Covers interfirm, IT-enabled supply chain collaboration and focuses on the supplier-manufacturer collaboration. To assess the cooperation with a global point of view, the case describes the various roles of the various parties involved in the joint effort: the manufacturer and its supply base, as well as consulting firms, the supply process outsourcing company and software. Centers on the last two companies - World Wide Technology (WWT), $ 2 billion supply chain process outsourcing company based in St. Louis, and ClearOrbit, a fast growing software company based in Austin, Texas. Presents the history of world-class automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM), whose purchasing operations for maintenance, repair and operations of the material grown complex, costly, and error prone. In mid-2004, WWT, along with the consulting firm, the proposed program of outsourcing OEM: consulting firm will carry out strategic sourcing and WWT to manage the whole cycle of execution. The major feature of this program was that it would be shared. Early on in the program, however, it became clear that the WWT to deliver the joint program requirements demanded by specialized technological capabilities. WWT decided to cooperate with ClearOrbit, a company that has recently developed web solutions for companies to manage up to, deliveries and invoices with the supply base, regardless of their size and technical resources available to each provider. Describes the problems of development, implementation and development of the program. "Hide
by Louis C. Blancas, Hau Lee Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 32 pages. Publication Date: September 27, 2006. Prod. #: GS53-PDF-ENG
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