... in this paper, is a particular case of partnership sourcing, in which special attention is paid to certain operational practices. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Just‐in‐time Purchasing Motor industry Parts Manufacturing Spain Since they became known world‐wide in the 1970s and 1980s, just...

... manufacturers do not. Only some of the identified sourcing‐related trends are actually supported by the presented results. Hence, this article modulates the picture of the current development within the car industry. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Sourcing Trends Motor industry Outsourcing Supplier...

... in component suppliers (Brown, 1999). Though the European motor industry saw an unprecedented boom in production and sales in the 1990s, the European market now appears to have reached saturation level owing to increased domestic production and increased foreign imports, especially from Asia‐Pacific producers...

... to the customer”, is also examined – responsiveness to customers. This service‐oriented variable assesses the ability of a company to respond in a timely manner to the needs and wants of its customers, including potential customers. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Manufacturing strategy Motor industry...

..., in their success at moving such technologies from experiments in their laboratories to implementation at high‐volume, full‐scale production. Innovation Environmental management strategy Process Management Suppliers Partnering Motor industry Automobile assembly plants worldwide face increasing...

... Limited 1999 Time Competitive strategy Motor industry Manufacturing strategy As competitive pressures intensify, increasing numbers of companies are seeking a time‐based advantage in both domestic and global markets. In recent years, time‐based competition (TBC) has been the focus...

...). For a given product at a given retailer, let D = average demand rate (items per week); T = review period (time between order placements) (weeks); Motor industry Inventory Manufacturing Responsiveness Queuing Retailers receiving items from a manufacturer carry...

... development in the early 1990s but it was only in 1994 that almost all companies were faced with the need to implement a platform strategy (Muffatto, 1996). Japan Motor industry Product development Product planning The platform concept has received increasing attention in product development...

... Globalization International trade Logistics Motor industry © MCB UP Limited 1999 IJOPM 19,5/6 582 Design of a global car production-logistics system for a future ASEAN-China region Hiroshi Katayama Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan...

... variation and required process variation. Too many possibilities create an inefficient system, whereas an insufficient number of possibilities results in an ineffective system. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Cost effectiveness Human resource utilization Motor industry The Netherlands Rational...

... are promoting the use of guest engineers as one mechanism to deliver early participation. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Design management Engineering Motor industry Product development Suppliers The design and development of a vehicle requires the coordination of many different skills...

... production with a 1,000 c.c. engine. The company intends to implement the complete modular consortium system at the first plant, but only partially at the second. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Brazil Motor industry Outsourcing Supply‐chain management The 1990s have seen a significant...

... UP Limited 1998 Component manufacture Just‐in‐time Motor industry Supplier relations This paper explores the conditions under which motor component manufacturers may choose to service car assembly plants through decentralised production in local assembly units (LAUs)[1] which...

... maintenance policy, and highlights the general applicability of the delay‐time modelling technique. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Hong Kong Inspection Maintenance programmes Modelling Motor industry Preventive maintenance This paper is a report on the methodology for determining an efficient...

... their cars being built. Hence the members of the assembly group could meet and talk directly to the customer. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Learning organizations Motor industry Production Strategy Systems design a common industrial structure; product and brand integrity; world‐class...

... within Europe. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Europe Japan Lean production Manufacturing Motor industry Performance Studies of international competitiveness have always excited widespread interest, and recent years have seen several such studies. The motor industry has been a popular...

... their operations. Just‐in‐time Manufacturing Materials management Motor industry The increase in global industrialization over the past three decades, coupled with improving standards of living has led to new competitors entering the markets for consumer goods that were previously the domain of a few...

... production model discourse. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Assembly Cycle time Lean production Manufacturing Motor industry Sweden Traditional mass production, as found in the automotive industry, is based on an extensive, rigid division of labour along a serial production flow, implemented...

... or scrapping questionable production. Each of these activities, which will maximize the number of units produced,potentially reduces due‐date performance and quality. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Capacity Cost accounting Inventory Manufacturing Motor industry Service industries USA World‐class...

.... , “ The Automobile Industry In Japan: A Study of Ancillary Firm Development ”, Oxford University Press , 1988 . 15 . The White Paper on Small and Mid‐sized Enterprises , Ministry of Trade and Industry , Tokyo, Japan , 1991 . Manufacturing Motor industry Organizational performance Original...