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Navistar International Corporation “In my opinion, the Case would be improved by including the following summary” An American agriculture of the nineteenth century Cyrus McCormick, invented a company that produced farming equipment called McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. In 1902 his son Cyrus McCormick II merged the company with three competitors renaming it the International Harvester Company. By the late 1980’s the company had moved from producing farming equipment to manufacturing automotive

Executive Summary Trimco is a main supplier to Navistar. Navistar relies heavily on Trimco at their assembly plant. Navistar and Trimco must improve their quality management systems in order to have the right parts, in the right number shipped at the right time without any damages or defects. Navistar and Trimco must start imploring a more collaborative approach to their business process. Navistar needs to address their policy problems. Our last minute design changes seriously disrupt the

Cause Analysis Alternatives and/or Options Part 4 Alternatives Recommendation Part 5 Recommendations Implementation Part 6 Implementation Plan Monitor & Control Part 7 Monitor and Control Part 8 Conclusion Part 1 Executive Summary Navistar was a worldwide leader in the manufacturing medium and heavy trucks for 17 consecutive years in the North America market. Navistar’s premium conventional trucks were produced at the Chatham assembly plant, which had almost 14 years experience

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Executive Summary Navistar was a worldwide leader in the manufacturing medium and heavy trucks for 17 consecutive years in the North American market. Navistar’s premium conventional trucks were produced at the Chatham assembly plant, which had almost 14 years experience in producing Navistar’s premium line since 1983. Navistar had forecasted increased industry demand for heavy and medium trucks in 1998. Especially, the Chatham assembly plant’s customers had strict requirements to the truck’s quality

Because Navistar is a major trucking company, they are constantly striving to keep their lead by innovating new technologies within their industry. One of Navistar’s main strengths is the ability to gain strategic alliances with other firms in the industry, not only national, but also international. A strategic alliance is an alliance where two or more firms create a legally independent company to share their resources and capabilities to develop a competitive advantage. These advantages enhance

Executive Summary Navistar was a worldwide leader in the manufacturing medium and heavy trucks for 17 consecutive years in the North America market. Navistar’s premium conventional trucks were produced at the Chatham assembly plant, which had almost 14 years experience in producing Navistar’s premium line since 1983. Navistar had forecasted increased industry demand for heavy and medium trucks in 1998. Especially, the Chatham assembly plant’s customers had strict requirements to the truck’s quality

Executive Summary Our Chatham factory is a part of Navistar International and producing Navistar’s world famous premium conventional heavy trucks. As an assembly supervisor I have observed that our Just in Time (JIT) assembly procedure were frequently disrupted due to incomplete supply of “Kits” by our key supplier Trimco Industries which contains interior trim parts. Our company is facing challenges to uphold our company strategy “do it right first time”, production of quality trucks and meet delivery

Just recently, CNH Industrial and Navistar Inc. confirmed the appointment of Iveco to be the sole distributor of INTERNATIONAL® trucks in the country of Australia. This announcement then ends the rumors about which "International" would make its comeback to the said country, after Navistar unveiled the initial plans during the Brisbane Truck Show last year. Sharing his thoughts on the latest appointment was CNH Industrial Executive Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, Ray Osgood. In

International Navistar 6.0l Powerstroke In 2002 a joint project between International Navistar and the Ford Motor Company was born. “The goal of this project was to create an engine that was fuel efficient, emission compliant and would be able to outperform all of the competition” (Banks Power). With over 2 million ford super duty’s equipped with the 7.3l Powerstroke engine on the road, the new engine would have big shoes to fill. The engine that was to replace the outdated, underpowered and overall