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Duplicate Management

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Multiple Union environments

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Complex and duplicated systems

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Multiple Quality interfaces with OEM Plant

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Higher logistics costs (multiple drops, container sortation & return)

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Forces Tier Ones to:

• Locate plants where they don’t want to

• Perform non-core functions

• Drive cost into the supply chain

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TDS Tier Zero™ brings more components into Assembly Plants in the form of large modules

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TDS Tier Zero™ includes concepts to bring the Assembly Plant on that path and to allow the plant all of the benefits leading up to a total modular build

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In the future modules can be prepared for final assembly, sequenced and delivered to the Assembly Plant through the Tier Zero™ plants or by Modular Assemblers who want to come on site