2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A research on the modularization of production in the automobile industry and the reformation of production systems in the globally competitive age
Project/Area Number |
12430025
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Business administration
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Research Institution | Osaka City University |
Principal Investigator |
SAKAMOTO Kiyoshi Osaka City University, Graduate School of Business, professor, 大学院・経営学研究科, 教授 (70089184)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TONA Naoki Nagoya Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics, Professor, 経営学部, 教授 (80247618)
SHOSEI Li Osaka City University, Graduate School for Creative Cities, associate professor, 大学院・創造都市研究科, 助教授 (50255634)
UEDA Hirofumi Osaka City University, Graduate School for Creative Cities, associate professor, 大学院・創造都市研究科, 助教授 (10213357)
KOEZUKA Hiroshi Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, College of Asia Pacific Studies, professor, アジア太平洋マネジメント学部, 教授 (40243414)
KAWABATA Nozomu Tohoku University, Graduate School of Economics, associate professor, 大学院・経営学研究科, 助教授 (20244650)
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Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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Keywords | Production system / Modular production / Automobile industry / Suplyer / globalization / IT revolution / Network / アジア展開 |
Research Abstract |
This research analyzed recent changes of production systems of the automobile and relating industries in the globally competitive age. It has a few features as follows: Firstly, it regards the concept of production system as the broad meaning from R&D and production to distribution and marketing. In addition, industries of surveys contain semi-conductor, machine tool, molding, iron steel, apparel as well as automobile. Secondly, it investigates the reformation of production systems relative to Globalization and the IT revolution, that is, surveys of foreign firms range from the United States of America, Britain, France and Germany to Asian countries of China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. Thirdly, reasons that it adopted the modular production system as a keyword are the introduction of modular production system in European automobile industry and that the next-generation production methodology is the division-integration system developing in many industries.
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Research Products
(28 results)