Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua Case

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January 5, 2015

 

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The case states that in 1991 GM suffered $ 4.5 billion losses and most part of the costs of manufacturing was due to purchased components. GM NA hired Lopez in order to find the way from "extraordinary" situation and reduce costs. Answers to the case questions: 1. Andrew Cox states in his article that the ideal situation for buyers is logically to force all of their suppliers into the buyer dominance box (of his "Power Matrix" ? page 13 of the article)...
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Andrew Cox states in his article that the ideal situation for buyers is logically to force all of their suppliers into the buyer dominance box (of his "Power Matrix" ? page 13 of the article). Should a buyer ultimately be striving to maintain a dominant power leverage position over their supply base as Cox suggests? Is it possible to maintain a buyer dominant power position and simultaneously build a collaborative alliance with a supplier? Dominant power is very tempting for the buyer since it provides some kind of control of quality and specifically drives price down...
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