Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System

Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System

The mother factory system is said to have broadly diffused the system of international division of labor used by Japanese manufacturers. However, is that truly the case? This paper provides an example of a supplier having a “facade mother factory” to respond to the demands of assembly manufacturer c...

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Main Author: Shohei HAMAMATSU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Business Research Center 2017-11-01
Series:Annals of Business Administrative Science
Subjects:
mother factory
technical support service for customers
supplier system
small and medium-sized enterprises
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/16/6/16_0171015a/_pdf/-char/en
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spelling doaj-44d7d4c6960e4463b82bb89636ce5fae2021-03-21T09:20:02ZengGlobal Business Research CenterAnnals of Business Administrative Science1347-44641347-44562017-11-0116630131010.7880/abas.0171015aabasFacade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory SystemShohei HAMAMATSU0Faculty of Economics, Seikei UniversityThe mother factory system is said to have broadly diffused the system of international division of labor used by Japanese manufacturers. However, is that truly the case? This paper provides an example of a supplier having a “facade mother factory” to respond to the demands of assembly manufacturer customers. This facade mother factory was not “a unit that continuously supports overseas factories,” as defined in prior studies. Instead, it was rather a “mother factory” needed as a facade to provide technical support services for customers, who happened to be Japanese companies.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/16/6/16_0171015a/_pdf/-char/enmother factorytechnical support service for customerssupplier systemsmall and medium-sized enterprises
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mother factory
technical support service for customers
supplier system
small and medium-sized enterprises
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title Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System
title_short Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System
title_full Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System
title_fullStr Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System
title_full_unstemmed Facade Mother Factory for Correspondence of Customer’s Mother Factory System
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publisher Global Business Research Center
series Annals of Business Administrative Science
issn 1347-4464
1347-4456
publishDate 2017-11-01
description The mother factory system is said to have broadly diffused the system of international division of labor used by Japanese manufacturers. However, is that truly the case? This paper provides an example of a supplier having a “facade mother factory” to respond to the demands of assembly manufacturer customers. This facade mother factory was not “a unit that continuously supports overseas factories,” as defined in prior studies. Instead, it was rather a “mother factory” needed as a facade to provide technical support services for customers, who happened to be Japanese companies.
topic mother factory
technical support service for customers
supplier system
small and medium-sized enterprises
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