A Study of the competition and division of labor in automobile parts industry in Japan, China, and S. Korea

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380543
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: KU Seunghwan 京都産業大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20367949)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 銭 佑錫 中京大学, 経営学部, 教授 (00329658)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Cho Du Sup 横浜国立大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20262834)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: サプライヤー・システムの貧弱性 / グローバル生産ネットワーク / SCM / 新興国自動車産業 / キャッチアップ / 自動車部品産業 / 中国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Global production Network have the problems that are the disparity of production sites, the imbalance of production capacity and the poorness or imperfection of supplier system. So, OEMs have to redesign their production networks. In emerging countries and regions, supplier systems that utilize not only Japanese suppliers but also third-country suppliers have been building up.
Under these circumstances, the growth factors of Korean suppliers in China were the market strategy corresponding to the strategic purchasing of the local OEMs that expects to cover the poorness of the supplier system. Also, we can see that utilizing of digital technology and automation, which is the skill save-oriented investment, in manufacturing process play a role as the leverage to cover defects in production systems in the catch up processes by latecomers.

Free Research Field

経営学