TWI's Support to the Automotive Supply Chain

Development of Automotive Supply Chains

The automotive industry is the world's driver of outsourcing, just-in-time logistics and quality management. To be successful in this sector, it is necessary to address initially the following three questions:

• What is a supply chain?
  
  
• How can the Web help supply chain development?
  
  
• Why should a supply chain be developed?

Arguably, there are major differences in the way supply chains operate. This depends mainly on the management culture of the OEMs, e.g. within different and geographical regions. Therefore, in addition to some general information on supply chains, TWI provides up-to-date know-how on the specific issues for the automotive supply chains:

• It's the strategy that counts - supply chain management under scrutiny
  (Industrial Members only)
  
  
• Getting it right - inter-organisational relationships in production
  (Industrial Members only)
  
  
• Challenges for smaller enterprises - in the supply chain
  (Industrial Members only)
  
  
• 'Supply chains and innovation: Best Practice Report on organisational opportunities and human pitfalls'
  (Industrial Members and Regional Project participants only)
  
  
• 'Supply chains and their management - TWI Knowledge Summary'