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Supply chain mapping initiatives in the Brazilian automotive industry: challenges and opportunities

Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management

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Title Supply chain mapping initiatives in the Brazilian automotive industry: challenges and opportunities
 
Creator Miyake, Dario Ikuo; Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo
Torres Junior, Alvair Silveira; Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Ciências Contábeis, Universidade de São Paulo
Favaro, Cleber; Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade de Campinas
 
Subject Supply chain; suppliers; process mapping; materials flow; capability
 
Description Leading manufacturers that have advanced in the streamlining of internal processes are realising that the accomplishment of further performance gains implies stretching the deployment of process improvement efforts beyond their boundaries. In this context, there is a growing interest in extending mapping activities to inter-plant and inter-firm levels. However, research on the conditions under which such an initiative has actually been tackled in industry is still incipient. Based on multiple-case study method, this paper discusses some supply chain (SC) mapping initiatives undertaken in the Brazilian automotive industry. The study examines the major motivations, difficulties, and outcomes observed in the cases, as well as the methodological approach adopted in their realisation. The cases reveal that despite its intrinsic complexity, the SC mapping process provides invaluable opportunities to strengthen the SC capabilities. However, its adoption as a formal management method with strategic implications will depend on clearer understanding of its relevance and potentials.
 
Publisher FGV EAESP
 
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Date 2010-06-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/11244
10.12660/joscmv3n1p78-97
 
Source Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 3, No 1 (2010): January - June; 78-97
Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 3, No 1 (2010): January - June; 78-97
1984-3046
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/11244/10213