Explore how OEMs are applying AI across the warranty lifecycle to reduce claims leakage, improve quality, and move toward continuous intelligence. Join upcoming AI-SWLM Think Tank sessions featuring Stellantis, ServiceNow, and Upstream.
Events
Xchange Groups Round 2: Continuing the Conversation
Round 2 of MAPconnected’s Xchange Groups continues the conversation across warranty, recall, financial products, TAC, parts analysis, and supplier cost sharing. These peer benchmarking sessions bring OEM leaders together to compare real-world approaches, share what’s working, and tackle challenges that are too often solved in isolation.
Financial Products Programs: Structure Is Only the Starting Point
Financial product programs are already in place across many OEMs, but understanding whether they are delivering the right outcomes is the next challenge. In the upcoming Financial Products & Insurance Xchange Group, leaders from AGCO, Mitsubishi Logisnext, Gibson, Kia, Polaris, and Cummins will benchmark attach rates, profitability, and portfolio strategy to compare how performance aligns with program structure.
Fixing the Hidden Margin Leak in Warranty Claims
Warranty leakage often isn’t caused by policy—it’s caused by execution across disconnected systems, manual reviews, and fragmented workflows. In an upcoming MAPconnected webinar discussion with Stellantis & ServiceNow, OEM leaders will examine how manufacturers are reducing claim leakage and improving margin across the warranty lifecycle.
As Supplier Cost Sharing Grows More Complex, OEM Leaders Are Zeroing In On Administrative Burden
Supplier cost sharing is one of the most powerful levers for controlling warranty and quality costs—but execution often breaks down in the details. MAPconnected’s Purchasing & Supplier Cost Sharing Xchange Group brings OEM leaders together to benchmark real-world approaches to governance, supplier burden, and cost-recovery performance.
How Peers Are Managing Vehicle Buyback Risk: Two Upcoming Recall Xchange Group Sessions
Vehicle buybacks and recall decisions carry major financial, operational, and regulatory risk. Two upcoming MAPconnected Recall, Customer Campaigns & Legal Xchange Group sessions will explore how organizations evaluate buyback cases, manage accountability, and determine when a recall becomes necessary.
Turning Parts Returns Into Quality Intelligence: Key Takeaways from MAPconnected’s Parts & Quality Analysis Xchange Session
OEM leaders benchmarked how to get real value from returned parts—smarter selection, faster analysis, and stronger supplier accountability. The inaugural Parts & Quality Analysis Xchange session explored turning returns from a cost center into strategic quality intelligence.
Why Technical Support Is Becoming an Operations Discipline
What makes a great tech line call feel effortless? At a recent MAPconnected TAC benchmarking roundtable, leaders from Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, and others examined how hybrid support models, integrated diagnostics, and stronger metrics are reshaping technical assistance centers across industries.
When Should You Issue a Recall? Navigating OTA Updates & Regulatory Risk
When does an over-the-air update become a safety defect? In MAPconnected’s Recall, Customer Campaigns & Legal Xchange Group, senior OEM leaders and regulatory counsel explored how recall decisions are evolving in a software-defined vehicle environment—where risk moves faster and the lines are increasingly murky.
MAPconnected Brings Factory-Based Learning and Modern Warranty Decision-Making to June Club Study in Houston
Press Release: MAPconnected announces its 4th Annual Club Study, June 17–18, hosted at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas’ new Customer Experience Center in Houston. The program combines facilitated executive working sessions with coordinated factory tours and warranty failure analysis, offering OEM, OES, and parts supplier leaders a hands-on environment to work through today’s most pressing warranty and aftersales challenges.