Supply chain snarls could cost automakers $210 billion this year: Report
Global
automakers could lose $210 billion in revenue this year because of supply chain
disruptions, nearly double a forecast earlier this year, consulting firm
Alixpartners said Thursday.
A
shortage of semiconductors is just part of the problem, Alixpartners said in a
new forecast. High prices and tight supplies of commodities such as steel and
plastic resin are driving up costs and forcing automakers to curtail
production.
Automakers
are on track to lose production of 7.7 million vehicles in 2021, according to
the new forecast. Alixpartners advises automakers on supply chain and other
issues.
In
May, the firm predicted automakers would lose $110 billion in revenue and fall
3.9 million vehicles short of production plans for the year.
The
dour new forecast comes amid warnings from automakers and commercial truck
manufacturers that semiconductor shortages and commodity price spikes are not
easing as 2021 heads into its final months, as industry executives had hoped
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Last
week, IHS Markit (INFO.N) slashed its global auto industry production outlook
for 2021 and 2022.
In
the US market, vehicle sales have begun to slow because inventories on dealer
lots are around 20 days' supply, less than half the normal levels, said Dan
Hearsch, a managing director in Alixpartners auto practice.
"We
had originally assumed we would get back to normal and claw back volume"
in the fourth quarter, Hearsch told Reuters. "That is not going to
happen."
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