est total cost, new programs to exceed their expectations, and improvement in their supply base capability and performance. They provide their employees with and environment that they can do well in. By meeting or exceeding Internationals expectations, a company can become a potential diversified supplier. Their requirements are to be a U.S. citizen and meet the definition of a minority, women-owned, or small business. They try to reach a minimum of five percent spending goal with minority businesses and women-owned businesses. International feels that since population demographics are gradually changing they have work with minority and women-owned companies. This offers more earning power for diverse consumers and increased sales for corporations. Technology and Scientific Developments In the bus industry, technology plays an major role in helping companies like these compete with one another to develop new products for an ever--changing market. Today we rely on our buses to transport our children back and forth to school and to move about to handle our everyday duties. Diesel Technology is what makes this all possible. Over ninety-five percent of our nations full-sized transit buses are powered by diesel fuel. Approximately sixty percent of the students in the U. S. travel to and from school on diesel powered buses. Buses account for only six percent of passenger miles but are a service to twenty-seven percent of our nations total passengers. In this industry technology is one of the three major core competencies with the other two being price and quality. The development of a bus that has new features that make it more efficient while at the same time being more environmentally friendly will be the ideal product for this market and will have a clear cut edge in this industry.Recently in the state of California there have been growing concerns of how diesel fuel is effecting the environment. It has been such a large concern...
