regarding the extended concept of coordination generally orspecially in supply chain contexts, we aimed to identify the coordinationphenomenon in this research by determination of its elements anddimensions. the results of the previous researches, were analyzed by themetha-synthesis research method and when seven steps were passed, thesupply chain coordination in automotive industry, were categ...

the concept of coordination in supply chain management is different from the viewpoint of the roles of this chain and this difference causes more uncoordination at the entire of the supply chain. hence, regarding to the importance of this subject at the performance of supply chain, the clarification of the coordination concept as a casual model seems very necessary. in this research, the cognit...

This research studies the impact of information technology enabled coordination on product modularization in the automotive industry. A structural equation model is tested based on 177 responses to questionnaires from 177 Korean first tier automotive suppliers. The results provide support for the hypothesis that high quality of exchanged information enables better supply chain coordination, whi...

the purpose of this paper is to improve supply chain relationships in iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in automotive parts industry. for this reason, an importance-performance analysis (ipa) has been employed to categorized supply chain relationships metrics. also, the questionnaire method is used for gathering information. the paper identified thirteen supply chain relationshi...

the present paper explores the barriers to the supply chain of the lightweight construction in the automotive industry in zahedan. the aim of the study is to identify the barriers and the key performance of the automotive supply chain to help develop the production so as to achieve, in this way, higher quality products in less time and high customer satisfaction. to this end, the factors affect...

this article aims to identify what and how factors influence management of supply risk in automotive industry supply chain. based on grounded theory and 13qualitative in-depth interviews with 10 managers in iran's automotive industry supply chain, a theoretical framework is developed to examine antecedents and effective factors of this process. this framework suggests a broad range of fact...

Drug has a great and crucial role inboth the health systems and the quality of life, and thereforeits shortage can cause death.In order to the important role of drugs,pharmaceutical supply chain(PSC) shouldensure that drugs are delivered to people in the right time with the best quality.On the other hand, thesupply chain (SC) members depend on each other for resources and information, and it ha...

in recent years, there has been a great concern about strategic supply chain management. the supply chain configuration approach is related to strategic management of material and information flows. most of suggested configurations in the part of strategic direction are based on environmental factors and structure-conduct-performance approach. exploring supply chain configuration with emphasis ...

in recent years, following the rapid industrialization of communities is of great interest to environmental deficiencies and governments have started to enforce environmental laws. according to requirements of today's world, green supply chain management is inevitable. this study was aimed to identify and prioritize the factors affecting green supply chain in the automotive industry companies, ...

rfid has lots of potential benefits for supply chain management; that`s why it has attracted many industry practitioners all around the world, especially in recent years. rfid is one of the key solutions that information technology has provided for industry. the main issue in implementing and also developing this unique technology in the supply chain management of every industry appears to be t...