four-day workweek, forty hours Monday through Thursday. Experience in material requirement planning, E-business application, inventory reduction, vendor delivery, lean manufacturing experience and Just in Time (JIT), as well as supervisory experience are among the requirements for the Senior Planner job. The jobs offered have competitive salaries commensurate with experience and excellent fringe benefits. Navistar International is very concerned about health and safety of its employees. They have opened clinics in several of their plants. In an engine plant in Melrose Park, Illinois, the clinic gives free prostate exams. Three cases of prostate cancer were found in 1999 early enough to start immediate treatment. Long-term disability cases in their largest assembly plant in Springfield, Ohio, have made successful progress in managing these cases. One individual had been out of work for ten years and after the medical staff on site evaluated him and helped with physical therapy, weight training, diet, and behavior modification, this worker went back to work. There were a total of eleven that went back to work with this program. Navistar helps the National PTA with a safety campaign. It is called Be Cool. Follow the Rules. These life-saving materials are distributed to students and parents. Their main focus seems to be on their suppliers. They are involved with COMPASS. This is the COst Management PArtners Sharing Savings program. It is a cost reduction program. This is to improve relations between International Truck and Engine Company and its suppliers through mutual trust. Some of the rules and guidelines are shared savings (default 50/50), $5,000 credit for elimination of part numbers, focus on bottom line savings, etc. International expects suppliers to continue to improve their product, process, or service, have on-time delivery and zero defects. Their customers can expect quality products and services at the low...
