Ford Motor Company Case Study
1) The difference between Dell and Ford supply chain is Dell use a direct model and Ford use a Traditional model. Ford has a large network of suppliers. Ford's purchasing organization had historically played ffa more prominent and independent role. Ford needed to radically redesign its supply chain. Ford's supply basee was different in its nature and complexity from Dell's supply base. Another major difference was organizational. Dell purchasing activities reported into the product development organization. At Ford, purchasing was organizationally independent of product development and had been historically and up to the present a powerful force within Ford