Japanese Supply Chains in Europe. Management and Development

• Druk: 2018
• Redakcja naukowa: Anna Baraniecka, Jarosław Witkowski
• Wydawca: PWE

This book is an attempt at broadening the knowledge on the operation of Japanese enterprises in
Europe from the point of view of a harmonious cooperation with the surrounding environment and a
possibility to transfer Japanese supply chain management methods to countries at different stages of
social and economic development. Therefore, Great Britain was selected for comparative study, which
used to be the original direction of foreign expansion of Japanese corporations in Europe, and Poland,
where Japanese companies started to operate a few years after the transformation of political system
in the second half of the 90s in the last century. The authors understand Japanese supply chains as
companies cooperating in different areas of operation of a company, among which the role of the
leader and the central coordinator of the information, goods and financial means is fulfilled by entities
with a predominance of Japanese capital. Additionally, in the entity structure of those supply chains
prevail Japanese suppliers of goods and services.

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• Redakcja: Anna Baraniecka, Jarosław Witkowski
• Język wydania: angielski
• ISBN: 978-83-208-2319-6
• Liczba stron: 272

Introduction                                    6 
 
Chapter I. Japanese supply chain management in the globalised world                9 
1.1. A supply chain in terms of process and structural approach                  9 
1.2. The determinants of supply chain development                    11 
1.3. The directions for the evolution of international supply chains                    14 
      
Chapter II. Coopetition in Japanese supply chains                      25 
2.1. Fundamental decisions and the improvement of processes in the management of international  
supply chains                                 25 
2.2. Collaboration and competition of Japanese companies within Keiretsu structures and other economic 
organizations                                29 
2.3. Japanese foreign investments in Europe                   38 
2.4. External conditions of development and functioning of Japanese supply chains in Europe             53 
2.4.1. Economic stagnation vs. changes in management and location of Japanese enterprises             53 
2.4.2. Cultural conditions in the management of Japanese supply chains in Japan and Great Britain       66 
2.4.3  Comparative analysis of the social capital in the researched countries                 77 
2.4.4. The infrastructural conditions of supply chain management in Poland, Great Britain and Japan             91 
2.4.5. The cooperation of Japanese investors with local governments in Poland         115 
 
Chapter III. Functioning and development of Japanese supply chains in Europe - a case studies      124 
3.1.  European supply chain structural and organizational framework of selected groups Keirestsu     124 
3.1.1. Japanese supply chains in the automotive sector               124 
3.1.2. Good practices in Japanese automotive supply chains in Europe - the case of Bridgestone Europe      128 
3.1.3. Development and disinvestments in Japanese supply chains in the customer electric industry             129 
3.2. The share of logistics company in shaping and functioning of Japanese supply chains       133 
3.2.1. Toyota Tsusho Corporation                      133 
3.2.2. Mazda Logistics Europe                            139 
 
Chapter IV. Improving structures and processes in supply chains. The results of studies concerning  
Japanese companies of the automotive sector in Poland                    148 
4.1. Research description                       148 
4.2. Processes in Japanese supply chains - research results                  148 
4.2.1. Research and development                     148 
4.2.2. Customer logistics service                        152 
4.2.3. Transport and storage                     155 
4.2.4. Purchases and inventory management                 163 
4.2.5. Just–in-Time in production logistics                     173 
4.2.6. Ecologistics                        182 
4.3. Concepts, resources and technologies of improvement in Japanese supply chains           185 
4.3.1. Social responsibility in Japanese supply chains                185 
4.3.2. Project teams in improving Japanese supply chains                    194 
4.3.3. Kaizen as a concept of improving processes                    204 
4.3.4. Information and communication technology tools in Japanese supply chains                213 
 
Chapter V. Barriers and stimulants of Japanese supply chains in Europe           220 
5.1. The future of Japanese FDI in Europe and the scenarios of supply chains development       220 
5.2. The conditions of diffusion of Japanese practices regarding supply chain management in Europe           234 
Conclusion                         245 
Bibliography                                247 
List of Figures                             267 
List of Tables                               269