AHFE Open AccessThe South African Automotive Industry’s Competitiveness and Supply Chain Integration Challenges.
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Authors: John M Ikome, Timothy Laseinde, Grace M Kanakana Katumba
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The South African automotive industry Supply Chain Management is a very important element and plays a key role in its competitiveness. According to the survey and results, it shows that high operational cost, including customer’s cancellations, power failure and cheap imports are a major concern to its global competitiveness. As a result, the development of good competitive Supply Chain Strategies if vital.
Keywords: Productivity, competitiveness, upgrading, multinational
DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1001616
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