I am interested in obtaining information on Japanese companies
adoption of buy-side Internet procurement technologies for the
procurement of direct materials. And what effect this has had on
supplier-buyer relationships. (Keiretsu groups falling apart?)
Information should be rather new, 1999 to present. Info on industries
outside the automotive industry would be greatly appreciated (but may
be hard to find.) The more academic in nature the better. (I am only
interested in B2B issues. Not B2C or mobile internet issues.)
More specific information I am interested in:
What forms of B2B Internet procurement are most widely used in the
Japanese market. More than likely this will point to web enabled EDI
between existing suppliers. If so I would like data backing this up.
Are Japanese manufactures using e-marketplaces? The answer here will
more than likely be that manufactures have only very recently (past 6
moths to year) used e-marketplaces. If so how are they using them? (to
find new suppliers only)
I assume the lateness of introduction will relate to manufactures
already having close, long-term relations with a smaller number of
suppliers than that of manufactures. Furthermore Japanese companies
use Japanese management systems such as Target Costing and Kaizen
costing that reduce cost thus eliminating the motivation for using
e-marketplaces. Again I need a solid source backing this up.
What has slowed or hindered the introduction of Internet procurement
technologies for the procurement of direct materials? Social, Legal
issues, existing systems? I have found lots of information regarding
the high cost of telecommunications (NTT) in Japan. But these sources
are tied to B2C.
I would love to have similar information to what is included in IDC’s
$4,0000. report on “Japan B2B Forecast and Analysis 2000-2005: SMB
Adoption Will Shape Future Growth.”
I do not need information from the following sites or sources:
http://www.ecom.or.jp/ecom_e/index.html
Helper, Susan R., and Sako, Mari. “Supplier Relations in the United
States: Are they Converging.” Sloan Management Review. Spring 1995. pp
77-84
Okayama, Hiroyuki. Risk Sharing in the Supplier Relationship: New
Evidence from the Japanese Automotive Industry. Discussion Paper FS IV
97 – 18, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, 1997.
Selig, Johannes. From Supply Lines to Network Lines in Japan’s
Manufacturing Keiretsu.
http://www.computingjapan.com/magazine/issues/1997/jul97/0797keiretsu.html
Downloaded: Aug. 5 2002.
Kojima, Kenji. Japanese Supplier Relations a Comparative Perspective.
Kobe University. September 1998.
Helper, Susan R. and Sako, Mari. Supplier Relations in Japan and the
United States – Are They Converging. Sloan management Review. Spring
1995. Vol. 36. Num. 3. pp 77-84.
Kim, Jai-Boem and Michell, Paul. Relational Marketing in Japan: the
Buyer-Supplier Relationships of Four Automakers. Journal of Business &
Industrial Marketing, Vol. 14 No. 2 1999, pp 118-129.
Johnson R.B., and Lee R.P.W. “The Role of Electronic Commerce
Technologies in Just-In-Time Replenishment.” Proceedings of Hawaii
International Conference on Systems Science, Vol IV, Hawaii, Jan
1997, IEEE Computer Society Press: 439-448. |
