Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2020 in the subject
Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade:
75.00, course: Doctor of Philosophy, language: English, abstract: In
this research, SCM practices in automobile industry in India were a
descriptive cum analytical research. It needs an understandable
specification of who (automobile companies in India), what (SCM
practices - SRM, CRM, LM and ICT), when (until year 2019), why (found
gaps) and way (survey- questionnaire, F2F Interview, through email) of
the research. The figure-50 has shown the brief research design of the
study. During the literature review, it was found that Indian automobile
companies were not able to minimize their supply chain cost effectively
& efficiently and there were gaps in expectations (agreement) and
perception (adoption) level of SCM practice. To understand and analyses
these gaps, this research was carried out. Indian automotive industry
(Both automobile & components) contributes almost 7.5% of total GDP and
one of the biggest job creator sectors directly or indirectly. India is
gradually taking the lead and growing its global competition. India is
lagging behind in terms of commercial vehicle production if we compare
it globally, therefore, it needs more focus, collaborations and
investment to catch up the market share at global space. SCM contributes
to overall value creation for any organization including automobile and
hence firms are focusing on strengthening their supply chains more
efficient and competitive. Current supply chains are facing multiple
disruptions like Covid-19 pandemic, technological disruptions like 3D
Printing, IoT, AI/machine learning, internet things such as movable
machine (robots) for warehouse operation, etc. and challenges such as
visibility, cost reduction, innovation, supplier relationship, customer
relationship, risk management, security & safety in logistics, ICT
infrastructure, and customer expectation
