GM strives for consistent metrics

摘要

Suppliers sitting across the table from GM buyers these days are hearing a different message than they heard previously:Perform well on metrics such as delivery,quality,cost,Lean initiatives and new technology,and you'll get more business.Just ask Japanese supplier Denso Corp.,GM's Supplier of the Year for 2006.Bo Andersson,vice president of global purchasing and supply chain at General Motors considers the understanding the two companies have of Denso's interest in expanding its business with GM a joint success.The relationship began in 1993 when the supplier provided GM with instrumentation.Then Denso expressed interest in also providing compressors to GM,so GM's purchasing department gave Denso an opportunity and it's now a large supplier of compressors.