A Study on the Characteristics of Lean Production System in a SupplyChain - A Case Study of Taiwan Automobile Industry

• Main Authors: Ying-Ruey Chiou, 丘應瑞
• Other Authors: Ying-Chin Ho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82690177134349044481

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 管理學院高階主管企管碩士班 === 91 === Abstract The main purpose of this study focuses on the Taiwan automobile industry which is facing a severe competitive environment under the globalization. After Taiwan’s entrance of WTO in January 2002, the import restriction is entirely lifted; market is open to the international suppliers. For the survival, the automobile industry has to introduce advanced management ideology in which the knowledge created value chain prevails. Through the satellite onfiguration and the flexible manufacturing system, it is intended to promote the productivity, to obtain reasonable cost, high quality, flexible delivery in an effort to reduce the production cost to the minimum, so as to sharpen its competitive edge, satisfy the customers’ requirement and to achieve successful export both of automobiles and parts. This study mainly concerns the integrated performance of the supply chain management and the lean production. The study is divided into four parts. Part One deals with the proper way the automobile industry has to follow and make itself fitting to the gradual reduction in import tariff, the relaxation of local fabrication ratio, the openness to export countries after Taiwan becomes a WTO membership since January 1, 2002. Part Tow proposes operation strategy to form an integral system in which the local and kick-down (KD) imported parts suppliers should organize a tier 1 supplier federate to provide the quality and technical services, and to set up material down stream flow, IT system, business internet and enterprise resource planning (ERP). For the automobile manufacturers, this integrated system will upgrade the productive efficiency. Part Three analyzes the way to solidify the production system of Taiwan top four manufacturers (Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi), as well as more than thousand parts suppliers and distributors. Part Four reestablishes the Taiwan automobile core competitive edge by combining the domestic automobile and parts manufacturing facilities,, the manufacturing facilities on both strait and in the southeast Asia under the strong pressure rendered by globalization, e-commercialization, foreign automobile exporters who have supremacy over Taiwan automobile industry. An integrated supply chain management is best defined a series of high performance management and Ford/Toyota production system (FPS/TPS) by which the joint effort provided customers, suppliers, manufacturers to create, distribute and support the optimized final products. The main purpose is to concentrate on the effective and harmonious coordination to ensure that each participant’s resources will proficiently meet the supply chain requirements with the most optimized efficiency. Besides the advantages of traditional competitive price, high quality, service and smooth distribution, it will lead the automobile industry to great success by applying supply chain, technology and management proficiency. Keyword: value chain. supply chain managemen, lean production, flexible manufacturing system.