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Automotive News Europe, July, 2002 by Sedgwick, David; Wilson, Amy
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A number of suppliers say Ford's last-minute design changes have caused much of the automaker's quality problems in the USA. Suppliers don't have enough time to test these parts or discover how the changes affect other components.
"Ford leaves everything until the last minute - then they change everything," said a powertrain component supplier who attended a May meeting with Ford to discuss the automaker's quality problems.
"Does Toyota change things? Yes. But they are fine-tuning their designs. They make tiny changes."
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