AUTOMATIVE OEMs

We help our customers strengthen their financial performance by improving all aspects of their value chain, from brand strategy to product development and supply-chain optimization to marketing and sales.

The global automotive industry's most pressing challenges today are caused by technology trends that are disrupting the market: advances in mobility, autonomous driving, electrification, and connectivity.

Apex Fortune Automakers need to make strategic moves now to shape the industry’s evolution, search for profitable growth and position themselves to expand into the booming vehicle markets across the world all while contending with an environment that is both volatile and uncertain. Doing this well requires incumbent players to make fundamental and strategically vetted decisions now. To help our clients address these challenges, we can help them prepare for the uncertainty, reshaping their value proposition and adjusting their organization where required.

We can additionally provide them with unique insights and expertise related to market entry and network expansion, the success factors required for productive joint ventures and manufacturing expertise. In addition, we have on-the-ground experts who understand the local automotive markets. Our product development excellence program and supply-chain analysis can provide breakthroughs in efficiency and cost management, no matter the length or complexity of the supply chain. We also help OEMs design, develop, and produce vehicles, working side-by-side with development teams to arrive at a cost point that meets both budgetary and performance targets.

Apex Fortune reach is a distinctive asset, our experts offer unequaled customer and regulatory insights into local markets. When this local perspective is combined with deep expertise in mechanical engineering, electronics, chemistry, and related fields, we can deliver unique and lasting impact for automotive OEMs.

COMMERCIAL TRUCKS

We help commercial-vehicle manufacturers serve markets around the world, tailor products to local requirements, and develop global production networks that can adapt to change. The truck industry is global in nature, and automotive OEMs strive to master a host of unique challenges. We help them succeed and enter new markets. Aside from questions of which markets to enter, manufacturers must also decide on the level of customization and localization that will be offered on products in each market. We help design platform strategies, modularization strategies, market-entry strategies, and flexible business models that reduce uncertainty and position truck makers and bus companies for success.

Given the highly cyclical nature of sales in the heavy-vehicle market, companies also seek alternative sources of revenue. We help design the value-added-services strategies and advanced business models that move companies beyond the volatility of the business cycle. We can also help define joint-venture strategies for markets where that is a requirement for entry.

With more than 300 consultants whose expertise ranges from mechanical engineering to production planning and product design in the heavy-vehicles market, and with local experts on the regulatory and business climates of specific markets, we can address any concern a truck or bus company might have. We also have proprietary tools, such as our annually updated global-profit-pool model for the truck market or our granular understanding of the economics behind alternative powertrains for the bus market in Europe.