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Global manufacturing has the individual automotive component plants, on virtually all continents, scrambling for the “edge” to be the most competitive manufacturer and thus be the producer of choice. To be competitive in price and quality and that over “the long haul” is a tall order, indeed. A lot depends on the machining processes producing the components that, assembled, make up the powertrain. While outsourcing other automotive parts might be the right economical and technological choice, to produce ones own engines and transmissions is still one of the areas of true “value adding” and also a matter of the manufacturer's image. Hence the industry's effort to offer ever better, more potent families of engines and transmissions. New, advanced machining processes have evolved recently, that make manufacturing more productive and predictable. The three areas most promising are: One-pass finish-machining High-speed machining (Near) Dry-machining

In an ever increasingly more competitive market, the automotive industry is looking for ways to produce cost-effectively and still secure high quality. The manufacturing floor needs to scrutinize processes that can live up to stringent demands. Recently developed, advanced tooling technologies have set new marks in finish-machining automotive parts and components. They yield productivity and dimensional accuracy through economic processes. The response on part of the car manufacturer to today's adamant customer demands is clear:

In a shrinking world, there is the chance to reap the benefits of globalized strategies. Going around the world to purchase, design, build and market products internationally and jointly, offers immense possibilities for carmakers and suppliers. The two concepts of mass production with cost/price orientation and customized production with service orientation have merged to mass-customizing, affecting automakers and their suppliers worldwide alike.

When consumers began to demand more product reliability and product choices and producers searched for ways to satisfy them, companies had to reinvent manufacturing techniques and objectives. To accommodate “the needs and wants of the customer” and “doing it right the first time,” has quality and cost considerations right at the center of it all. Obviously, the manufacturer capable of producing a quality product productively and economically, has the edge in a competitive marketplace. It is a misconception to assume, that quality and cost are diverging criteria. In fact, there are numerous proven tools, systems and processes, if applied properly and systematically, that lower manufacturing costs by simultaneously increasing product quality. Individually, they are good - together they are formidable. The path to Low Cost - High Quality leads to: PROCESS-ORIENTED MANUFACTURING - A given process determines performance and precision.