German and Japanese Auto-parts Suppliers' Project Management

去年未能取得任何进展，主要原因是COVID-19大流行。在大流行之前进行的初步案例研究发现，供应商更依赖于基于技术的方法，如模块化和通过广泛分析客户需求来预测未来的技术趋势，而不是项目管理。项目管理主要针对客户，但重要的工程工作是在前期开发阶段进行的，公司的中央研发中心将开发“核心组件”（模块），随后将其组合或略微修改以满足客户需求。因此，这个案例研究表明技术管理比项目管理更重要。这项研究在一次国际会议上发表，并得到了一些令人鼓舞的反馈。通过案例研究来研究汽车供应商企业项目管理（或缺乏项目管理）的基本思路没有改变，但由于疫情的影响，实施起来很困难。

No progress could be achieved last year, mainly due to COVID-19 pandemic.An initial case study conducted before the pandemic found that suppliers rather rely on technology-based approaches such as modularisation and anticipating future technology trends via extensive analysis of customer requirements instead of project management.Project management was mainly directed at customers, but the important engineering work was conducted in a previous development stage where the firm central R&D center would develop 'core components' (modules) that are subsequently combined or slightly modified to meet customer requirements. Thus, this case study indicates that technology management was of greater importance than projet management.This research was presented at an international conference and received some encouraging feedback.The basic idea to study automotive supplier firms' project management (or lack thereof) via case studies is unchanged, but the implementation is difficult due to the pandemic.