Translation of "fabrication en sous-traitance " (French → English) :

Moreover, as regards outsourcing, the OEMs tend to work with several EMS providers in parallel on the basis of short-term project contracts (6-9 months), which usually can be terminated on relatively short notice.

(b) subcontracts with intermediaries or consultants in which the payment is defined as a percentage of the total cost of the project unless such payment is justified by the final beneficiary by reference to the actual value of the work or services provided.For all subcontracts, subcontractors shall undertake to provide the audit and control bodies with all necessary information relating to the subcontracted activities.

3.2. For all subcontracts, subcontractors shall undertake to provide the audit and control bodies with all necessary information relating to the subcontracted activities.

The mission will provide them with a better understanding of subcontracting in Japan through a series of lectures, meetings with Japanese subcontractors and through field trips to Toshiba Corporation, the second largest all-round electric machinery maker in Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan's largest automaker, and Honda Motor, Japan's third largest automobile maker Abel MATUTES, Commissioner responsible for small and medium-sized enterprises welcomes the practical consequences of this mission in view of the completion of the internal market : "Japanese companies established in Europe are often reluctant to subcontract to European b ...[+++]usinesses arguing - rightly or wrongly - that they do not meet their quality requirements.

In order to gain a clearer picture of the way in which subcontracting is organized in Japan, the Commission sent a fact-finding mission to that country in late 1988, which included representatives of subcontracting intermediaries in all the Member States. The mission provided an opportunity to study the possibilities for and limitations on transposing the Japanese subcontracting model to Europe and was an extremely valuable learning experience concerning the management and efficiency of an industrial production system based on an extensive network of subcontractors, with special reference to the new methods of organizing component produc ...[+++]tion (just-in-time or "kanban" manufacture).

In a recently adopted Communication currently being put before the Member States, the Commission proposes to encourage the more widespread use of subcontracting in the Community, by: - creating an environment suited to subcontracting; - improving the flow of information and communication between main contractors and subcontractors; - promoting subcontracting and partnership relations.