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Auto Czars
Launch e-Purchasing Strategy |
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In
November of 2000, giant automakers General Motors
Corp.. and Ford Motor Co. announced they would move
their purchasing operations to the internet via
business-to-business exchanges, by the first quarter
of 2003. Each company buys more than $80 billion
worth of materials and components annually, from tens
of thousands of suppliers. By putting their supply
chains on the Web, the automakers expect to save
billions through lower prices and transaction
efficiencies.
The
auto exchanges will also be a boon for two software
vendors. General Motors is teaming up with Commerce
One Inc., a Walnut Creek, California-based maker of
procurement software, to create its virtual
marketplace, called TradeXchange. (An information site
for TradeXchange can be found at
www.gmsupplypower.com.) Meanwhile, Ford has formed
a joint venture with Redwood Shores, California-based
Oracle Corp. to bring its hub, AutoXchange, on line.
Oracle has predicted that AutoXchange will enable Ford
to slash its purchasing costs by as much as 20 percent.
Both
Ford and General Motors will encourage their suppliers
to use the exchanges for their own purchases, as well
as for expanding their customer bases and selling
benefits of economies of scale to other members of the
exchange. At the same time, the automakers will be in
a position to reap many millions from the exchanges in
the form of transaction fees and advertising revenue.
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