That way, everything can be done with a Web browser-and everyone has Web technology. The ubiquity of the Web lets the collaborative environment be set up quickly, and allows for the speedy integration of new facilities as they come on board. We work hand in hand with the customer in collaborating on product specifications even before the commercial terms of the transaction have been worked out. If they get out there first with their product, they are able to catch the profit curve. In order to get newly acquired plants online quickly, Celestica has adopted an organizational structure that shares responsibility between local management and the corporate superstructure.
Local execution has a positive impact on execution time.
On a strategic level, supply costs have been streamlined by aggregating demand. This practice also has a positive impact on inventory asset management. This allows us to dissipate inventory on behalf of the customer. Gort sees Celestica's present system as but one step along the road to a collaborative environment that embraces not just the supply chain but the trading public at large. They enable a seamlessness that is increasingly necessary.