Comments on: GM Asks Court for Permission to Remove Tools from Plastech http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:01:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jthorner http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/comment-page-1/#comment-220892 jthorner Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:08:05 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/#comment-220892 One of the many side effects of the outsourcing trend is that it puts companies at the mercy of supplier issues whether those issues be financial (Plastech) or labor (American Axle). With each additional outsourced critical component you add another business process point of failure. It takes a very, very savvy company to manage all of those relationships and the 2.8 have not demonstrated such savvy. Toyota & Honda, on the other hand, do a much better job of the complete supply chain risk:reward management job. One of the many side effects of the outsourcing trend is that it puts companies at the mercy of supplier issues whether those issues be financial (Plastech) or labor (American Axle).

With each additional outsourced critical component you add another business process point of failure.

It takes a very, very savvy company to manage all of those relationships and the 2.8 have not demonstrated such savvy. Toyota & Honda, on the other hand, do a much better job of the complete supply chain risk:reward management job.

]]> By: Redbarchetta http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/comment-page-1/#comment-220842 Redbarchetta Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:57:16 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/#comment-220842 Tomorrow is Thursday, or did I lose another day. Question, if Plastech can't get get the money it need for operations through April then what they go into liquidation or something else. And if they do go into liquidation then what happens to the tools? They go back to Chrysler/GM/Ford or do they go on the auction block and they have to buy them back or lose them to the highest bidder(no clue who else would want those crappy plastic parts). Things have sure gotten interesting fast between this and the American Axle strike. Tomorrow is Thursday, or did I lose another day.

Question, if Plastech can’t get get the money it need for operations through April then what they go into liquidation or something else. And if they do go into liquidation then what happens to the tools? They go back to Chrysler/GM/Ford or do they go on the auction block and they have to buy them back or lose them to the highest bidder(no clue who else would want those crappy plastic parts).

Things have sure gotten interesting fast between this and the American Axle strike.

]]> By: johnny ro http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/comment-page-1/#comment-220822 johnny ro Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:47:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-asks-court-for-permission-to-remove-tools-from-plastech/#comment-220822 line me up to lend. HAHA. line me up to lend. HAHA.

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