This book provides some regional aspects considered by manufacturing firms in their decisions to gain competitiveness and have effects on the performance of their supply chains (SC). Some of the main aspects considered are: government's policies, fixed costs, the availability and quality of infrastructure services. This book also discusses the risks for the SC; based on a perception approach, some aspects studied are: demand, suppliers and production processes and how these are related to other elements of the SC. The authors use structural modeling to analyze the evaluation of some manufacturing practices and their impact on customer service satisfaction, agility and flexibility of the SC. The context of this study is immersed in the Mexican manufacturing industry of exportation, also known as maquiladora industry of Ciudad Juarez, México. This borderland is among the top 10 manufacturing Mexican cities. World class industries are located in this region and have been recognized aroundthe world for their competitiveness and high performance. Therefore, the methods and results exposed in this book may be valuable and useful for readers and researchers of the SC worldwide.

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Liliana Avelar-Sosa has a PhD in Engineering Sciences. She is a National Researcher level 1 recognized by National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico and expert in logistics and supply chain aspects applied to manufacturing companies. She has experience in maquiladora industry.

Jorge Luis Garcia-Alcaraz has a PhD in Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process and a Post doctorate in manufacturing process. He is a National Researcher level 2 recognized by National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico, expert in lean manufacturing methodologies and advanced manufacturing technologies. He has 14 years of experience in manufacturing industry.  Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macias has a Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering Sciences. She has 15 years of experience as a full time professor-researcher at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Moreover, she has worked as a manufacturing engineer in maquiladora industry and continues doing research with this industry. She is an expert in Ergonomics design and evaluation and currently she is the Secretary for the Mexican Ergonomic Association.

Inhalt
Part I. COMPETITIVENESS ASPECTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN 1.       Conceptualization of competitiveness aspects on supply chain.

2.       Importance of supply chain on competitiveness global.

3.       Environment and conceptualization of competitiveness in manufacturing industry.

4.       Evaluation approaches of supply chain for manufacturing industry.  

Part II. SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE FACTORS

5.       Conceptualization of supply chain performance factors.

6.       Factors associated with supply chain performance for manufacturing industry.

7.       Analysis of supply chain performance factors on manufacturing industry.

8.       Supply chain performance evaluation.

Part III. IMPACT OF COMPETITIVENESS ASPECTS ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE

9.       Methodology for evaluate the impact of competitiveness aspects on the supply chain performance. 10.   Assessment the impact of risk supply chain an approach for manufacturing industry of exportation.

11.   Assessment the impact of manufacturing practices an approach for manufacturing industry of exportation.

12.   Assessment the impact of regional aspects an approach for manufacturing industry of exportation.

13.   Validation the performance on manufacturing industry of exportation.