How GM is accelerating vehicle development. (Process).(GM suppliers linked to automaker) From: Supply Chain Management Review | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: Gutmann, Kirk | COPYRIGHT 2003 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

What started as a program to apply information technology to the vehicle development process at General Motors soon evolved into a broad collaborative initiative that embraced GM's external partners. As part of that initiative, key suppliers are virtually linked to the automaker at every stage in the vehicle development process. The results have been nothing short of remarkable. GM has reduced its vehicle development cycle time from four years to 18 months and plans to reduce it ev...

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