TI splits into global product units.(Suppliers)(TI Automotive)(Brief Article)

Automotive News Europe, July, 2003 by Chew, Edmund

Byline: Edmund Chew

Supplier: TI Automotive

Innovation: Global business unit structure

To keep its carmaker customers satisfied, TI Automotive has moved away from a conventional matrix of regional and divisional responsibilities for its senior management.

The UK-based brake line and fuel system supplier has shifted to a global business unit structure. The change reflects the move to real global purchasing by vehicle makers.

"There was a growing realization that this is the market that we are in," said Brian Lindsay, commercial managing director for TI's global fuel systems business.

TI began planning the change in October 2002 and implemented it on April 1. The company split itself into three global product...

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