The improvement of the base Detroit - GM reflects its aggressive work plan more in line with their parties and those responsible for such is gaining traction. Despite the improvement in GM& 39;s North American automotive suppliers have much better relations with Asian rivals, according to the annual survey of Planning Perspectives Inc., an automotive consultant in Birmingham.
It may be recalled that in the past years of the automobile in Detroit have reduced stridently While the production of pressuring suppliers to lower prices, pushing a number of parties responsible for the bankruptcy or close to it. The difficulties are expected to soften quickly as AEM acceleration.
Inharmonious relationship with suppliers of cars can cramp car in several ways. The suppliers tend to offer better technology and the highest quality parts at the best customers, Henke said. It says that providers of price concessions to the automobile manufacturers in Detroit ended spending on research and development, while the prices paid by Honda and Toyota lets put more in R & D. Prospects
Planning surveyed 308 suppliers from mid-April to mid-May, which represent about half of the annual North American sales Parties to six major car manufacturers: Toyota, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. .
On a scale of zero to 500, with zero being the most terrible, the survey rated GM& 39;s overall relations with its suppliers at 174, compared with 131 last year. " We have never seen this type of improvement before " said John Henke, president of Planning Perspectives. " They have generally been only make things better from the point of view of working with its suppliers ".
Since the report creation in 2001, the suppliers Toyota and Honda ranked the best companies with which they work. Of the six companies classified, Toyota had the best relations with suppliers, with a score of 415, followed by Honda with 380, Nissan 289, Chrysler 199, Ford 174 and GM 162. Ford and Chrysler dropped several points in the previous year, Ford figure.
Henke called program to improve relations with suppliers " a disappointing failure ". " This is unfortunate because Ford, more than ever, depends on the support of its suppliers to help in its change " he said. The goal of GM to perk up its relationship with suppliers began in 2005. At the time, GM of the charge of relations with the parties had reached a point by far the worst. " GM has been literally on the map in terms of how the connection was bad, " Henke noted.
" We are really satisfied with what we think is a very remarkable improvement " said GM spokesman Deb Silverman. " It is the result of a couple of years of hard work. There is still work to do. "
As the largest automaker, GM can make or break many of their suppliers. " GM is more than 75 percent of our business - we do what we have to do " said Renee Rogers, spokesman & American Axle Manufacturing Holdings Inc. in Detroit. He said that the firm& 39;s relationship with GM is good. " We are dealing with things that we can control and to meet their needs as necessary ", added.
Despite improvements, suppliers say they generally do not trust GM, the report said. Ford and Chrysler also rated low on confidence in the category. Whereas rivals have improved their relations with suppliers over the past years, with slight variations, it appears that progress is dawdling. " We have an open dialogue with them " said Ford spokeswoman Becky Sanch. " Unable to introduce a programme and hoped that the problems he had been facing are going to disappear overnight. " adelle alissa
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