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VW purchasing boss Aksel wants deeper collaboration with suppliers

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VW's Aksel: "With the 100,000 or so engineers at our suppliers who work on our projects alone, we form a huge creative pool of top engineers with our own technical development department." (VOLKSWAGEN)
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By:
Nathan Eddy
March 12, 2022 10:52 AM

BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group's chief procurement officer, Murat Aksel, is focusing on the formation of closer partnerships and deeper cooperation with suppliers.

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