Change Management Study In TRW Automotive Components Program Development

China economy has been continuously developing so fast for the past 2 decades,when Chinese living standard has increased gradually as well,together with purchasing power.Car,which was not affordable for normal Chinese people,is now an ordinary commodity for almost every family.Automobile,along with automotive components have become one of most important industries.When this automotive industry is booming in China year by year,the competition is also more and more fierce.Nowadays,no matter it's foreign owned,or joint-venture or domestic,most automotive companies have introduced the concept and process of program management,in order to meet OEM's development and increasing competitiveness.Although automotive companies in China have experienced and developed a lot during the past decade,there are still some issues here and there in many companies.One of most critical and common issues is how to deal with change in a fast and efficient way during project development for whatever reasons,such as optimized design,customer new request,or new supplier,personals or regulations…etc.,which is critical to minimize the related negative impact and risk.As market and demand is changing every day,the changes occur more and more often to be an inevitable part of automotive.Therefore,how do manage change plays a crucial part for program development.The success change will not only lead program to be successful,but also improve company competitiveness.Therefore,it's quite important to study how to conduct change management in program development.Firstly,this essay explains the concept of program management and change itself,meanwhile summarize the problems during change management.Secondly,it categorizes different changes and explain details,which will help people to recognize the changes and initiate management as soon as change would occur.After that,we build a model for change management where each work structure will be studied.Following come optimization ideas,such as how to prevent changes from occurring,how to evaluate changes objectively,how to reduce the risk caused by change…etc.The final target is to setup a change management system with systematic procedures and information technology,which help us to handle changes more correctly and efficiently.By analyzing change management in A company,which is specialized in electrical switch products,the author came up a system of how to set up change management and related optimization proposals,which focus on time,quality,cost and risk during project development phase.Hopefully,this will bring a better change management system for TRW Automotive Company and secure its competitiveness among so many competitors and increase customer satisfaction.In addition,this could be also a reference for other companies who will be interested in change management.