It pays to play nice with your suppliers, something that GM seems to have had trouble with for a number of years, according to the 15 th annual North American Automotive – Tier 1 Supplier Working Relations Index Study that looks at automakers’ supplier relations and how they impact OEM profits. Results of this year’s study show Toyota and Honda clearly on top and continuing to distance themselves from Ford, Nissan, FCA and GM, who are headed in the opposite direction, said a release from Planning Perspectives Inc. (Birmingham, MI), the company conducting the annual study. This year 435 suppliers participated in the 2015 study.
