Supply Chains and Total Product Systems: A Reader

List of Figures......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 12
Editors ’ Note......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction to the Reader......Page 20
Part 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues......Page 24
1.1 From Supply Chains to Total Product Systems......Page 27
1.2 Supply Chain Management: Relationships,Chains and Networks......Page 55
1.3 Globalisation and Unequalisation:What Can Be Learned from Value Chain Analysis?......Page 69
1.4 Lean Production and the Toyota Production System – Or,,the Case of the Forgotten Production Concepts......Page 88
1.5 Lean Production in a Changing Competitive World:A Japanese Perspective......Page 105
1.6 Integrating the Supply Chain:Industrial Relations Implications in US Grocery Distribution......Page 116
1.7 Intangibles:The Soft Side of Innovation......Page 134
1.8 The Environmental Challenge for Supply Chain Management......Page 148
Part 2 Inter-Organizational Relationships......Page 160
2.1 Buyer –Supplier Relationships: A Case Study of a Japanese and Western Alliance......Page 164
2.2 Avoid the Pitfalls in Supplier Development......Page 177
2.3 Japanese Automakers, US Suppliers and Supply Chain Superiority......Page 196
2.4 Innovation and Competition in UK Supermarkets......Page 216
2.5 The Similarity and Heterogeneity Theses in Studying Innovation: Evidence from the End-of-Life Vehicle Case......Page 225
2.6 Supply Chains and Management Accounting......Page 242
2.7 Approaches to Child Labour in the Supply Chain......Page 265
Part 3 Change within Organizations......Page 284
3.1 Manufacturing Strategy Regained:Evidence for the Demise of Best Practice......Page 287
3.2 A Third-Culture Plant......Page 299
3.3 Lean Production: A Study of Application in a Traditional Manufacturing Environment......Page 313
3.4 Lean Production and Sustainable Competitive Advantage......Page 325
3.5 Supporting Small Businesses in Their Transition to Lean Production......Page 346
3.6 Change Processes towards Lean Production:The Role of the Management Accounting System......Page 353
3.7 Target Costing as a Strategic Tool......Page 369
3.8 Supply Chain Management for Recoverable Manufacturing Systems......Page 384
Part 4 Issues for SMEs......Page 400
4.1 The Secrets of Industry Are in the Air or on the Jungle Drums in the Village:Traded and Untraded Knowledge and Expertise: Interdependencies between SMEs......Page 404
4.2 Global Production and Local Jobs:Can Global Enterprise Networks Be Used as Levers for Local Development?......Page 424
4.3 The Role of an Integrator Organisation in a Virtual Supply Chain......Page 449
4.4 Issues on Partnering: Evidence from Subcontracting in Aeronautics......Page 459
4.5 Implementation of Just-in-Time Methodology in a Small Company......Page 478
4.6 Learning from Others: Benchmarking in Diverse Tourism Enterprises......Page 487
4.7 E-Business and E-Supply Strategy in Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs)......Page 495
Index......Page 510