Improving tier-N supply chain visibility, capacity planning and partnership at General Motors
General Motors executive director for global supply chain, David Leich, explains to editor-in-chief Christopher Ludwig how the carmaker has been increasing its visibility, communication and planning across the upstream supply chain.
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According to David Leich, GM is now using a range of new systems, communications and capacity planning tools. He also explains how GM’s supply chain and logistics teams have changed the way they work across departments, and worked to help secure additional supplier and logistics capacity. He also stresses the importance of behavioural change and partnership across the company and with its suppliers.
For more on how David Leich and GM’s supply chain and logistics team are improving visibility and performance across the supply chain, watch this panel on lessons from a crisis featuring GM, DB Schenker and Syncreon.
For more on GM’s global logistics management, read the interview with Edgard Pezzo, executive director of global logistics.
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