Partnerships In the Motor Industry: Opportunities and Risks for suppliers

摘要

Gaining competitive advantage through supplier partnering has received considerable attention in recent business literature, with the automotive industry very much in the spotlight. Developing relationships with components suppliers was up until recently thought to be mainly a Japanese phenomenon; however, recent studies chart rising levels of supplier partnering in the U. S. And Europe. This article reports on a study of supplier- Manufacturer relationships in the U. K.