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Case Study: Strategic Cost Management
Lean Production at a Global Vehicle Manufacturer
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Strategic Cost Management provides essential information on supplier development, integration, socialization and trust. Aimed at students on supply chain, procurement and operations management courses, this case illustrates the difficulty of balancing competing internal factors and context considerations in strategic decision making and organizational design considerations. Strategic Cost Management provides fascinating insights into Honda's business model, management systems and costs, as well as its focus on customer value and lean manufacturing. It goes into detail about the benefits of lean and waste reduction.Register for a Kogan Page account at check-out to access and download your PDF after purchasing. You'll also have an opportunity to sign up when receiving your purchase confirmation email.
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CASE STUDY
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Strategic cost management
Lean production at a global vehicle manufacturer
Gerard Chick
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
gerard chick is Chief Knowledge Officer at Optimum Procurement Group. He has considerable experience working with some of the keenest minds at the most senior level in supply management today. He is regularly invited to make keynote presentations and deliver workshops on strategic procurement issues to senior executive teams across the world.
Introduction
This case study covers the strategic, organizational and operational decisions involved in an automobile manufacturer’s efforts to balance its goals of productivity and high quality with the more elusive goal of supplier-development integration.
The case material is based on the real-life experiences of supplier development, integration, socialization and trust, which are core and integral components of a global vehicle manufacturer’s overall direction.
Background
The global vehicle manufacturer was built upon a cost-management culture from the time the company began. The company founder sought to move into the automotive industry from a motorcycle base, despite government blockades, and found that the automotive supply base in Japan was unwilling to support his business. As such, he developed his motorcycle-component suppliers into automotive-component suppliers through supplier development, financial support and, most importantly, relationships and trust.
This loyalty to suppliers, under any circumstances, still exists today. The global vehicle manufacturer will not ‘fire’ a supplier unless the supplier requests them t...
Table of contents
- Strategic cost management