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For an efficient and effective management of a supply chain a significant impact has a cooperation undertaken by companies establishing communications with other entities forming the common supply chain. The emphasis is both on the relationship established in various areas of a functional supply chain and at different stages of its development. This cooperation may include areas such as: planning and integration processes in the supply chain, transport and storage, shopping and inventory management, distribution and customer service, logistics of production and waste and personnel and corporate social responsibility. The purpose of the article is a comparative analyze of the scope of cooperation undertaken by Japanese companies located in Poland in selected areas of the supply chain. The paper presents the results of research carried out in the form of focus interviews with representatives of the Japanese companies. The research shows that despite a similar range of organizational culture cooperation undertaken in the different areas of the supply chain is various.
Keywords: Cooperation, supply chain, Japanese companies© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.