Domestic Supplier Integration in the Chinese Automotive Industry: The Buyer's Perspective
Journal
Journal of Supply Chain Management
ISSN
1523-2409
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-10
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an empirical analysis of the current practices of, and key challenges to, domestic supplier integration in the Chinese automotive industry from the buyer's perspective. The results are based on case interviews with thirty automotive firms from various countries of origin with manufacturing operations in China. The research findings indicate that domestic supplier integration in terms of joint product development and advanced production planning activities between buyers and suppliers currently takes place to a relatively low extent. The study results also reveal that a lack of critical supplier capabilities as well as buyer-side constraints act as inhibiting factors.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford
Volume
47
Number
4
Start page
44
End page
63
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
216623