Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials

186 Lean suppLy ChaIn ManageMent essentIaLs

• Chrysler, Ford, and GM supplier working relations are falling behind those of

Honda and Toyota at an increasing rate.

• Suppliers are shifting resources (capital and R&D expenditures, service and

support) to the Japanese Big ree, while reducing these for the Domestic

Big ree.

• Suppliers are increasing product quality at a greater rate for the Japanese,

while merely maintaining quality levels for U.S. automakers.

• Supplier trust of Ford and General Motors has never been lower; conversely,

trust for the Japanese OEMs has never been higher.

• Suppliers increasingly see the opportunity to make ...