OEM-supplier relations in the global auto and components industry: is there a business revolution?. (6th June 2005)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sutherland, Dylan
• Is Part Of: International journal of automotive technology and management. Volume 5:Number 2(2005)
• Page Start: 234
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2005-06-06
• Subjects: automobile industry -- component supply chain -- OEM-supplier relations -- customer-supplier relationship -- automotive components -- supply chain management -- SCM -- modular production -- modular manufacturing; Automobile industry and trade -- Management -- Periodicals; 338.456292068
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-9511

Abstract

This article describes some of the recent and profound changes witnessed in OEM-supplier relations in the auto industry. It considers different perspectives on the reasons for such change. A key question in analysis of the evolving supplier-OEM nexus relates to whether any inherent business logic underlies such change. This article argues that evidence increasingly suggests there is.