Analysis of the Relationship between Automaker and Systemist in an Industrial Condominium of the Automotive Industry

• Autor(a) principal: Sacomano Neto, Mário
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Pires, Sílvio Roberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: JOSCM. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Texto Completo: http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/11856
• topic: Supply chain management; supply chain structure and relationships; organization of production and performance

The implementation of industrial condominiums in Brazil's automotive industry introduced a new standard for the relationship between automakers and auto parts suppliers. High levels of outsourcing, long-term contracts, integrative agreements, coproduction of components, exchanges of specific resources, and intensive interchange of information characterize the automaker's relationship with suppliers in these new arrangements. This paper analyzes the relationship between an automaker, constituted in the form of an industrial condominium, and a systemist supplier operating inside the automaker's plant, exploring the impacts and innovations in the way production is organized and in how the supplier's performance is measured. The findings reveal the transfer of added value from the automaker to the systemist supplier and a high degree of integration of logistics and production between companies