World Class Manufacturing

Human Resource Statistical Yearbook

Publication Date	October 2006
Publisher	B & M
Product Type	Report
Pages	66
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BMA00003

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Summary

Making the most of human resources is vital to being competitive in the automotive supply sector. While the focus for investment and improvement remains on machines, methods and materials, manpower is still the deciding factor in tying them all together to ensure the whole is more than just the sum of the parts.

With this being the case, human resources as a core competitiveness element remains overlooked and under-researched in the automotive components industry. At the same time, it's undeniable that the ability to fully utilise the labour force has been a driving factor in the success and sustained competitive advantage of particularly Japanese OEM's.

But what exactly constitutes human resource best practice in the international automotive components industry, and how can it be applied?

This report answers this question by identifying best practice in a range of human resource (HR) performance areas, as well as how firms should be striving to achieve this in respect of their existing HR performance levels. It examines best practice standards according to five key "pillars" of the human resource challenge facing automotive component manufacturers, irrespective of their sub-sector of operation, or specific geographical location:

1. Skills Development
2. Employee Commitment Levels
3. Development of Continuous Improvement Processes
4. Efficiency Enhancement
5. Workplace Safety

The only study of its kind, has been created with participation from over 30 major companies, including such names as Behr, ZF Lemforder, Thyssen Krupp, Faurecia, Lear, Visteon, and Johnson Controls, and is an essential tool for JIT assembly operations striving for optimum performance in a tough marketplace.

Content

Introduction
Background
Publication structure
1. The HR challenge confronting automotive component manufacturers
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Rising competitive pressures
- 1.3. The role of Human Resources
- 1.4. The Japanese experience
- 1.5. WCM and the five HR pillars
2. Unpacking B&M Analysts' market driver benchmarking methodology
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The importance of benchmarking to the global automotivecomponents industry
- 2.3. Market driver methodology and measurement formulae
- 2.4. Profile of firms in the database
- 2.5. Reading the statistics in Section 3
3. Human Resource statistical findings
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Skills development
- 3.3. Efficiencies
- 3.4. Continuous improvement processes
- 3.5. Employee commitment
- 3.6. Health
4. Summary of Human Resource performance findings
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Summary of major sub-sector findings
- 4.3. Minimum and best practice standards in 2010
- 4.4. Conclusion
References
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