Description: This report provides a comprehensive overview of how leading global companies across the sector are positioning themselves to help manage the changes in the automotive industry. Over 50 individual suppliers are profiled with business descriptions and recent development in strategic positioning. It also looks at OEM’s approach in modularization, supplier relationships and component outsourcing. This report demonstrates that suppliers are successfully actively managing their portfolios in order to build their key capabilities to take on additional responsibility outsourced by the OEM. *Available as a print online package. Auto Business, Ltd./Schroder SalomonSmithBarney, Stamford, UK 2000.