Meanwhile, as a countermove for the rapid developments in the South-East
Asian economies as well as drastic changes in currency exchange rates in the
relevant countries due to their globalism, Japanese car industries are trying to
secure their domination of the Asian market through further localisation of
production and design activity (MITI Ed., 1997; SMECA Ed., 1994). In this
situation, there are two problems in realising profitable offshore manufacturing
of vehicle products, which consist of approximately 20,000 to 40,000 parts.