Surprisingly, in the thick of a pandemic year, four of six U.S. and Japanese OEMs improved their supplier relations in Plante Moran's annual North American Automotive OEM--Supplier Working Relations Index Study.
Toyota, Honda and GM were tops this year in the survey. The survey respondents consisted of 841 salespeople from 503 Tier-1 suppliers--about 60% of the OEMs' annual purchasing.
Click through the slideshow for more details and insights from Dave Andrea, principal, automotive and mobility for Plante Moran.
