• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.107-120
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• 2020

This study analyzed the competitiveness of major export industries following the FTA between Korea and five Central American countries. Findings revealed that Korea mainly exports industrial products such as ships, automobiles and parts, steel, and electronic devices, and it imports raw materials and agricultural products such as coffee and copper, indicating a complementary trade structure. Similarly, the trade specialization index analysis revealed that Korea specialized in exporting industrial products such as ships, automobiles, steel, and machinery, and in importing primary products such as copper and coffee. Products such as ships, steel, and machinery, which are major export items to Central America, are expected to further strengthen their competitiveness due to tariff cuts. In addition, it is expected that the demand for medicines and medical supplies could increase in future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study attempted to present implications for establishing export strategies by analyzing the competitiveness of Korea's major export industries in the Central American market, in accordance with the Korean-Central American FTA. These findings could be used as basic data for future entry into South America as a bridgehead in the Central American market.

• Proceedings of the Korean DIstribution Association Conference
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.47-68
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• 2006

This study aims to determine the association structure of the behavioral relationship variables, such as trust, commitment, cooperation, communication and coercive power, in the relationship between the buyers and suppliers of industrial parts. It also investigates the impact of the use of IT technologies on the relationships quality. Data was collected from 216 part suppliers of machinery, electronics and automobiles located in Incheon. Data supported all of the proposed hypotheses. First, it was confirmed that parts suppliers' trust in buyers leads to the commitment into relationships with buyers. Second, cooperation and communication showed a positive influence on parts suppliers' trust in buyers, and coercive power gave a negative influence on trust. Third, the use of IT technologies like Internet and E-Mail between parts suppliers and buyers was verified to have generally a positive influence on the quality of relationships. At the same time, cooperation and communication were confirmed to have a positive influence on each other, and cooperation and coercive power as well as communication and coercive power were confirmed to have negative influence on each other. This study is a pioneering attempt to examine the relationships between suppliers and buyers of industrial parts, and the influence IT technologies on the relationship quality. Also, the findings will be practically much helpful to find how to reinforce the relationships between parts suppliers and buyers.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.142-158
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• 2009

The supplier selection problem is perhaps the most important component of the purchasing function. Some of the common and influential criteria in the selection of a supplier include quality, price, delivery, and service. These evaluation criteria often conflict, however, and it is frequently impossible to find a supplier that excels in all areas. In addition, some of the criteria are quantitative and some are qualitative. Thus, a methodology is needed that can capture both subjective and objective evaluation measures. The Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) is a decision-making method for ranking alternative courses of action when multiple criteria must be considered. This paper proposes the AHP-based approach which can structure the supplier selection process and the achievements-based procedure which can allocate order quantities for the selected suppliers In automotive part manufacturers. Also, through the practical case of 'D' automotive part manufacturing company, we shows that the proposed AHP based supplier selection approach and the achievements-based allocation procedure of order quantity can be successfully applied for supplier selection and order quantity allocation problems.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.231-244
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to substantially analyze the relation between the success factors of quality management and performance. For this purpose, the success factors of quality management - CEO's leadership, customer-centeredness, process management, training, full participation of employees, and relationship with vendors - were identified as independent variables and performance was identified as dependent variable to substantially analyze the automotive parts industry. In result, the findings can be summarized into the following: First, for the relation between the success factors of quality management and financial performance, CEO's leadership, customer-centeredness, training, and full participation of employees were statistically significant, but process management and relationship with vendors were not statistically significant. Second, for the relation between the success factors of quality management and non-financial performance, CEO's leadership, customer-centeredness, full participation of employees, and relationship with vendors were statistically significant, but process management and training were not statistically significant. Third, it was also found that, among the success factors of quality management, CEO's leadership, customer-centeredness, full participation of employee should be considered more than any other variables to achieve performance. Based on the above findings, it was concluded that 'CEO's leadership' and 'customer-centeredness' had an influence on both financial and non-financial performances and were relatively more influential than other individual factors.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.97-115
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• 2017

The Purpose of this is to Examine the Effects of Collaborative Relations of Supplier- Buyer, Sustainable Supply Chain Management(SCM) Sctivities, and Collaborative Performance in Automobile-part Companies. The Proposed Research Model is Tested using Structural Equation Modeling for Hypotheses based on the Data Collected from 274 Firms. The Results Indicate that Collaborative Relations of Supplier-buyer Positively Affect Sustainable SCM Activities. In Addition, Sustainable SCM Activities Positively Affects Collaborative Performance. The Results of the Study Show that Collaborative Relations of Supplier-buyer is Positively Associated with Sustainable SCM Activities in both Supplier and Buyer Firms. Sustainable SCM Activities have a Significant Impact on Collaborative Performance in both Parts. In Addition, Collaborative Relations of Supplier-buyer have a Significant Impact on Collaborative Performance of Buyer Firms but Supplier. This Study would Provide Useful Information for Collaboration between Supplier and Buyer to have a Long-term Strategic Relationship on Sustainable SCM Activities, which Impact on Collaborative Performance and Competitive Advantages.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.49-71
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• 2000

This paper looks at "network" aspects of research and development (R'||'&'||'D) with a special focus on small and medium (S'||'&'||'M) automotive part makers in Korea. It throws light on recent changes in the technological capability building mechanism of Korean automotive firms. The Korean automotive firms have mostly built up technological capability from scratch. It is widely acknowledged that they have benefited from two cooperative relations: namely (1) the close cooperative relationship with their own assemblers and (2) technical assistance from auto parts makers abroad. Too much emphasis on these two links can, however, keep us from understanding new developments. This paper argues that auto parts firms have diversified their networks for technological development. It is based on the analysis of the data drawn from the survey on technological development activities of small and medium sized firms, which was carried out by the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business. Many automotive firms have recently increased joint R'||'&'||'D links with university and/or research institution while their reliance on foreign sources have decreased.

