Business Chief USA February 2019

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.”
FEBRUARY 2020