This study analysed the extent of strategic alignment in the Brazilian automotive chain byexamining the strategies adopted by the Purchasing function in the first tier suppliers for managingrelationships with their suppliers. ...

The research objective is verifying the strategic alignment of supply practices between automakers and suppliers in the Brazilian automotive supply chains. It makes an exploratory-descriptive study of objectives, using ...

With a growth scenario found in few places in the world, the Brazilian automotive market has become attractive, jumping from investments of about 1 billion dollar in 2005 to more than 5 billion dollars in 2012. This article ...

The notion of supply chain thinking working to reduce the environmental and socioeconomic burden associated with a manufactured product or selection of products throughout their value chain was recently recognized. However, ...