... successfully reorganized to meet today's requirement for instantaneous responsiveness to customer demands. The automotive industry is known for large, traditional organizations as well as environments of constant change. Automotive part suppliers are forever faced with imposed cost reductions that require innovative solutions just to remain in the game. The Meritor Chatham facility is no different. Although already impacted by years of ... would allow them to "work together as a team, and do much of the planning, decision making and implementing required to get their jobs done" 2 (Dessl...

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... together as a team may differ from that of traditional work teams. These differences in place, organization, and time are the main components of a virtual team. The use of virtual teams allows organizations to manage a greater number of projects without the cost and wasted time of face-to-face meetings. Virtual teams aim to preserve best practice, but eliminate the necessity for ... physical co-location, thus enabling manufacturers to collaborate, rapidly and continuously, with suppliers worldwide, irrespective of geographical constraints (Jay and Foster 2000). However, most virtual tea...

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