1 INTRODUCTION Globalisation of markets is a phenomenon that received much attention and has been debated at all business levels. In any globalisation process, distribution of goods and services between and within local industrial markets is of great importance. Supply chain management are the issues directly related to these general development trends. A global market is complex and rich in connectivity. It is continuously created and recreated; it is thus an effect of interaction. Thus, globalisation …showed first 75 words of 8650 total…

…showed last 75 words of 8650 total…to make an acceptable profit margin on their business, suppliers rate Toyota and Honda highest, followed by Nissan, DaimlerChrysler, Ford and GM. * Finally, Toyota, Honda and Nissan tend to balance cost vs. quality when selecting suppliers and provide the greatest amount of help to suppliers to achieve improved quality levels. Ford, GM and DaimlerChrysler emphasize cost over quality by more than four times, while providing suppliers the least help to reduce costs and improve quality.