Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2000
Journal Title
European Management Journal
Volume Number
18
Issue Number
6
First Page
577
Last Page
589
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0263-2373(00)00051-7
Version
Post-print: the version of the article having undergone peer review but prior to being published
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Disciplines
Business | International Business
Abstract
Because of the booming economy, interest in China has soared in recent years. The government has decided to privatize many State-owned enterprises (SOEs), so foreigners can much more easily invest in existing firms than ever before. Is it wise to consider investing in these SOEs? Certainly, many have major problems. How sophisticated are Chinese manufacturing firms? Do they understand modern principles of manufacturing strategy and supply chain management? What is the level of installed technology, from traditional production planning systems, like MRP, to robotics? This paper attempts to answer these questions based on a survey of 100 firms in the Shanghai area. We surveyed State-owned enterprises, collective-owned enterprises and privately held firms, and we discovered some fascinating insights about their differences and their similarities. We discovered that the differences among the ownership types are generally insignificant, suggesting that our results are quite general. We find that these firms are far more advanced using explicit manufacturing strategies than we had expected. However, they are not as advanced in supply chain management as many Western firms. They report significant communication with customers and suppliers — more with customers than suppliers — but the nature of the communication is often limited to one dimension, particularly on the downstream side. Firms that communicate with customers tend to do so with suppliers as well.
Digital USD Citation
Pyke, David PhD, MA, MBA, BA; Robb, David PhD, MBA, BE; and Farley, John PhD, "Manufacturing and supply chain management in China:: A survey of state-, collective-, and privately-owned enterprises" (2000). School of Business: Faculty Scholarship. 15.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/busnfaculty/15
Notes
Original publication information:
Pyke, D., Farley, J., & Robb, D. (2000). Manufacturing and supply chain management in China:: A survey of state-, collective-, and privately-owned enterprises. European Management Journal, 18(6), 577-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0263-2373(00)00051-7