Increased Cooperation Within DaimlerChrysler Generates Global Business Opportunities for Top Performing Suppliers
26 Juillet 2006 - 5:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
* Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management: "We need
committed suppliers who will give us their best work, their best
quality, and their best prices. We will listen to their advice and
concerns and work with them to build sound cases for continuing and
growing their businesses." * Over 200 DaimlerChrysler supplier
partners hosted at Global Supplier Meeting in the new Mercedes-Benz
Museum * Thomas W. Sidlik, Board Member for Global Procurement and
Supply: "Through our global organization, we bundle the purchasing
volume across our strong brands and many regions, allowing
successful suppliers to benefit. In return we expect world
benchmark performance in quality, technology, cost and supply."
STUTTGART, Germany, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As
DaimlerChrysler continues to optimize its organization for even
more collaboration and internal knowledge transfer, the company
will also be providing excellent business opportunities for top
performing suppliers worldwide, according to Dr. Dieter Zetsche,
Chairman of the Board of Management. Dr. Zetsche, along with Thomas
Sidlik, Member of the Board of Management responsible for Global
Procurement and Supply (GPS), was speaking at the company's Global
Supplier Meeting in the new Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. "We
need committed suppliers who will give us their best work, their
best quality, and their best prices. Those are the partners that
will win together with us in the global auto markets. We will
listen to their advice and concerns and work with them to build
sound cases for continuing and growing our businesses," said Dr.
Zetsche. The meeting was held by DaimlerChrysler's Global
Procurement and Supply (GPS) organization to bring together
DaimlerChrysler purchasing executives with 200 supplier partners
from more than 20 countries and five continents. The day-long event
consisted of both formal presentations and informal opportunities
to foster exchange and dialog between DaimlerChrysler and its
business partners. In a wide-ranging address on the goals and
strategies of DaimlerChrysler, Dr. Zetsche emphasized the company's
commitment to foster strong, open and mutually successful
relationships with its suppliers. He also laid out the important
role of the purchasing organization as the company continues to
increase internal cooperation as well as the expectations and
opportunities for the company's suppliers. "Our global purchasing
organization, in close partnership with our suppliers, plays a
vital role in the success of DaimlerChrysler. Together, they create
value by optimizing our supply chain network and by realizing
synergies across the entire company worldwide," Dr. Zetsche said.
In his presentation to suppliers, Thomas W. Sidlik reiterated the
company's commitment to achieve world benchmark excellence in its
purchasing activities with the goal of becoming the business
partner of choice for suppliers worldwide: "Through our Global
Procurement Supply organization we bundle the global
DaimlerChrysler purchasing volume across our strong brands and many
regions. This allows successful suppliers to benefit from our
global presence. In return we expect world benchmark performance in
quality, technology, cost and supply from our suppliers," said Mr.
Sidlik. Mr. Sidlik also stressed the importance of innovation and
flexibility as key factors in dealing with global competition and
for generating long- lasting, successful partnerships between
DaimlerChrysler and its suppliers. "Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler
brands are leaders in style, technology and safety innovations with
the help of our suppliers. Leveraging the knowledge and ideas of
our suppliers plays a decisive role as we address the challenges in
the market place and remain competitive," Mr. Sidlik said.
DaimlerChrysler invited a diverse group of suppliers to the Global
Supplier Meeting, including new and top performing suppliers,
executives from its top minority ownership suppliers as well as
winners of its Global Supplier Award. This recognition is given
each year in eight categories to the top members of
DaimlerChrysler's international supply base for their outstanding
performance in the past calendar year. The current award winning
suppliers were from four different countries on three continents:
Johnson Controls Inc., USA, (Category: Interior); Gentex Corp.,
USA, (Exterior); Mubea, Germany (Chassis); Yazaki Corp., Japan,
(Electrical/Electronics); Denso Corp., Japan, (Powertrain); Dell
Inc., USA, (General Goods and Services); NYK Line, Japan,
(Logistics); and Marposs, Italy, (Manufacturing Goods and
Services). About DaimlerChrysler Global Purchasing Supply
DaimlerChrysler's GPS organization is one of the largest OEM goods
and services purchasing groups in the world, with responsibility
for all of the automaker's production and non-production
procurement activities worldwide. Within GPS, purchasing executives
are working across the Atlantic to create value for DaimlerChrysler
through global scale leverage, global supply base management as
well as a unified purchasing infrastructure and standardized
processes. DATASOURCE: Chrysler Group CONTACT: Markus Mainka,
+1-248-512-2729, , or Florian Martens, +49-711-17-77537, , both of
Chrysler Group Web site: http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/
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