Abstract
After the end of the1970's, the computerization of the car advances rapidly. The purpose is to meet social demands such as Security, Environment, and Comfort. The range extends to Electric parts, Electronic parts, the Battery. With this paper, we name the companies manufacturing those parts "Car-Electronics Suppliers". And we analyze them about those positioning and roles in the modern auto parts industry.
The purposes of this article are as follows. The first purpose is to classify Japanese main suppliers entering the car electronics parts market. The second one is to clarify the characteristics of the supplier structure under the elemental technology switching.
The result of this article is that a different characteristic is seen in modern supplier structure in comparison with the past because of the computerization of the car having advanced. This suggests the importance of analyzing the modern auto parts industry from a viewpoint of the elemental technology not only watching it from a viewpoint of the corporate scale and/or the hierarchy nature.
