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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Automotive supply chain"”.
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Green automotive supply chain for an emerging market
Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) within the automotive industry is largely based on combining lean manufacturing with mandated supplier adoption of ISO 14001-compliant Environmental Management Systems (EMS). This approach evolved from automotive manufacturers seeking to expediently expand green …
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Downstream automotive supply chain simulation: A system dynamics approach to improve performance
Supply chain instabilities and fluctuations commonly known as (Bullwhip Effect) have been existing and is known for many years as a problem for companies. The bullwhip effect is an occurrence indicating a situation where there is an amplification of demand fluctuations as orders move upstream from …
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A knowledge sharing framework to support rapid prototyping in collaborative automotive supply chain
… new technologies have been adopted by the automotive manufacturers in the move away from a local economy towards the global economy. The continuous evolution of this technology often requires the updating and integration of existing systems within new environments, in order to avoid …
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Local content requirements and industrial development : economic analysis and cost modeling of the automotive supply chain
… to apply the analysis to the context of the automotive supply chain. The central conclusion of the thesis relates to the existence of a gap between private and social opportunity returns and costs, an aspect that has been overlooked by previous literature. In a developing country, resources …
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Using lead time data to identify cost saving opportunities in an automotive supply chain : inventory safety stock and trucking carrier pool
… influences decisions at every level of a supply chain, from sourcing and purchasing, to inventory policies, transportation, and plant design. Large volume, high complexity manufacturers, like those in the automotive industry, collect and store enormous amounts of data, but due to …
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Innovation Dynamics Between Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier-1 Suppliers in the Automotive Industry
Over the past seven decades, the automotive supply chain has been restructured to a tiered system. OEMs and tier-1 suppliers innovate together through joint product development programs: each OEM has multiple suppliers working on different subsystems, and one supplier may offer similar subsystems …
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A post-structural analysis of perceptions and experiences of continuity and change within the UK automotive supplier base
Firms acting as suppliers to the British automotive industry have a long history of so doing, with some evidencing histories that predate even the invention of the motor car. In exploring the challenges faced by the descendants of these firms in the 1990s, a review is undertaken of the bodies of …
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Made in South Africa? An Assessment of Local Content within the Automotive Value Chain
… rising vehicle production, the South African automotive industry has experienced declining levels of local content in locally produced vehicles. This is partly a result of increasing international competition, worsening factor and overhead costs, and insufficient economies of scale. Prior to …
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LINKING THREAT–OPPORTUNITY PERCEPTION AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES THROUGH COMMON ANTECEDENTS: AN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER PERSPECTIVE
… the most challenging transformation in the automotive industry since its creation in the early 20th century. The announcements from major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that they are withdrawing from further development of internal combustion engines (ICEs) has cascaded down to …