Drawing on an empirical study on automakers’ management of supplier involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows that when the design of a component is outsourced to a supplier, how much and what automakers know about the component matters for them to gain a better outcome. While the actual tasks of designing and manufacturing components could be outsourced, automakers should r...

As firms move toward environmental sustainability, management must extend managements efforts to improve environmental practices across the supply chain. The selection of a suitable green supplier according to green supply chain management criteria (GSCM) is essential for the sustainable development of manufacturing firms. The objective of this study was to select an optimal alternative in the ...

This paper demonstrates the importance of knowledge for effective management of outsourcing. Drawing on an empirical study on automakers’ management of supplier involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows that the level of own knowledge is critical for automakers to gain better outcome from engineering outsourcing. While the actual tasks of designing and manufacturing componen...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Asymmetry Customer–supplier relationships Smaller supplier Larger customer Taiwanese electronics industry The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship development stages of asymmetric customer–supplier relationships. The structure of relationships between larger customers and smaller suppliers has been the focus of a number of studies in IMP (Industri...

The strategic supplier-related activity of supplier segmentation focuses on the evaluation of suppliers, identifying different approaches, identifying the most suitable criteria and proper methods to segment the suppliers. The main aim of the evaluation of suppliers is to form different groups from the selected suppliers to create different supplier management strategies for segments involved. ...

The past years have seen growing investments in the area of product lifecycle management (PLM) by the automotive sector. Due to its complex development cycle, the automotive OEM has begun to adopt the supplier integration into its product development process. To respond to this new trend, the PLM system needs to evolve to support the collaboration and partnership management between the automoti...

The environment and economy benefit from the sustained growth of a high-quality green supplier. During supplier evaluation selection process, DMs tend to use fuzzy tools express information due complex practical problems. Therefore, this study explores green-supplier method in Fermatean (FF) environment. First, group indicators was created evaluate capabilities social impact suppliers. Second, ...