Road Testing The Ford Supply Chain
Will build-to-order in the automotive industry jeopardize quality? We'll have the next decade to find out.
[From iSource Business, July 2001] Anyone who has ever bought a new car knows just how disagreeable the process can be. There's that high-pressure salesman urging you to buy what you don't really want, while at the same time you're unable to get what you do want. The black interior, super sound system and those white stripes on the wheels? That car will take three months to deliver, you're told. So you settle for less
