Maintaining Logistics Quality in Supply Chains to Developing Countries: The Case of Automotive Parts Supplies to Egypt

Joachim Kuhn ()
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Joachim Kuhn: Daimler AG

A chapter in Supply Chain Design and Management for Emerging Markets, 2015, pp 203-223 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Practitioners and academic researchers are following the pattern for tailoring an international supply chain depending on the different process partners and their capabilities along this chain. However, globalization forces the logistics chain to be precise and efficient anywhere and at any time. Hence the question arises as to whether a regional logistics approach is supporting a time- and cost-efficient supply. With the example of the international supply of automotive parts from Germany to Egypt, the different process partners are explained with a special view on the customs clearance process in Egypt. With the help of a six sigma project the cycle time was analyzed and finally improved. The necessary adaptations and the reasons for the supply chain parameters between high and low developed countries are explained, but still the question remains to what extent such parameter changes are acceptable and whether the strategic target should still be as efficient in at least some areas of Egypt as in Germany. Research should address this in order to develop such pockets of logistics efficiency and streamline all processes.

Keywords: Automotive supply chain; Lead time; Logistics quality; Six sigma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05765-1_8

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