Success factors for continuous supply chain process improvement: evidence from Japanese manufacturers

This study explores how firms can realise ‘continuous’ supply chain process improvement. Specifically, this study proposes the success factors of routinised activities (also called ‘repeated activities’) in the supply chain process improvement. Eight Japanese manufacturers are selected for the case studies. These firms are selected based on their supply chain process operation capabilities. From the case studies, we find that the planning of supply chain process improvement depends on the existing stage of the firm’s Supply Chain Management reform. In addition, even firms with high scores for supply chain process operation capabilities do not have supply chain performance systems. Furthermore, quite surprisingly, many Japanese manufacturers tend to improve their supply chain processes in the absence of such systems.     

A Snap Shot of E-Commerce by General Line Industrial Distributors

Abstract

Industrial distributors and manufacturers are constantly in search of methods to increase sales and market share. While e-commerce is not new, its adoption is growing and gaining a foothold in American business. Most attention in the e-commerce realm has been on business-to-consumer-type ventures (Amazon, eBay, etc.); however it is the purpose of this paper to examine how e-commerce is effecting business-to-business transactions, specifically in fields relating to industrial distributors and industrial manufacturers.     

跨国汽车制造企业国际化经营战略及启示——以丰田汽车为例

本文以日本丰田汽车公司为研究对象,对其国际化经营轨迹和经营战略进行了比较研究。先对其国际化历程进行了追溯,进而提炼其国际化经营战略的共性特点,分析了其国际化经营的优势来源,最后结合我国汽车制造企业国际化发展现状给出我国同业企业国际化经营战略制定与实施的对策建议。     

汽车零部件生产企业质量信息管理

文章以ISO/TS 16949：2002标准中“以过程为基础的质量管理体系模式”中的“增值活动”为主线,并结合IATF推荐的“顾客导向的过程”,阐述了汽车零部件生产企业质量信息的内容及管理要求,以提高企业管理的效率和有效性。     

废旧电子产品回收模式的分析研究

资源日益紧缺和社会环保意识日益增强对废旧电子产品回收提出了更高的要求,寻找一种有效的回收模式不仅可以满足国家的法规要求,树立企业良好的公众形象,还可以提高企业的竞争力。     

家电制造企业一体化销售物流模式的构建

针对家电制造企业设计了一体化销售物流模式,分析了这一模式下的各个子系统的功能设置,以及运用该模式的意义。     

Exploring the contribution of management innovation to the evolution of dynamic capabilities

Companies that find innovative ways to manage capabilities gain competitive advantages. The results of multiple case studies of capital goods manufacturing companies suggest that management innovation contributes to dynamic capabilities. The findings confirm the importance of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring as dynamic capabilities. Management innovation differs in terms of whether it contributes to sensing, seizing, or reconfiguring. The findings describe issues of management innovation, such as key change agents and utilization (motivation, invention, implementation, as well as theorizing and labeling), which facilitate sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring. Maintaining capability-driven competitive advantages is not limited to the innovation of products and services, but should also address management innovation that drives dynamic capabilities. The present study relies on a novel conceptualization of dynamic capabilities through management innovation. This conceptualization advances theory-building on the issue of dynamic capabilities.     

What’s in a price? The American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American War

This article argues that an embryonic futures market was present in Liverpool during the Anglo-American War. The analysis of a previously unseen data-set of printed Prices Currents has facilitated not only a price series of raw cotton prices, but an in-depth analysis of the ‘construction’ of those raw cotton prices. By positing a definition of an embryonic futures market and then analysing each of the features of a such a market in turn, this study demonstrates the existence of an embryonic futures market in early nineteenth-century Liverpool.     

市场潜能、原材料接近度与日本食品产业在华投资的区位选择

运用《中国进出企业一览》(2003—2004年版)中的数据实证研究了市场潜能和原材料接近度在日本食品产业在华投资区位选择中的作用效果。基于Reddingand Venables[1]和Harris[2]测算了我国各省市自治区的市场潜能和原材料接近度,通过区位选择模型分析发现,国内市场潜能对日资食品产业投资的进入具有正的效果,但是不如用GDP衡量的"本地市场"变量大。国外市场潜能则具有最大的效果。日本食品产业倾向于投资在原材料接近度高的省份,但效果也不及用农业总产出衡量的"本地原材料"变量。     

A strategic analysis of surging Chinese manufacturers: The case of Galanz

Recent years have witnessed the surging of Chinese manufacturers, as China has become the world’s factory floor. This paper presents a case study of one of the most successful manufacturers in China, the Galanz Group, now the world’s largest microwave manufacturer. Based on theories of multinational corporations from emerging economies, the paper examines the process of Galanz’s integration into the global market. The company has developed unique competitive strategies that have made it a great success within China and in overseas markets. The Galanz model suggests strong strategic implications for both Chinese firms and incumbent multinational corporations.