Enterprises in Taiwan are facing global competition which requires enterprises to
implement sound business models and maintain effective operational processes. The most pressing
need is to develop global logistic processes and models that satisfy rapidly changing business and
operational objectives. This research studies how the automotive industry in Taiwan has adopted its
logistic hubs to improve international business operations and objectives. In the first phase of the
study, Taiwan automotive firms were surveyed and their current (as-is) logistic models were derived.
In the second phase, based on the industry characteristics and the company’s global strategy, the
improved (to-be) logistic processes were derived. Further, a case of Taiwan automobile
manufacturers is used to apply and demonstrate the to-be logistic models and evaluate the
performance of the proposed models. The resulting framework for a global logistic hub is designed to
improve the operations of automotive companies with respect to time and cost, as well as to ensure
information sharing among automotive supply chain partners.
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