D As a % of Sales
and a Final Report Card
For all major automotive names in the industry today. Click below:
http://www.autolinedetroit.tv/industryrc/IRC2006.pdf
Source: http://www.autolinedetroit.tv/
10-16-2006, 03:13 PM
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Profit Per Unit:
Very very intersting data here. BMW even though they have been going lower with regard to smaller less expensive vehicles globally, like the 1-Series and the Mini, still is the best in the business in this very important metric, IMO. And that's on a low tick.
I cant believe GM is losing more than 1100 dollars a vehicle and that happened suddendly in the past couple of years! Even Fiat found a way to make money per vehicle this year and last!
VW and Ford with all their problems they are making money!
DCX, unbelievably erratic behavior. That tells you how off synch they are as a company.
Very very intersting data here. BMW even though they have been going lower with regard to smaller less expensive vehicles globally, like the 1-Series and the Mini, still is the best in the business in this very important metric, IMO. And that's on a low tick.
I cant believe GM is losing more than 1100 dollars a vehicle and that happened suddendly in the past couple of years! Even Fiat found a way to make money per vehicle this year and last!
VW and Ford with all their problems they are making money!
DCX, unbelievably erratic behavior. That tells you how off synch they are as a company.
10-16-2006, 03:16 PM
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Productivity: That shows you how much effort has GM put into the item of Manufacturing and Operations! They are par with the best practically! However, when you see this and the strides in quality and you see the bottom line, it is clear that this industry is not about manufacturing and Ops issues any more. It's about SALES! Can you SELL the product. Is the Product SELL-able? And when you dig deeper, it's about how desirable the product is.
Reports like the above make things so clear even for people that dont understand much about this industry!
Reports like the above make things so clear even for people that dont understand much about this industry!
10-18-2006, 03:58 PM
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What's with GM's productivity numbers? I had this mental picture of all these people sitting around playing cards in the factories ... I suppose it's more a product image/quality/sales problem instead? 
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Originally Posted by shrykhar
What's with GM's productivity numbers? I had this mental picture of all these people sitting around playing cards in the factories ... I suppose it's more a product image/quality/sales problem instead?
(excluding quality)
10-23-2006, 07:54 PM
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^ Well you cant have your cake and eat it too. BMW and MB will always have sucky productivity mainly due to the nature of their product. It cannot take the same to build a 3 series with the time it taked to build...say a...Taurus.
10-26-2006, 01:52 AM
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DETROIT — General Motors sharply cut its net loss in the third quarter — and actually posted an operating profit before one-time expenses — while the Chrysler Group's operating loss for the quarter pulled down net income for DaimlerChrysler.
GM's net loss for the quarter was $115 million, compared with a loss of $1.7 billion in the third quarter of 2005. The latest period includes a substantial write-down of $644 million, which means automotive operations actually made money. Total revenue rose 3.6 percent to $48.8 billion, from $47.1 billion a year earlier.
The giant automaker said it is still on track to slash $9 billion in operating costs this year, much of which will come through plant closings and employee buyouts.
Chrysler, meanwhile, had a miserable quarter, posting an operating loss of $1.46 billion, at the same time that its sister division, the Mercedes Car Group, rebounded to an operating profit of $1.25 billion.
Parent DaimlerChrysler had a group operating profit of $1.12 billion, although group net income fell to $680.1 million. Revenue dipped to $44.2 billion in the quarter, from $48.2 billion a year earlier.
What this means to you: Reading between the lines of the financial statements, GM appears to be on much firmer financial footing than it was a year ago, while Chrysler continues to bleed.
GM's net loss for the quarter was $115 million, compared with a loss of $1.7 billion in the third quarter of 2005. The latest period includes a substantial write-down of $644 million, which means automotive operations actually made money. Total revenue rose 3.6 percent to $48.8 billion, from $47.1 billion a year earlier.
The giant automaker said it is still on track to slash $9 billion in operating costs this year, much of which will come through plant closings and employee buyouts.
Chrysler, meanwhile, had a miserable quarter, posting an operating loss of $1.46 billion, at the same time that its sister division, the Mercedes Car Group, rebounded to an operating profit of $1.25 billion.
Parent DaimlerChrysler had a group operating profit of $1.12 billion, although group net income fell to $680.1 million. Revenue dipped to $44.2 billion in the quarter, from $48.2 billion a year earlier.
What this means to you: Reading between the lines of the financial statements, GM appears to be on much firmer financial footing than it was a year ago, while Chrysler continues to bleed.
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