 Electronic technology and parts procurement: a case of the automobile industryTakahiro Fujimoto and Jewheon Oh International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2004, vol. 4, issue 4, 324-335 Abstract: Inter-firm information systems in the automobile industry have evolved from firm-specific networks to industrial standard networks and, further, to the internet. This paper examines how electronic parts procurement systems in the automobile industry affected its patterns of inter-firm transactions through empirical studies on information networks, transaction systems and architectural characteristics of automobile parts. We argue that selection of a certain parts transaction system tends to affect choice of the mode of information system that might best fit the transaction information between the firms. Conversely, once a particular type of information is chosen, the mode of information exchanges and patterns of competition between suppliers and transaction systems would also be changed. In this way, inter-firm information systems, transaction patterns, and architectures of the parts would co-evolve through dynamic interactions among them. Keywords: parts architecture; co-evolvement; firm-specific networks; industrial standard networks; JNX; internet procurement; Covisint; transaction systems; automobile industry; inter-firm information systems; electronic parts procurement; e-procurement; automotive parts procurement. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:4:y:2004:i:4:p:324-335 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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