Lean Management of Global Supply Chain

The following sections are included:

• Japan Society of Organization and Accounting (JSOA)
• Editorial Board
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors

The following sections are included:

• Theme of the Study
• Reasons of the Causal Relations among Various Factors
• Verification of the Proposition on the Optimal Supply Chain through the Case Study of the Electronics Industry (e.g., Smartphone) that has the Shorter PLC: Optimal Causal Relations in the Growth Stage of the iPhone's PLC
• Low-Price Smartphone: Its New Product Development Method, New market, New Global Supply Chain, and PLC Stage
• Verification of the Proposition through the Automobile Industry that has Longer Product Life-Cycle
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgment
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Incentive Alignment-Driven Cooperation Enhancement in Fabless Supply Chains
• Relationship-Specific Investment Strategy in Fabless Supply Chains
• Allocation of Joint Profit in Fabless Supply Chains
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Case Study
• Case Analysis and Conclusions
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Corporate Overseas Operations and Government Measures
• The Need for Tax Planning and Transfer Pricing Taxation
• Tax Planning with Respect to the Transfer Pricing Taxation System
• Consignment Sales, Consignment Manufacturing, and Issues with Regards to Business Performance Management
• Conclusion and Further Challenges
• References

The following sections are included:

• Theme of this Study
• Innovation as “Rebirth” or “Transmigration” Stage
• Cause or “Stimulus” for Innovations of Eco-Cars: Five Goals
• Theories of Innovation Management through Inter-Firm Collaborations: “Ambidexterity”
• Inter-Firm Collaborations for the Eco-Car Innovation
• Conclusion: Short Summary and the New Philosophy for Sustainable Mobility
• Appendix 1: How the network organization can reach global optimal point
• Appendix 2: Animism in the oldest cannon “Rig-Veda” of Hinduism
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Product Design Architecture and Communization Strategy
• The Global Automobile Industry and Communization Strategies
• Communization and Performance Management — The Case of Japanese Company A
• Communization Strategies and Performance Management — The Case of Toyota
• The “Lean Strategy Organization Model” and Its Significance
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Performance Measures by Management Level
• Physical Measures for Local Management
• Financial Measures for the Team Leader and Plant Manager
• Financial Measures for the Top Management of an Individual Company
• Financial Measures for the Top Management of a Consolidated Business or Supply Chain Group
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Case Studies
• Comparisons of Cases and Analysis
• Concluding Discussions
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The Definition of the Network Organization and its Features
• The Previous Studies on Management Control of the Horizontal Organization
• Three Purposes to Participate in the Network
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Review of Literature
• Research Design
• Proposing Dedicated Deficiency Measure for Commercial Printing
• Results and Discussions
• Summary and Conclusions
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Findings from Case Studies
• Mechanisms for Lowering Budgetary Slack
• Summary and Discussion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Study Design and Rationale
• Product Costing System
• Sophistication in Costing Systems
• Goals of Sophisticated Costing Systems
• A Proposed Framework of Measuring Sophistication
• Designing the Scale
• A Hypothetical Example
• Scope of Further Research
• Conclusion
• References

The following section is included:

• Index