The UK´s performance in the international auto components industry

The aim of this paper is to address three questions: compared to their counterparts in Japan and the rest of Europe, how do UK autocomponents plants perform? How `lean´ are UK plants? What are the obstacles to performance improvement in the UK? Eight countries were covered by the study, but the main focus in this paper is on Europe, and specifically on how UK performance compares to other European countries. For comparison purposes, Japan is included as the top benchmark