... and in this sense bear little resemblance to it. Amongst other conclusions, these findings provide a possible explanation for previous studies' inconclusive evidence on inventory reduction. Research limitations/implications The authors' research is based on evidence from the automotive industry in the USA...

... on a survey questionnaire with 151 participants in the Thai automotive industry supply chain, hierarchical regressions are used to test the moderating effects. Findings Internal and supplier integration, but not customer integration, were positively associated with customer delivery performance...

... picture” of supply chain risk from product design changes in the Chinese SPV industry. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Product design Risk management Supply chain management China Automotive industry Supply chain risk management has emerged as an important source...

... chain management Risk assessment Supplier relations Risk management Automotive industry United States of America In summary, most supplier risk assessment research to date has concentrated on categorizing and assessing risk and/or provided general insights on mitigating risks. Of the two...

... context. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Automotive industry United States of America Technology led strategy Trusting a technology, within an organizational setting, may place users at risk if the technology fails to meet operational expectations...

... Parts Automotive industry Competitive strategy Car components Veloso and Kumar (2002) note that the move toward modules within the automotive sector has been influenced by a number of factors including declining profit per vehicle, shorter product life cycles and the increasingly...

...Hans‐Christian Pfohl; Karin Gareis Purpose In the German automotive industry the supplier park concept is one of the new concepts in procurement logistics, evolved in the last years. To understand the spreading of supplier parks, it is necessary to look at actual requirements in procurement...

...Matthias Holweg; Joe Miemczyk It is now becoming apparent that the prevalent “stock‐push” approach in the automotive industry of building vehicles against a long‐term forecast and fulfilling the large majority of orders from existing stock is no longer a viable proposition. Pressure from rising...