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"We're in a very competitive industry. All of our customers, Chrysler, Ford, GM and larger suppliers, are under tremendous pressure to reduce costs, to do more with less. That same cost pressure is transferred to our company," said [Kirk Lewis]. "GM and [Bo Anderson] are giving us all the support that we've needed to be able to address those challenges within our business."
Candidly assessing GM's past involvement in establishing joint ventures between larger tier one suppliers and minority-owned companies, Anderson said, GM was "too aggressive in creating those kinds of joint ventures and we paid for it. We felt some of the tier ones [major suppliers] that worked with minority firms were just in the business to check a box, to say they did minority spending, not to create a viable long-term business. Let's say we saw a side of some of our tier-one suppliers we didn't like."Global Push calls for a new collaborations among automobile manufacturers, their Tier I suppliers, and minority-owned suppliers, said [Daniel Mujahid]. "To set a new paradigm we had to conduct earth-shaking discussions with African American business owners on issues ranging from succession, community involvement, business trust, doing business with each other, and teamwork." He went on to explain that the strategy requires participants to agree to conduct business in the "spirit" of the new Covenant, as outlined in the writings of Tavis Smiley.See the full content of this document
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Rainbow/Push Coalition to Honor Gm Exec.
Bo Andersen, General Motors' no nonsense, straight talking group vice president of global purchasing, is this year's recipient of the Rainbow/PUSH Trading Partner Advocate Award.
Anderson will receive the award at the 36th Annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Citizenship Fun Conference. The conference will be held June 2-6 at Chicago's O'Hare Hyatt ...See the full content of this document
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