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To: gbh who wrote (11227)	5/6/1999 4:25:00 PM
From: Doug	Respond to of 18016

gbh: Supply Mgmt is a total Cost approach to Corporate procurement which looks at the costs and benefits at every stage from the Prototype to final disposal of the product . It encompasses the supply chain,Scheduling,ERP, Cost optimization , Multi Source Procurement, Chain failure analysis, Transport, Insurance etc. In a great Corporation such as G.E it runs with the same performance and reliablity like a Nuclear Plant with a .001% failure probability. It is an established fact that a Multi source procurement offers a Corporation improved benefits. I do not pretend to know what sub assemblies/parts were in short supply. I do however know that if there were alternate sources the probabilities of success would have improved.