Chrysler in the 1990’s
1. To design safer, more cost-efficient cars
2. To continuously improve and streamline EDI and JIT systems in order to stay competitive
In the beginning of the 1990’s, Chrysler had 1,600 external suppliers shipping materials to 14 car and truck assembly plants in North
The company’s EDI system supported some 17 million transactions per year with suppliers since 1984.
The plants had reduced on-hand inventory from 5 days to 48 hours and eliminated more than $1 billion from the inventory network.