DaimlerChrysler to up parts sourcing from India

[OhioChick]

Press Trust of India / New Delhi December 12, 2006

Automaker DaimlerChrysler today said it will buy more components from India for its operations in other countries such as Japan, Germany and the US.

The German-US automaker, which sources about 20% of its components from the country, said it is relying on the Indian industry's high product quality and low price.

"Our sourcing from India has witnessed a compound annual growth rate of 20% over the years and it will significantly go up in the coming years," DaimlerChrysler Indian operation's chief Wilfried Aulbur said.

Aulbur said DaimlerChrysler is serving all the major markets through a group of Indian component makers and is looking at developing its vendor base in the country.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=18533

[OhioChick]

1. DaimlerChrysler warns of N. American layoffs

Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:20pm ET

DETROIT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler AG (DCXGn.DE: Quote, Profile , Research) (DCX.N: Quote, Profile , Research) could lay off up to 16 percent of the workers in its North American truck operations next year due to an expected downturn in demand, the head of the automaker's truck operations said on Monday.

Andreas Renschler, a member of DaimlerChrysler's board of management, also said Chrysler Group's Chief Executive Tom LaSorda has the board's backing, as the company's U.S. unit readies a turnaround plan intended to address swollen inventories and a drop in sales of almost 8 percent this year.

Renschler said the potential for up to 4,000 job cuts in the truck operations would include 800 layoffs that have already been announced and that will take effect in March.

DaimlerChrysler, the world's largest commercial truck maker, employs a total of about 25,300 in its truck operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2006-12-11T192013Z_01_N11198081_RTRUKOC_0_US-DAIMLERCHRYSLER.xml

[madrchsod]

2. high quality?

i do`t think so. i have used those "high quality components" from india and they are crap. it takes over 2 or 3 months for parts to be shipped from the far east so if there is a problem with the component it can`t be sent back and it will take 2 to 3 months for the good parts to arrive. the company i worked for has nothing but problems from this component manufacture. if it were made in the usa one would call the plant up and have good parts in the next few days but we cost to much because we refuse to work for nothing