Case Study Based Model to Propose the Integration of Suppliers in a Central State in Mexico

Antonio Ortega-Reyes,Carlos Robles-Acosta,Eva Hernández Gress

doi:10.3390/admsci8020010

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Abstract

This paper addresses the situation of an industrial park in Mexico from the perspective of its community. It exposes a case study approach with the points of view of residents, businesses, and authorities to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the region: Sahagun, Hidalgo. The result of this article comes from a project ran by the Ministry of Economy of the state, to trigger the development of this area. The background of the topic is presented, its theoretical basis, and the methodological design. Finally, an integrative model is exposed to show the necessary actions to articulate enterprises—the society and the government to develop the town.

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The industrial park of Sahagun city is in the municipality of Tepeapulco, and is one of the most important of the central state of Hidalgo, in Mexico
The opinion of the citizens about the industrial park is good, since they believe that it creates jobs and improves the welfare of the community; but they think it is misdirected by the authorities and, it is a mismanaged resource that shows a lack of investment
This paper describes a business–society–government model for the development of the industrial park of Sahagun City

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The industrial park of Sahagun city is in the municipality of Tepeapulco, and is one of the most important of the central state of Hidalgo, in Mexico. The park is the main economic engine of this region, since there are in its facilities important enterprises of the metal-mechanic industry Some of these enterprises work with local suppliers helping, by this means, the region and its economy. Sahagun city does not have a formal integration of local producers for the park, and there is not enough support from the different government levels to handle the time, technology and, investment required. This has led to the perception that the local and regional economy does not prosper, due mainly to the bad management of the government and labor unions in recent years. Some‘successful examples of this type of connection in a supply chain are the agricultural cooperatives and clusters, especially in the U.S.A and Western

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