Enterprise & Industrial

Rebuilding Auto Components & Engineering

India's auto-component makers are caught in a once-in-a-generation transition: OEM customers are electrifying, global buyers are diversifying supply chains to India under China+1, and PLI rewards advanced-technology localisation — yet many tier-1/tier-2 suppliers remain dependent on a few OEM customers, exposed to the ICE-to-EV shift, and running plants without real-time digital control.

The board-level pressures

Where the pressure sits

The ICE-to-EV shift threatens legacy product lines (engine, transmission, exhaust components) while new EV-relevant capability (power electronics, e-drive, battery components) isn't yet built.

Dangerous OEM-customer concentration — a few buyers who dictate price and terms — leaves the business exposed to any single account's shift in volume or technology.

Global OEMs are diversifying sourcing to India under China+1, but winning that business demands quality systems, scale and reliability the supplier must prove.

PLI for advanced automotive technology rewards localisation and incremental AAT sales, but capturing it requires capability investment and claim discipline.

Legacy plant systems give no real-time view of quality, OEE, cost or delivery performance — exactly the metrics global OEM audits scrutinise.

Thin margins and pricing pressure from OEMs leave little room for the waste, downtime and quality-cost the current operating model tolerates.

How we rebuild it

The rebuild, system by system

Capital allocation & governanceBuild the EV-transition and PLI capital roadmap — which legacy lines to defend, which EV/AAT capability to build/buy/partner, and how to fund and claim it.

Commercial engine & key accountsDiversify beyond concentrated OEM accounts — develop export and China+1 business, new OEM relationships, and aftermarket — with structured key-account management.

Org design, talent & capabilityBuild engineering, quality and program-management capability for EV components and global-OEM standards, with org design and SOPs to match.

Market positioning & reputationEstablish the quality, reliability and localisation credentials global OEMs screen for, to win export and tier-1 supply mandates as they de-risk from China.

Leadership, succession & decisionsModernise governance in promoter-led supplier groups so capability and capital decisions move at the speed the transition demands.

Demand generation & digital GTMBuild technical B2B marketing and global-buyer outreach to convert China+1 diversification interest into design-ins and contracts.

The digital & AI layer

Built over your systems, not beside them

ERP / MES / QMS / LIMS-aware — a roadmap that gives leadership a single, real-time view and compounds after we step back.

A unified plant data layer (OEE, quality, scrap, delivery) over existing systems giving leadership and OEM auditors real-time, traceable performance visibility.

Predictive maintenance and quality analytics to lift uptime and first-pass yield toward global-OEM benchmarks.

AI-assisted PLI/AAT localisation and claim tracking to capture incentive without manual error.

Supply-chain and customer-concentration risk modelling with scenario planning for the ICE-to-EV volume shift.

Export and OEM key-account CRM to systematically develop and manage China+1 diversification business.

The opportunity

The value on the table

Directional, not promises — the specific targets get set in the diagnostic, against your numbers.

Building EV-relevant capability early converts an existential threat into a growth arena as OEMs localise EV supply.

China+1 diversification steers global OEM business to suppliers who can prove quality, scale and reliability.

Reducing OEM-customer concentration through exports and new accounts de-risks the entire enterprise.

Digital plant control lifts OEE, yield and delivery performance — directly improving margin and OEM audit standing.

PLI/AAT participation funds the very capability shift the transition requires.

How we'd work with you

We begin with an executive Transformation Diagnostic across product/EV-transition strategy, plant digital maturity, customer concentration, quality systems and capital position, then deliver a prioritised roadmap and partner through the rebuild and capability transfer.

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