Lessons from Using Supplier Guest Engineers in the Automotive Industry
| Autor: | David Twigg, Nigel Slack |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Strategy and Management Automotive industry ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS Management Science and Operations Research Automotive product Management Information Systems Variety (cybernetics) Engineering management Supplier relationship management Management of Technology and Innovation New product development Production engineering Business Business and International Management Marketing |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 1:181-192 |
| ISSN: | 1469-848X 1367-5567 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the role of supplier guest engineers in the development of new products within the UK automotive industry. Guest engineers are technical specialists who reside for a period of time within the vehicle manufacturer?in either a design or a production engineering role. The paper draws upon data from two studies of supplier involvement in automotive product development. It reports on the roles and responsibilities of these supplier engineers and presents a number of lessons that can be learned by vehicle manufacturer and supplier when employing this form of inter-firm coordination mechanism. The findings indicate that a variety of roles exist, at different phases of the product development process. Tour provisional types of guest engineer have been identified from in-depth interviews with vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. The recognition of these different roles is important for suppliers involved in or proposing closer cooperation in product development, since each alters the type of relationship and expectations of both parties. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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