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Title: What's new in automotive supply chains? Although technology is an enabler, better business practices are resulting in better supply chains these days. Here's a look.(Digital Domain)
Author: Lawrence S. Gould
Publication: Automotive Design & Production (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Gardner Publications, Inc.
Volume: 116 Issue: 2 Page: 50(2)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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When asked "What's new in automotive supply chains," the Supply Chain Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) and the Automotive Industries Action Group (AIAG; Southfield, MI) had much to tell. One spoke of managerial, rethinking strategy issues; the other spoke of technology standards. Both responses bode well for the future because they are indicative of incremental improvements in automotive supply chain management (SCM).

RETHINKING THE SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS Second-tier automotive suppliers seem to be doing "a lot of retrenching" as well as working on balancing a number of supply chain issues, according to Scott Stephens, the Supply Chain Council's chief technology officer. Specifically, the first- and second-tier suppliers have alternately focused on inventory management and reduction, supply chain costs...