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JCI expects savings with Covisint system; Messaging service could save 50% on data exchange.(Suppliers)(Johnson Controls Inc. adopts new messaging service)
Crain's Detroit Business, June, 2003
Byline: Ralph Kisiel Johnson Controls Inc. estimates that it can cut in half what it spends to send and receive electronic documents with Covisint L.L.C.'s new messaging service. Johnson Controls, whose Automotive Systems Group is based in Plymouth, has begun testing the service with two other large suppliers - Southfield-based Lear Corp.
and Troy-based Delphi Corp. - and the domestic automakers. If it works as expected, Covisint is to introduce the service to the industry in November. That Johnson Controls, Lear and Delphi - with combined North American sales of more than $35 billion last year - have agreed to test the service could be a shot in the arm for Covisint. The online marketplace, which has struggled since its creation three years ago, hopes...
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