Key performance indicators for sustainable manufacturing evaluation in automotive companies

The automotive industry is regarded as one of the most important and strategic industry in manufacturing sector. It is the largest manufacturing enterprise in the world and one of the most resource intensive industries of all major industrial system. However, its products and processes are a significant source of environmental impact. Thus, there is a need to evaluate sustainable manufacturing performance in this industry. This paper proposes a set of initial key performance indicators (KPIs) for sustainable manufacturing evaluation believed to be appropriate to automotive companies, consisting of three factors divided into nine dimensions and a total of 41 sub-dimensions. A survey will be conducted to confirm the adaptability of the initial KPIs with the industry practices. Future research will focus on developing an evaluation tool to assess sustainable manufacturing performance in automotive companies

Study on the variation and survival factors in the business evolution process based on organizational ecology

Based on the theory of Organizational Ecology, this paper studies five Enterprises in the format of business ecosystems in the industries of electric car and consumer electronics. The findings show that, in a business evolution process, the major influencing factors for variation are market expansion, resource advantage expansion and application of new business model, and the survival strategies after the variation include legalization and resources accumulation, which aims to raise the organization inertia. Business growth is a continuous "trial and error" and innovation process of finding the right niche. © 2011 IEEE