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General Motors – “Cost Est Engineer

May 29, 2009

3.0

General Motors Supplier Development Engineer in Pontiac, MI:   (Current Employee)

Pros

broad networks of global contacts, both GM and suppliers.
opportunities exist for 'special assignments' or strecting boundaries.
great intranet of training materials and reference magazines, books, standards

Cons

recently, short sighted in immediate gains instead of long term focus
supplier development engineers are mistrusting cost cutting engineers
    instead of problem solving, workshop oriented facilitators.

Advice to Senior Management

data management needs to be multi-level referenced, thinking in multi-plane databases.
stream line data storage, automate redundant processes, enhance empowered flexibility
in free-throught decision making processes

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