A Tumultuous Year in the Auto Industry

Summary

September is both SME's annual Motorized Vehicle Manufacturing Yearbook and Manufacturing Engineering's Motorized Vehicle issue. Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automotive Research will be interviewed about trends in the auto industry, including disruptions caused by COVID-19.

Bill has over 35 years of journalistic experience and serves as a senior editor for SME Media. He specializes in coverage of manufacturing news, additive manufacturing (3D printing) and custom media projects. Bill previously worked in the Detroit bureau of Bloomberg News and The Indianapolis Star, where he covered manufacturing. Writes the monthly NewsDesk department in the monthly magazine.

Kristin Dziczek is Vice President of Industry, Labor & Economics at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). Dziczek joined CAR in 2005, and has more than 25 years of experience as a researcher and policy analyst. She is globally recognized as an expert on automotive labor, employment, and talent issues, especially on the topic of labor union relations and contracts, and she regularly presents at conferences and industry events throughout North America.

Kristin leads the Business team—a group whose expertise includes economic analysis, forecasting & modeling, policy, and economic development. The team’s research portfolio is focused on developing a better understanding of the connections between the automotive industry, technology, the economy, society, and public policy, and is home to CAR’s Automotive Communities Partnership program. Kristin’s research includes analyzing the competitive cost position of the U.S. automotive industry, and evaluating how different tax, trade, or industrial policies and incentives could impact overall automotive sales, production, and employment.

Prior to joining CAR, Kristin served as the associate director of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, and has worked for the U.S. Congress, International Union UAW, and General Motors Corporation. She has published articles in the Monthly Labor Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, the Journal of Technology Transfer, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, among others. She earned her B.A. in economics, M.P.P. in public policy, and M.S. in industrial and operations engineering, all from the University of Michigan.