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- Mcebisi Jonas<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c\u2026we need to move to a production environment\u201d<\/li>\n
- Rob Davies<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cthe APDP seeks to support the production of 1.2 million vehicles by 2020\u2033<\/li>\n
- David Powels<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cAsia and China represent 54.7% of the 80.274 Million vehicles produced in 2011\u2033. \u201cSouth Africa produces 0.66% of vehicles worldwide.\u201d \u201cIn September 2012 1659 vehicles were sold per day \u2013 the highest figure since 2006.\u201d \u201cDoubling production from 600 000 to 1.2 million units will not double the number of jobs in the OEM sector [presently at 30 to 35 000].\u201d<\/li>\n
- Anthony Black<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cThere is too much reliance by the automotive sector on government support.\u201d \u201c70% of vehicles sold in South Africa are imported.\u201d \u201cAfrica is the last frontier of the automotive industry.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Rajesh Parim<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cMost automotive companies operate at a 30 to 35% production efficiency\u201d<\/li>\n
- Jeremy Maggs<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cI look for the negative so that you can give me the positive.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Clem Sunter<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cSouth Africa is the 32nd strongest economy in he world.\u201d \u201cWe are one event away from our own Arab Spring.\u201d \u201cSouth Africa needs inclusive leadership.\u201d \u201cWe have 500 decent schools and 23 000 poor schools.\u201d \u201cAt $9.00 to the rand we are a cheap tourist destination.\u201d \u201cBig business is not going to create jobs.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And in all the other static from opinion leaders I heard mostly words such as; \u201cchallenges\u201d, \u201cproblems\u201d, \u201cconcerns. \u201cwhat we should do\u201d, \u201ccompounding the problem\u201d yada, yada.<\/p>\n
I could have been sleeping for a while but the only really upbeat speaker was our friend from India, Rajesh Parim, who offered practical focused tips that our business leaders would do well to focus on \u2013 the broken window concept for productivity.<\/p>\n
What I took away from Rajesh was that focusing on the little things like pride for a job, machine and work station as the building blocks of success.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nRajesh Parim<\/p>\n
The associated exhibition area at the Boardwalk<\/a> boasts 300 exhibitors and to \u2018avoid\u2019 the R50.00 entrance fee you can pre-register on the SAAW Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- Rob Davies<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cthe APDP seeks to support the production of 1.2 million vehicles by 2020\u2033<\/li>\n