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April 27, 2011

Business Excellence reader Sukhdev Johal of the University of London responds to our 24 April news story about broken supply chains in UK manufacturing.

On 24 April, we published a news article Supply chain threat to UK motor industry, in which we quoted the remarks of Nick Reilly, chairman of GM Europe. Business Excellence reader Sukhdev Johal of the University of London has added to this debate with his response below.

April 24, 2011

Supply chain threat to UK motor industry

The car manufacturing industry in the UK is under threat from a lack of local component suppliers, according to Nick Reilly, chairman of GM Europe.

Reilly told the BBC this weekend that the lack of home-based parts manufacturers was the most critical issue facing the UK motor industry, which was obliged to import a high proportion of parts.

Even overseas manufacturers like Toyota and Nissan were finding it hard to compete in their UK operations, he said, because of shipping costs and an extended supply chain.

March 4, 2009

GM execs call for help from European governments

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