Part I. COMPETITIVENESS ASPECTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN 1. Conceptualization of competitiveness aspects on supply chain.2. Importance of supply chain on competitiveness global.3. Environment and conceptualization of competitiveness in manufacturing industry. 4. Evaluation approaches of supply chain for manufacturing industry. Part II. SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE FACTORS5. Conceptualization of supply chain performance factors.6. Factors associated with supply chain performance for manufacturing industry.7. Analysis of supply chain performance factors on manufacturing industry.8. Supply chain performance evaluation. Part III. IMPACT OF COMPETITIVENESS ASPECTS ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE9. Methodology for evaluate the impact of competitiveness aspects on the supply chain performance.10. Assessment the impact of "risk supply chain" an approach for manufacturing industry of exportation.11. Assessment the impact of "manufacturing practices" an approach for manufacturing industry of exportation.12. Assessment the impact of "regional aspects" an approach for manufacturing industry of exportation.13. Validation the performance on manufacturing industry of exportation.

This book provides some regional aspects considered by manufacturing firms in their decisions to gain competitiveness and have effects on the performance of their supply chains (SC). Some of the main aspects considered are: government's policies, fixed costs, the availability and quality of infrastructure services. This book also discusses the risks for the SC; based on a perception approach, some aspects studied are: demand, suppliers and production processes and how these are related to other elements of the SC. The authors use structural modeling to analyze the evaluation of some manufacturing practices and their impact on customer service satisfaction, agility and flexibility of the SC. The context of this study is immersed in the Mexican manufacturing industry of exportation, also known as maquiladora industry of Ciudad Juarez, México. This borderland is among the top 10 manufacturing Mexican cities. World class industries are located in this region and have been recognized around the world for their competitiveness and high performance. Therefore, the methods and results exposed in this book may be valuable and useful for readers and researchers of the SC worldwide.