The influence of supply chain context (OEM vs. Subcontracting) on quality management

نویسندگان

  • Rui Sousa
  • Christopher A. Voss
چکیده

I n r e c e n t y e a r s , c o m p a n i e s h a v e i n c r e a s i n g l y s u b c o n t r a c t e d p a r t s o f t h e i r m a n u f a c t u r i n g o p e r a t i o n s t o t h i r d p a r t y m a n u f a c t u r e r s , t h u s l e a d i n g t o a n e n o r m o u s g r o w t h i n t h e n u m b e r o f s u b c o n t r a c t o r p l a n t s . T h e s e a r e s p e c i a l i z e d i n t h e r o u t i n e p r o v i s i o n o f m a n u f a c t u r i n g s e r v i c e s t o a r a n g e o f e x t e r n a l c u s t o m e r s . S u b c o n t r a c t o r p l a n t s h a v e d e v e l o p e d s p e c i f i c f o r m s o f o r g a n i z i n g t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h , i t c a n b e a r g u e d , a r e s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e n t f r o m a t r a d i t i o n a l O r i g i n a l E q u i p m e n t M a n u f a c t u r e r ( O E M ) o p e r a t i o n . Q u a l i t y M a n a g e m e n t ( Q M ) h a s o f t e n b e e n a d v o c a t e d a s b e i n g u n i v e r s a l l y a p p l i c a b l e t o o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s a c t i v i t i e s . QM’s b e s t p r a c t i c e p r e s c r i p t i o n s h a v e h a d t h e i r c r a d l e i n p r i m a r i l y O E M e n v i r o n m e n t s . T h i s r a i s e s t h e q u e s t i o n o f w h e t h e r a s u b c o n t r a c t i n g e n v i r o n m e n t p l a c e s s p e c i f i c c h a l l e n g e s t o m a n a g i n g q u a l i t y . T h i s s t u d y s e t s o u t t o e m p i r i c a l l y i n v e s t i g a t e w h e t h e r O E M a n d s u b c o n t r a c t o r p l a n t s e m p l o y d i f f e r e n t p a t t e r n s o f u s e o f p r o c e s s Q M p r a c t i c e s – a c r i t i c a l a n d d i s t i n c t i v e s u b s e t o f t h e w h o l e s e t o f Q M p r a c t i c e s . A n d i f s o , t o e x p l a i n h o w t h e s u p p l y c h a i n c o n t e x t ( O E M v s . S u b c o n t r a c t i n g ) a f f e c t s t h e s e p r a c t i c e s . T h e s t u d y u s e s t h e c a s e s t u d y m e t h o d t o c o m p a r e t h e u s e o f p r o c e s s Q M p r a c t i c e s b e t w e e n O E M a n d s u b c o n t r a c t o r p l a n t s i n t h e U K e l e c t r o n i c s i n d u s t r y . B y s e l e c t i n g p l a n t s m a t u r e o n q u a l i t y f r o m a s i n g l e v e r y c o m p e t i t i v e i n d u s t r y a n d c o n t r o l l i n g f o r p r oc e s s t e c h n o l o g y , t h e s t u d y a i m e d t o i s o l a t e t h e e f f e c t s o f a p l a n t ’ s s u p p l y c h a i n c o n t e x t o n Q M p r a c t i c e . T h e s t u d y s t r o n g l y s u g g e s t s t h a t p r o c e s s Q M p r a c t i c e s a r e c o n t i n g e n t o n a p l a n t ’ s s u p p l y c h a i n c o n t e x t , a n d i d e n t i f i e s m e c h a n i s m s b y w h i c h t h i s t a k e s p l a c e . T h e s t u d y ’ s f i n d i n g s c a n b e u s e d t o i n f o r m t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f Q M p r o g r a m s b y p r o v i d i n g g u i d e l i n e s f o r w h i c h p r o c e s s p r a c t i c e s t o e m p h a s i z e i n a p a r t i c u l a r s u p p l y c h a i n c o n t e x t o r f o r w h i c h a d v e r s e c o n t e x t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t o m o d i f y i n o r d e r t o acc o m m o d a t e t h e u s e o f p a r t i c u l a r p r a c t i c e s .

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تاریخ انتشار 2003