BMW To Expand Joint Purchasing Of Common Components With Mercedes-Benz

BMW Group plans to expand its cooperation with Daimler in purchasing components, the automaker's new head of purchasing, Markus Duesmann, said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

"It's not been fully exploited; there are regular talks and we are discussing jointly purchasing more components," Duesmann was quoted as saying in the interview.

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TheSteve - 1/20/2017 2:11:53 PM

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Hmmmm. We have "The Best or Nothing" combined with "The Ultimate Driving Machine." If you believe these slogans, then this combo is sure to produce the uncontested "Best Car In The World."

If you see these slogans as... well... just slogans, then you'll see this sharing of resources as nothing more than a move to support commercial interests of two giga corporations. It's just business. Business goes on.

qwertyfla - 1/20/2017 8:35:31 PM

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Economies of scale...

I'm doing something similar in a non-auto field with friendly, competitors.

Vette71 - 1/21/2017 2:07:17 PM

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It's called "Coopertition". Cooperate in some areas while still vigorously competing in others.

MDarringer - 1/21/2017 12:44:25 PM

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BMW is getting on very shaky ground. Toyota and Mercedes are licking their lips.