Around 890 000 cars per year are produced in the Czech Republic. Automotive and related industries have become one of the key employment sectors in the country. Decision makers in the Czech Automotive industry are however confronted by a high degree of strategic risk and uncertainty in several areas, such as technological innovation, sourcing/supply chain management, cross-border mergers, regulations, environmental issues, human capital, etc.
In the Automotive practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers we bring together Automotive specialists and work with our clients to help them to address important issues and manage automotive challenges such as:
- Statutory audit and accounting advisory
- Tax advisory
- Business restructuring
- Business strategy development
- Corporate performance management
- Acquisition Due Diligence
- Cost reduction
- Tax optimisation
- Authorised economic operator
- Acquisitions and refinancing
- Initial IPO’s public offering
- Human capital management
- Fraud risk identification and control processes
- Market entry and growth strategy
- Investment incentives for the manufacturing sector
- Overall cost competitiveness
- Price harmonisation across Europe
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Publications
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CEO survey - automotive (PDF file, 469 kb) Automotive summary
The PricewaterhouseCoopers 11th Annual Global CEO Survey – ‘Compete & Collaborate’ –
examines the impact of an increasingly connected world on the way companies work, grow, deal
with risk and, ultimately, achieve business success. We focus on collaboration this year because
achieving the correct balance between this emerging business model and traditional management
discipline is a key to leveraging results in the connected world.
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Eastern Influx - Automotive manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe - is a series of five articles taking the reader through the process of setting up or relocating operations to CEE.
A growing number of companies is considering CEE, but they have to find answers to a number of questions - do they have a strong business case and the right strategy? How do they choose right location, close existing plant in another country and how do they go about the move and mange the transition? Finally, what problems should they expect in first few months and how should they resolve them? This series is dealing with all these aspects.
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Global Automotive Financial Review (PDF file, 1,47mb) a summary of financial data,
trends and practices reported by leading global vehicle manufacturers
and suppliers, and industry analysis by the global PwC Automotive
Practice, which involves over 1,500 professionals around the world
in auditing, tax and advisory services.
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Assessment (PDF file, 45 kb) Supply Chain Health:
An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth More than a Pound of Cure
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