• 기계와재료
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.114-123
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• 2011

주조품 설계 및 제조에 있어서 기존의 유동 및 응고 해석뿐 아니라 최근에는 응력 해석 기법의 적용이 대두 되고 있다. 특히 자동차 산업에 있어서 부품의 경량화는 필수 불가결한 선택이며, 이는 설계자 및 제조업체에 복잡하고 얇은 알루미늄, 마그네슘 주물품에 대하여, 치수적인 문제와 강성의 문제를 동시에 해결하도록 요구하고 있다. 또한 경제적인 관점에서 긴 금형 수명이 요구되나 열 및 기계적인 피로 균열인 'heat checking'은 이러한 금형 수명을 저하시키는 가장 흔한 요소이다. 이런 무제를 해결하기 위해 해석 기법을 이용하여 주조 설계 및 공정을 최적화 함으로써 변형의 최소화 및 금형 수명의 최대화를 달성할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 기법을 성공적으로 적용하기 위해서는 주조 공정 해석, 재료 시험, 제품 설계 및 공정 최적화 설계가 통합적으로 이루어져야 한다. 본 고에서는 현재 최신 주조 해석 기법을 이용하여, 주조품 제조 공정에서 발생하는 응력과 관련된 문제들에 대한 수치해석 기법을 살펴보고, 이에 대한 리뷰를 제공하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.60-60
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• 2013

공정용 플라즈마는 반도체 웨이퍼 가공, 평판형 디스플레이, 자동차 및 산업용 부품 코팅, 장식용 코팅에 널리 사용되고 있다. 이를 위한 장비 개발은 플라즈마에 대한 깊은 이해가 없이는 불가능하여 주로 선진 장비 회사의 모델을 참고하여 유사하게 만드는 수준에서 진행되어 왔는데 2D, 3D modeling이 가능한 전산 유체 모델은 일부 상용화 패키지 S/W까지 등장하였으나 플라즈마와 수치 해석에 대한 기본적인 지식이 없이는 사용이 매우 어렵다는 단점이 있어 국내의 일부소자회사의 장비 관련 연구팀 정도에서만 사용이 가능했다. 이를 중견 장비 업체들에 까지 확대하기 위한 작업의 일환으로 2D-ICP, 2D-CCP model의 기본적인 기능을 갖추고 기하적 크기는 파라미터 방식으로 사용자가 조절할 수 있도록 만든 framework을 개발하려는 시도에 대해서 논의 하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.170-174
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• 2003

While related with electronic commerce and supply chain management, the concept of ERP is more extended. Even information technology makes it more important to achieve company competence Automobile material industry in which there are the variety of suppliers and materials, has to relate with external information such as supply chain information in order to induct efficient ERP system. This study focuses on the induction policies of ERP system through data sharing within supply chain, and performed both case study and statistical analysis through the interviews to the suppliers of automobile materials. To the better induction of ERP through information sharing of SCM, we have to consider the needs of partner of which information sharing is being done well. This study suggests that organizational change management, business process, information technology are orderly taken into account as the analytical results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Database Society Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.141-163
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• 2010

본 연구는 조직내 정보시스템의 구축과 활용이 의사결정과정과 기업성과에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하고자 한다. 기존 연구들에 의하면, 기업의 정보시스템은 의사결정과정에 중요한 역할을 할 수 있는 것으로 논의되어 왔다. 하지만 정보시스템이 여러 형태의 의사결정 과정에 구체적으로 어떤 역할을 하며 기업성과에 또한 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 관해서는 명확한 결론을 제시하지 못하고 있다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 정보시스템의 구축과 활용이 의사결정의 질(quality)을 높여주고 그 결과 재무적 성과를 향상시키는 데 기여할 수 있음을 보여주고자 한다. 또한 환경의 불확실성이 높을수록 정보시스템의 구축과 활용이 의사결정의 질과 재무적 성과에 미치는 영향은 더욱 커질 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구는 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 섬유, 기계, 자동차부품, 전기 전자 산업으로부터 129개의 표본을 확보했다. 그리고 분석결과 정보처리, 상호협력, 진취성과 같은 의사결정 과정과 정보시스템의 상호작용이 총자산이익률(ROA)에 유의한 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 환경의 불확실성이 높을수록 세 가지 형태의 의사결정과정과 정보시스템의 상호작용이 기업의 재무적 성과에 더 큰 영향을 미친다는 사실도 관찰되었다.