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The car manufacturers worldwide are under the roughest business environment. Its sales are affected by a financial crisis that mutes a customer’s ability to buy new cars. Due to those unfavorable conditions it is important to take all available tools in order to mitigate crisis effects. The paper basically describes Supply Chain Management including some types of networks its weaknesses as well as optimization models in automotive industry. As a result of globalization, more and more supply chains originate in low-cost countries, primarily in Asia and Eastern Europe, while largely continuing to terminate in North America and Western Europe. As a result, traditional organizational structures and business practices are being challenged. Next, some suggestions for optimization of the procurement, production, transport and warehouse management is described in the paper.
Keywords: Automotive industry, procurement management, warehouse, production management© 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.