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News Release from: GTMA | Subject: GTMA automotive supply chain network
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 October 2005
GTMA launches automotive supply chain
network
As part of its initiative to bring buyers and suppliers together and promote UK toolmaking, metrology and precision engineering, GTMA to launch its Automotive Supply Chain Network.
As part of its initiative to bring buyers and suppliers together and promote UK toolmaking, metrology and precision engineering, the UK's Gauge and Toolmakers' Association (GTMA) is launching its Automotive Supply Chain Network with an afternoon meeting at Hella Manufacturing on 26 October The agenda for the event, which will be hosted by Hella Project Engineer, Keith Lucas, will include discussion on the needs of both customers and suppliers - including Automotive QCD Requirements of OEM and Tier 1 suppliers, accreditation and evaluation processes, pre-requisite sales and marketing competences and supplier credibility
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Alan Fairweather, GTMA business development manager, explains: "The Supply Chain Initiative provides participants with the opportunity to really understand the purchasing requirements of OEM and Tier 1 sector suppliers and to discuss, in person, the 'hot buttons' that result in successful tenders".
"The GTMA is convinced that UK suppliers and potential suppliers to the automotive sector have the capacity to win substantially more business when they fully understand what buyers are looking for and the basis on which they make their purchasing decisions.".
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