Involving suppliers in concurrent engineering: Learning from Japan in US auto

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 214-240

  Ro, Young K ^a   Liker, Jeffrey K ^b   Langlet, Laurent D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Concurrent engineering; Keiretsu; Modularity; Outsourcing; Product development; Programme management; Supplier management; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; KEIRETSU; MODULARITY; PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 5144227974     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmtm.2004.005387     Document Type: Article

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