Submitted by chemy16 on June 22, 2008
CASE: CUSTOM FABRICATORS, INC.—FROM LEAN MANUFACTURING PARTNER TO CONTRACT MANUFACTURER
As Ben Lawson, CEO of Custom Fabricators, Inc., drove back to his home in South Indianapolis, he thought about the day.
I’ve done a lot of business with Orleans Elevator in Bloomington over the years but just wonder how long this will continue. I have much invested in my manufacturing plant located right next to their plant, but now that United Technologies [the parent company of Orleans] is all into this FreeMarkets Internet purchasing system, I just wonder how long they are going to be interested in keeping me in the supply-chain loop.
It’s been a...
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