My blogging may slow down a little bit these days. I have been working hard on a couple of research projects. I have a lot to share with you, however you might have to wait a little. If you are interested in learning about these research projects, or explore the ones you can join please e-mail me directly. One of these projects is going on now with OEMs that have remanufacturing operations - giving away a free consulting report at the end. Although comments and discussion medium I hoped to create still does not take off, I know from my sitemeter that a lot of OEMs and independent remanufacturer companies are checking out this blog regularly.
Meanwhile, let the CAT sustainability report here, and their "sustainability in action" video here keep you busy.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Green brands 2007
Would you like to learn which brands are green and how they line up? Here are the results of the 2007 ImagePower® Green Brands Survey, conducted by WPP's Landor Associates, Penn, Schoen & Berland (PSB) Associates and Cohn & Wolfe (C&W).
To see the results for US click here, for UK results click here.
To see the results for US click here, for UK results click here.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Remanufactured engine and tranmission market
A Frost and Sullivan market research report sheds light on dominant market players in remanufactured engine and tranmission market in North America. have talked in my previous posts how remanufactured goods market is dominated by independent SMEs. This report presents hard data on the market. It seems that 87% of engine aftermarket and 88% of transmission aftermarket is controlled by minor and custom builders. Based on my recent contacts and observations among OEMs, they are getting increasingly interested in pursuing their own business in remanufacturing arena. This report suggests OEMs focus on reducing remanufacturing costs by improving production technologies.
Another interesting point from the report: EPA mandate on 100% core collection could distort this market highly dominated by independent manufacturers-automakers will ensure return of all cores and it may be harder for independent remnufacturers to acquire cores. Therefore under EPA mandate there is additional incentive for OEM remanufacturers to invest more in remanufacturing, because they will already have the cores to themselves. I cannot emphasize the role of thorough economic analyses and right organizational investments (see the series on decision making in this blog) enough when it comes to making money "again" from what you have made money and also becoming a sustainable business.
In 2000 when market was around $4 billion, Frost and Sullivan Research estimated engine aftermarket to reach $5 billion in 2007. The market reached $8.38 billion in earned revenues in 2006. This is an incredible growth rate, and it actually exceeded expectations. The same research estimates an $11.12 billion market by 2013. Yes, there could be a power shift from independent small builders to OEMs, however I believe there is more than enough thrust in the industry to keep this high growth rates going.
You can check this research here on Frost&Sullivan website.
Another interesting point from the report: EPA mandate on 100% core collection could distort this market highly dominated by independent manufacturers-automakers will ensure return of all cores and it may be harder for independent remnufacturers to acquire cores. Therefore under EPA mandate there is additional incentive for OEM remanufacturers to invest more in remanufacturing, because they will already have the cores to themselves. I cannot emphasize the role of thorough economic analyses and right organizational investments (see the series on decision making in this blog) enough when it comes to making money "again" from what you have made money and also becoming a sustainable business.
In 2000 when market was around $4 billion, Frost and Sullivan Research estimated engine aftermarket to reach $5 billion in 2007. The market reached $8.38 billion in earned revenues in 2006. This is an incredible growth rate, and it actually exceeded expectations. The same research estimates an $11.12 billion market by 2013. Yes, there could be a power shift from independent small builders to OEMs, however I believe there is more than enough thrust in the industry to keep this high growth rates going.
You can check this research here on Frost&Sullivan website.
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