Technology Supply Chain Design in a Corporation Using Product Architecture Technique (The case of automotive industry in Iran)

Technology Supply Chain plays an important role in identification and supplying of product and process technologies in a corporation. So, during the formation of decisions for product, processes and supply chain technologies architectures have be made simultaneously. This article presents a new model to architecture and design for technology supply chain by using Product architecture technique in the corporation. The approach of this research is qualitative. We have gathered primary data by doing deep interview with experts of Iranian automotive companies. We have analyzed data by content and thematic analysis methods. Then, in the base of analytical data, we designed of final model. The designed model is verified and validated by the several focus groups and descriptive case study research methods.