Low cost country sourcing

How do you find the world's best suppliers in
emerging markets?

With emerging markets taking centre stage in the automotive industry, automakers and suppliers alike face sizeable new challenges when trying to identify business partners in unfamiliar locations.

As an example, the automotive industry in China is structurally fragmented, largely state-controlled, and beleaguered with quality, systems, financial, and intellectual property rights issues.

Due to recent torrid growth and a positive outlook, global automakers have announced plans to procure over $50B in parts from China within the next few years. While potential savings justify these visions, industry realities do not.

This buying pressure will create stresses and failures in OE and Tier 1 programs.

Emerging market sourcing services

Using our proprietary process, we are able to assist clients in the development of global supply chains, especially those focused on emerging producer markets. Whether in China, India, Thailand, Brazil or Eastern Europe, we can assist you in selecting local suppliers and developing processes for achieving world-class quality with low levels of risk.

With PricewaterhouseCoopers’ unparalleled industry insight, we are able to identify and cultivate competitive suppliers ahead of the competition. Combining the experience of our resources with your company’s current risk management effort can result in comprehensive market risk coverage.

Along with our partners, PricewaterhouseCoopers has over 20,000 professionals in emerging markets. We can access these resources both regionally and globally, to mobilise the right specialists, when and where you need them, to make your sourcing investment a success.

In one conservative value proposition using our services, a $2B/year component family can realize $60M in cost savings. Contact us to investigate what we can do for you.

How does it work?

While a few automotive companies have already capitalized on some of the opportunities surrounding additional revenue in emerging markets, most have just scratched the surface of reducing overall worldwide platform costs using emerging market sources.

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides emerging market sourcing solutions to reduce the risk of sourcing in emerging markets. We offer ‘turn-key’ solutions across the sourcing continuum. Below is a glimpse of PwC’s process for assisting clients in the development of global supply chains, especially those focused on emerging producer markets such as China, India, Brazil, & Russia.

Solution and Benefits

Our solution set is designed to reduce challenges while mitigating risk associated with executing an aggressive emerging market sourcing strategy.

For additional information, case studies, and a value proposition tailored to your organisation, please contact us.



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