Automotive: Industry Challenges, Trends, Risk Factors, and Quality Standards
Description
Analysis of ongoing and emerging industry challenges, transformation drivers, PESTLE influences, quality standards, and risk factors specific to the modern automotive sector.
Learning Objectives
Learners will recognize major industry trends including electrification and connected cars, identify risk factors (supply chain, regulation, cybersecurity), evaluate the impact of global and regional quality standards, and understand how IT enables mitigation and innovation.
Topics (8)
Market drivers, technology advances, government incentives, and regulatory enablers/disruptors for electric and driverless cars.
Covers methodologies and real-world impact of Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental factors.
ISO/TS 16949 for automotive supply chains, TQM methodologies, compliance, audits and digital quality dashboards.
Focus on US-China, EU policy, Brexit, localization rules, and IT’s role in compliance and response.
Emerging cyber threats, data privacy obligations, compliance, and IT risk management in connected ecosystem.
Global ESG trends, carbon neutrality, sustainable supply, and local compliance with IT reporting systems.
Reviews COVID-19, chip shortages, just-in-time failures, and IT mitigation (visibility platforms, digital twins).
VC/PE trends, new tech ecosystems, accelerators, and the disruptive effect of digital-first business models.