Still, a GM-Chrysler deal would put hundreds of fragile parts suppliers at risk because of the likely production cuts, she says.
In the meantime innovation is all about laying off responsibility and risk to suppliers.
When Smith of Smith and Company ends up with multiple fractures from a skiing accident, the company suddenly is seen to be without a leader, and therefore a risk to suppliers and customers.
The omnipresent executive said that "if the calendar were simply shifted a few weeks to the right" Tesla would have actually exceeded its vehicle delivery targets for the quarter, and said that the share release was merely held to mitigate risk from suppliers.
The cable industry reckons that, if it buys from a range of suppliers, it will never risk being captured by any single one.
Just like cloud-based IT architectures portend reduced PC usage and risk to PC suppliers like Dell, Microsoft and Intel, they create similar risks for private network equipment suppliers like Cisco.
But analysts say that the longer the issue continues, the higher the risk for Boeing, suppliers, jobs, and investors.
Pricing is important, because PBC transfers resource-management risks to suppliers, which must decide what risk premium customers should pay.
China is able to stay one-step ahead of the game, using risk-based management processes their suppliers.
The WEF principles requite signatories to recognise the importance of cooperation, develop risk management programmes and encourage partners and suppliers to adopt the same commitments.
The formula generally relieves suppliers of some, but not all, of the risk if the new Wrangler is a sales bomb, and allows them to share some, but not all, of the windfall if the vehicle is a hit.
Blue Nile adopted a virtual model, in which it provides a shop window for suppliers yet does not put any of its own capital at risk.
He thinks that to alleviate supply risk on the iPhone 5 launch, Apple pushed suppliers hard, but that the supply chain has recently seen 20% order cuts related to the iPhone 5.
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Multiple suppliers vie for each component and push innovation, and the diversity lowers risk for Apple.
Suppliers found to manufacture goods bound for Wal-Mart in multilevel buildings shared with other factories or shops are now deemed high risk and are removed from the retailer's list of authorized suppliers, the company said in a letter to suppliers in January.
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For one thing he says that Turkey's location removes some risk as the country is becoming a vital pipeline hub connecting Europe with suppliers in the East.
They must extend a risk-aware culture throughout the work force that includes partners, contractors, and suppliers.
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How does the Bush Administration plan to justify any direct or contingent U.S. taxpayer risk exposure to the USSR when Moscow is currently in a severe payments crisis to Western suppliers, has not embarked on serious economic reform and refuses to disclose fundamental economic and financial data?
Supplier managers should consider the advantages of innovations such as social networking to more quickly and easily locate, capture and track the information they need to mitigate supplier risk and better manage supplier performance by adding social networking to their everyday interactions with colleagues and suppliers.
Given that virtually all US telecom equipment is produced in China, in some measure, the Committee's narrow focus addresses the overall issue of risk to US telecom infrastructure so narrowly that it omits from the Committee's inquiry the suppliers of the vast majority of equipment used in the US market.
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In the same way as pharmaceutical companies must apply for a licence to sell a drug after extensive testing, so suppliers of legal highs will be able to market products in New Zealand if they can demonstrate they present a low risk of harm.
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