MIKE HEGEDUS , VICE PRESIDENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF TRINITY INDUSTRIES , REVEALS THE ORGANISATION ’ S EVOLVING APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING RAILCARS
TRINITY INDUSTRIES
MIKE HEGEDUS , VICE PRESIDENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF TRINITY INDUSTRIES , REVEALS THE ORGANISATION ’ S EVOLVING APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING RAILCARS
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T rinity Industries ’ operations extend across a broad range of railcar related services , as Mike Hegedus explains : “ Trinity is a full service railcar provider . We provide leasing services , new car building and maintenance services . We ’ re an integrated provider and it gives us a lot of flexibility in what we offer to our customers . Increasingly we ’ re focusing on differentiating our products and our services in the marketplace .”
As Vice President Supply Chain Management , Hegedus ’ role encompasses several key functions . “ My role is leading the supply chain , which includes procurement , supplier quality , supply planning and logistics .” Hegedus ’ attention is currently directed towards an ongoing evolution in the business . “ We ’ ve traditionally been fairly vertically integrated , making a lot of sub-assemblies and parts , but that is changing . We are becoming more innovation-focused , doing more final assembly and moving more and more each year to outsourcing sub-assemblies .”
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