...Kyung‐Tae Kim; Seung‐Kyu Rhee; Joongsan Oh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic role evolution of client‐following local subsidiaries of foreign automotive parts suppliers in China. Design/methodology/approach The units of analysis are five local subsidiaries...

... in this paper, is a particular case of partnership sourcing, in which special attention is paid to certain operational practices. The essentiality of components is understood to be the need to stop part or all of the manufacturing processes when such components are not available. For example, a car...

...René Botter; Leonard Fortuin Service part inventories cannot be managed by standard inventory control methods, as conditions for applying the underlying models are not satisfied. Nevertheless, the basic questions of inventory control have to be answered: Which parts should be stocked? Where should...

... of parts in packages. Typically,RTA products are packed in one bulky carton with some parts, such as hardware, grouped in a separate package within the carton. As a result,consumers often spend a significant portion of the assembly time on searching for the right part. Through an experimental study we...