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。經濟不景氣時，它拼命擠壓供應商，等到經濟好轉了也不撒手。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.