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New Automotive-Sourcing Paradigm: Knowledge Trumps Price New research from Booz Allen Hamilton reveals that automotive companies have begun to make sourcing decisions within their supply chains based more on knowledge, and less on price. In his recent article in Automotive Industries magazine, author Steve Barclay writes that (finally) “automotive manufacturers are rethinking their price-based and often adversarial sourcing model.” Instead of piece-part cost, what matters more and more to purchasers is the design and build of better processes that take new products through from inception to launch in the most effective manner. It’s not a new concept, to be sure—Toyota, Honda and others have practiced it for years. The key, writes Barclay, is that purchasing executives gain a “broad understanding of suppliers’ current costs and capabilities, as well as a realistic vision of what is possible…to determine what cost reductions can be achieved without driving their supplier out of business.” Read the full article here.
Makeitmetal Headline News Coil-Processing Seminar Includes Plant Tour Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL, will host a coil-processing seminar in West Chester (Cincinnati), OH, on June 24 at the Wingate by Windham & Meridian Conference Center. Attendees will learn about blanking and multiblanking, leveling, and slitting, as well as the SCS and EPS processes for hot-rolled black material. more... New Editorial Video Shows Robotic Press Cell in Action Surf over to MetalForming’s Multimedia Center to check out the latest editorial video. We recently visited the Trane plant in Tyler, TX, where a brand-new robotic stamping cell turns out louvered HVAC panels from galvanized sheetmetal. more... Worthington Steel Recognized by Deere & Company Deere & Company named Worthington Steel, Columbus, OH, a Partner-level supplier for 2007, the company’s highest supplier rating. Worthington Steel also was named a 2007 Enterprise Supplier of the Year in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. more...
Metalforming magazine Value-Added Drives Automotive Suppliers It’s no secret that responsibility is shifting downward through the automotive supply chain. Here’s how some suppliers handle that responsibility via value-added work to keep customers satisfied. |
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