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> manufacturers view suppliers as commodity producers of components they find boring like brakes, steering systems, sensors, transmissions, safety systems, fuel
by mongol 7y ago
> manufacturers view suppliers as commodity producers of components they find boring like brakes, steering systems, sensors, transmissions, safety systems, fuel pumps, etc
Does a car manufacturer really find these things boring? Half are like the blood and oxygen of a car, and also includes some territory for unique selling points.
- jankiehodgpodge 7y agoLook under the bonnet of any VW, Audi, Skoda etc, you'll find that all the sensors, valves, computers (and ECU software), filters and a large amount of the parts are made by Bosch. It'd be interesting to know if they even had the skills in house to build a ICE car from scratch themselves. You can't knock it though, Bosch products tend to be excellent.