Supplier relationships in the automotive industry have changed considerably in recent
decades. Increasing levels of outsourcing and modular production combined with just–in …

Purpose–In recent decades the automotive industry has established a variety of new forms
of logistics integration between automobile assemblers and their suppliers, in particular …

Increasing pressure on innovativeness and collaboration is supposed to strengthen the
importance of geographical proximity in innovation systems. But simultaneously there …

The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-
local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing, Asian economy. The study …

Purpose–The objective of this research is to develop a structure for a materials supply
systems (MSSs) design process to be used during product development projects (PDPs) …

The aim of this paper is to analyse how materials supply systems can be evaluated during
product development projects in a concurrent engineering context. The focus is on …

There is an increasing focus on reducing time‐to‐market for new products and a
prerequisite for succeeding in this is the ability to transfer and use information about the …

This paper focuses on the design of materials supply systems in product development
projects. In order to design the materials supply system in parallel with the product, product …

This chapter presents an empirical example of research and development (R&D) in German
automobile components supply companies that perform R&D for electronic components and …

The increasingly important role of electric cars manufacturing needs to develop new logistics
concepts in automotive industry. This article analyses critical issues in logistics operations of …