Automobile Industry Supply Chain in Thailand

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This research focuses on the process of growth in the automobile industries in the ASEAN region. ASEAN is drawing attention both from the vantage point of its position as an automobile-producing region and as a potential automobile market. Thailand in particular has long treated automobile production as a national strategy, and this research puts considerable focus on Thailand's initiatives. Since 2012, the authors have been carrying out on-site surveys and have visited many of the suppliers that form the local automobile industry; this published research represents a summary of those findings. The fields of specialty of this study’s respective authors differ, so analyses have been made from a range of vectors. In particular, the focus is on the supply chain in what is generally referred to as a keiretsu. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Outline of Automobile Production in Thailand (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 1-14 Review of Preceding Studies (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 15-27 Factors that Can Impact the Behavior of Manufacturing Employees in Japan, Thailand, and China (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 29-45 Localization Process of Japanese Automobile Companies in ASEAN—The Role of Local Parts Development Division at Toyota (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 47-62 Supplier Development of Japanese Automotive Parts Suppliers—Purchasing Strategy of Denso in ASEAN (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 63-80 Achieving Foreign Subsidiaries’ Self-reliant Product Development in Host Countries Through Mold Localization—Case Study of Nissan in China and Thailand (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 81-95 Discussion and Implications for the Future (Munehiko Itoh, Atsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shimono, Yasuhiko Haraguchi, Park Taehoon)....Pages 97-107