Evolving models of supplier involvement in design: The deterioration of the Japanese model in U.S. auto

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-377

  Ro, Young K ^a   Liker, Jeffrey K ^a   Fixson, Sebastian K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; Japanese; Module; Product development; Supplier management; Systems integrator

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA STRUCTURES; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

HIGH-QUALITY COMPONENT SYSTEMS; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 43749121882     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.919733     Document Type: Article

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