Navistar Comes Clean - Navistar is realigning its purchasing strategy through a balance of outsourcing and in-house production in its mission to reduce emissions

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At the end of the engine manufacturing line at Navistar's Melrose Park, Ill., facility, plant manager Ronald Poland pointed out a half-dozen engines to a small group of visitors. Each engine is a different version than the last. The engines may look high production, but Poland said the plant runs like a jobbing facility. "If we build 200 engines a day, all 200 engines could be different," he said. "We don't build to stock. Every engine is an order. We'll build today what [our customers] are running next."