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General MotorsInside GM Purchasing: sorting out the winners and losersInside GM Purchasing: sorting out the winners and losers
In April, WAW detailed what goes on inside General Motors Corp.'s Worldwide Purchasing organization leading up to the actual awarding of contracts. The following article focuses on the awards process.Everything starts with the "annual costbook value." That's what the costs analysts deep in the bowels of General Motors Corp. come up with for what they think GM can afford for the components, machine