Press Briefing: Third Annual North American Automotive Tier 1 Supplier Benchmark Study

  WHEN:  Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m.

  WHERE:  Southfield Westin Hotel

WHAT: The results of the automotive industry's most important annual supplier survey will be unveiled -- the annual North American Automotive Tier 1 Supplier Benchmark Study, conducted by Planning Perspectives, Inc. (PPI), of Birmingham, MI. This year, PPI has successfully quantified a number of relationship metrics between OEMs and their suppliers such as degree of communication, trust and profit opportunity among others.

Here's what you'll find out:

1. How have OEM and supplier relations changed in the past 12 months and past three years -- the trends?

2. To what degree suppliers prefer to work with the domestic OEMS or foreign OEMs and among them, which are the preferred OEMs and why?

3. Which OEMs are applying the most pressure on cost-reductions? (Hint: They're ALL tough!)

4. Which OEMs do suppliers trust most and why?

5. What does all this mean to the OEMs in terms of technology sharing, quality and competitiveness?

This comprehensive, in-depth annual study is based on responses from 257 Tier Ones, including 61 of the Top 100.

Please RSVP to CONTACT: Mike Hedge of Hedge & Company, Inc., Phone: +1-248-350-2190, or email: mhedge@hedgeco.com , for Planning Perspectives, Inc.

PRNewswire -- April 28