Last month I wrote a post, “Dumping your waste upstream isn’t LEAN“, giving an example of how one large American company I know (and have left unnamed) has been bullying it’s vendors into accepting the costs of wasteful stocking in order to lower it’s own costs and leadtimes, while actually raising their own costs in less obvious but more significant ways.
This month, Bill Waddell of Evolving Excellence gives another example– none other than General Motors. Anyway, for another (more skillfully written) take on a similar issue, go to his post here.
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