Ford Wants Better Relationship with Suppliers

IndustryWeek (Amend) - Company will source two-thirds of its global programs from preferred parts suppliers...Ford Motor Co. intends to slash its global supplier list to 750 from the 3,000 it employed just a few years ago. The reduction is part of the company’s vaunted "One Ford" strategy, Birgit Behrendt, Ford's newly appointed purchasing director of global programs and the Americas. For full story click here