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According to US-based business consultancy AMR Research, cost and productivity initiatives by the world’s vehicle manufacturers aim to shift up to 45 per cent of warranty liability tosuppliers whose part numbers were named as the “prime part” in a component failure. It’s the wrong part in the wrong place at the wrong time that causes most of the trouble, says the AMR report, accounting for 35 per cent of total warranty costs. It also claims that 20 per cent of production line part problems go unreported because of the lack of factory floor visibility
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