通用與供應商：剪不斷理還亂

????《通用CEO：我們正在修補與供應商的關系》——《汽車新聞》,，2011年10月24日

????這則關于通用CEO丹?阿克森（上圖）的消息實際上是去年的一則舊聞,，但我相信它很快就會再次見諸報端。通用剝削供應商的歷史很久遠了。經(jīng)濟不景氣時,，它拼命擠壓供應商,，等到經(jīng)濟好轉(zhuǎn)了也不撒手。上世紀90年代初,，時任通用采購主管的艾納吉?洛佩斯曾公開鼓勵供應商互相壓價,，我認為這大概是通用與供應商關系的史上最低點了。不過2005年的一項調(diào)查宣稱,，2005才是15年來通用與供應商關系的最低點,。像所有的慣犯一樣，通用總是保證它會做得更好,。兩年多以前,，通用的一位高管曾承諾公司將“加快速度”改善與供應商的關系。現(xiàn)在又是CEO丹?阿克森出面聲明,。通用能不能說到做到,，我們走著瞧。

????譯者：樸成奎

Frenemies forever

????"Akerson: GM's mending supplier relations" --Automotive News 10/24/11

????This one about GM CEO Dan Akerson (above) actually dates from late last year, but it'll pop back up soon enough. GM has a long history of squeezing suppliers when times are bad, and then not letting up when times are good. I thought relations hit rock-bottom in the early 1990s when then-purchasing chief Inaki Lopez openly encouraged suppliers to bid against each other, but a 2005 survey declared they had reached a 15-year low in that year. Like any recidivist, GM keeps promising to do better. More than two years ago, a top GM executive promised that the automaker would "move the needle" on supplier relationships. Now this latest declaration from CEO Dan Akerson. We'll see.