by Li Wen-Ye, Mak Wai-Leong. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-58). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Hong Kong Industrialists --- p.1 / China Automotive Components Industry --- p.3 / The Opportunities --- p.4 / Chapter II. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.5 / Objective --- p.5 / Content --- p.6 / Chapter III. --- CHINA AUTOMOBILE & COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES --- p.7 / China Automobile Industry --- p.7 / China Automotive Components Industry --- p.10 / Chapter IV. --- EVALUATION OF CHINA AUTO COMPONENTS INDUSTRY --- p.13 / Market Size --- p.13 / The Original Equipment (OE) Parts Market --- p.14 / The Replacement Parts Market --- p.18 / Chapter V. --- EXTERNAL ANALYSIS OF AUTO COMPONENTS INDUSTRY --- p.21 / Potential competitors --- p.21 / Rivalry among established companies --- p.22 / Bargaining power of buyers --- p.24 / Bargaining power of suppliers --- p.25 / Threats of substitute products --- p.26 / Conclusion of Porter Analysis --- p.27 / Chapter VI. --- CASE STUDIES --- p.28 / Company Profile --- p.28 / Company Analysis --- p.39 / Chapter VII. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.44 / Entry Framework --- p.44 / Government Policy --- p.45 / Market Selection --- p.46 / Product Selection --- p.47 / Technological Requirements --- p.48 / Location Selection --- p.49 / Forms of Investment --- p.51 / Chapter VIII. --- CONCLUSION --- p.53 / APPENDIX --- p.54 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.57

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Diss., European Business School (Oestrich-Winkel, Germany), 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

This study investigates the implementation of supermarket-based scheduling of parts at a South African exhaust manufacturing plant. The study firstly investigates the requirements the manufacturer had to contend with in ensuring a valuable contract was won. The nature of the contract is such that it warrants building of a new facility. The design of the facility and the manufacturing processes is of importance as some Lean techniques are employed during these early stages. The research takes the form of a case study and data is collected mainly through interviews with staff, but also from direct observations on the shop-floor. Interviews were conducted with: - key project leaders responsible for the original design and commissioning of the facility; - production managers and technical staff currently operating the plant; and - shop-floor personnel involved in daily production and logistics operations within the plant. The as-built facility and procedures are compared with literature found on the topic of Lean manufacturing. Various findings are recorded, both on conforming to and not conforming to typical Lean theory. Potential changes are suggested in the following areas: - a Pull strategy is proposed to coincide with the appointment of a so-called pacemaker station; - a pacemaker would need to be further supported by a production leveling strategy; - although quality delivered to the customer is reported as very high, potential improvements are still possible by introducing an "at source" approach to reduce rework; and - finally, a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program will serve to reduce downtime even further.

Organisations face increasing economic pressures from local and global competitors because of changing and increasing customer demands. Demands include improved product quality, flexibility, increasing price competitiveness and attaining higher levels of customer satisfaction. Businesses must have strategic and operational plans in place to combat these pressures to remain competitive. The South African automotive component manufacturing industry is particularly susceptible to such factors. The nature of the industry further lends itself to attracting high levels of political and economic attention, as it is an important contributor to economic growth. Harsh economic conditions pose problems in supply, internal supply and distribution and force organisations to be resourceful to survive. Ninety percent of the world’s information was generated within the last two years, a figure that equates to 2.5 quintillion bytes per day. The proliferation of data sources and the fine level of granularity at which this data is collected, present organisations with new challenges to benefit from this information. Market volatility presents shorter windows of opportunity and demands an unprecedented level of agility from the organisation. Delays in decision making, which is becoming more complicated and complex, cannot be tolerated. Advances in Technology have made it possible and affordable to store vast volumes of data; data that can be manipulated and transformed by any number of technology tools. Business intelligence (BI) provides valuable information to management and decision makers by reducing the latency between business events and the ability to report and act on prior events. This treatise will investigate the business intelligence systems of an automotive component manufacturing company and propose a model to improve BI utilisation. The true name of the company that will be researched will not be disclosed for confidentiality reasons, instead it will be called My Company. Research consists of a preliminary study to identify the problems in the business intelligence system within My Company. Literature reviews of critical success factors for business intelligence systems, maturity models, and characteristics of integrated business intelligence systems, will lead to the development of a proposed integrated business intelligence systems model to improve the current situation at My Company. The major findings of this research are presented as deliverables within each chapter and contribute to the development of the integrated BI systems model for automotive component manufacturing organisations. The major findings are: a list of critical success factors of BI from literature; list identifying gaps between the literature reviewed and the problems identified from the preliminary study conducted; selection of the HP (2009) maturity model as a preferred tool to be incorporated into the proposed model; the evaluation of the proposed integrated BI systems model by means of a case study; and the updated integrated BI systems model.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-210).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-218).

by Cheung Po-wah. / Abstract also in Chinese / Bibliography: leaf 140 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1982

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Political Science, December 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management in Strategic Marketing Management, Johannesburg, 2016 / The South African Automotive industry contributes 7% of the country’s GDP. It is part of the global automotive industry as most of the local original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are linked to or owned by global manufacturers. The South African automotive component suppliers are also part of this international automotive market by virtue of supplying components to these automotive OEMs. The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of costs, quality and on-time delivery on South African automotive component suppliers’ customer relationship. Qualitative research (semi-structured interviews) was used to conduct the research. In this study, the findings indicate that costs, quality and on-time delivery have an influence on South African automotive component suppliers’ customer relationship. The study concludes by highlighting the importance of competitive priorities such as costs, quality and on-time delivery in mediating relationship between South African automotive component suppliers and their customers or original equipment manufacturers / GR2018