DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

Key words:

Redes virtuales de fabricación global, GE, SNECMA, cultura interempresarial, industria aeronáutica, Global Manufacturing Virtual Networks, GE SNECMA collaboration, interfirm culture, aeronautical industry.

Article type:

ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION / RESEARCH ARTICLE

Section:

VARIOUS

ABSTRACT
This paper analyzes the existence of a systemic culture in global manufacturing virtual networks (GMVN). In order to validate the proposed model, based on a conceptual model of systemic culture, the case methodology have been applied to an example within the aeronautical industry that has been one of the most successful relationships within GMVNs, the collaboration between GE and SNECMA for the CFM 56 engine manufacturing. These organizations are formed by very dynamic companies that manufacture all types of products or services, and establish horizontal and vertical relations between themselves,( in some cases even direct competitors), where it is not necessary mantaining large internal manufacturing resources, just managing and sharing these resources efficiently in the network. This study about organizational culture at the network level includes aspects such as cultural similarity among its actors, social embeddedness, tacit knowledge transfer or the importance of trust at interfirm collaborations. The presence, under a systemic perspective, of homogeneous cultural values and practices in which network actors can be identified may strengthen the group membership or establish a social network that underlies the own GMVN and facilitates interactions among its members. The feasibility of this approach would facilitate the formation of new GMVNs, by establishing, ex ante, a cultural prescriptive model at the network level.
KEY WORDS: Global Manufacturing Virtual Networks, GE SNECMA collaboration, interfirm culture, aeronautical industry.