產業的聚落化是產業提昇競爭力的重要途徑之一，台南科學園區以近乎「光電聚落」的形成，掀起繼半導體產業之後的研究熱潮。產業群聚具有成本優勢、創新優勢、產業吸引力大、擴張能力強等方面，因此可通過這些優勢的充分發揮和群聚系統內優勢資源的整合，來共同實現整體產業供應鏈的效益。
本研究主旨在TFT-LCD產業垂直整合效益之探討。其研究架構：在理論部份探討供應鏈管理、企業物流管理及垂直整合策略之理論與彼此關聯，以作為實證探討之理論基礎。在個案研究部份，本研究以國內TFT-LCD面板製造商－奇美電子為個案研究對象，闡述產業供應鏈所引發的垂直整合發展關係，探討TFT-LCD產業廠商對上下游供應商的策略聯盟及合作關係。此外，另探討全球首座液晶電視(LCD-TV)專區所建構專屬的液晶電視產業供應鏈，對TFT-LCD產業所構成完整產業鏈供應模式下的物流整合效益及成本優勢。
奇美電子經營的策略以堅持技術自主、並以產業專區招商模式，來促成產業聚落的完整。透過策略聯盟扶植設備商一起開發新技術，致力推動光電產業聚落化，將產業上、下游廠商垂直整合於園區內，建立起堅強的供應鏈組合。另一項重要因素，奇美在成本的控制能力上，奇美電子藉由轉投資及合資或聯盟方式產生網狀聯盟，利用產業群聚效應進行上、下游垂直整合，降低交易成本及確保供貨來源的穏定性。
本研究依企業之活動方針與改善目標，分別以外部供應鏈垂直整合及內部供應鏈垂直整合兩大方向探討分析，歸納出下列幾點結論:
1.透過外部供應鏈垂直整合，以向後整合方式，解決關鍵零組件供應問題；以向前整合方式，解決顧客需求與掌握市場資訊，達到降低成本的優勢。
2.透過內部供應鏈垂直整合，以物流管理模式進行專案改善活動，達到降低成本的優勢。
3.透過產業群聚與建構產業專區供應鏈垂直整合的競爭架構，達到降低成本的優勢。

The cluster of the industry's turning is one of the important paths that the industry promotes the competition ability, the Tainan Science Park with almost the formation of " the optoelectronics industrial cluster ", bring about after the semi-conductor industry of research upsurge. The industrial cluster to have the cost advantage, the innovation advantage, the industry attraction greatly and extend strong etc. aspect of ability, so can pass these advantages well exertive with a the integration that industrial cluster the system inside the advantage resource, together carry out the benefit of the whole industry supply chain.
This research subjects the study of the vertical integration benefit in the TFT-LCD industry. It studies the structure: Partially inquire into the theories of supply chain management, the logistics management and vertical integration strategy in the theories with each other connection, to be the theories foundation of the substantial evidence study. At the case study part, this research takes the domestic TFT-LCD panel manufactory-CMO as the case study object, elaborating the vertical integration development relation that the industry supply chain causes, inquiring into the TFT-LCD industry the manufacturer to the strategic alliance and the cooperative relation that suppliers and distributors. In addition, inquire into another global first LCD-TV specialty area the exclusive LCD-TV industry supply chain of the construction, to the complete industry chain supply mode that the TFT-LCD industry constitute under of logistics integration the benefit and the cost advantage.
CMO-strategy of management with the persistence technique independence, also canvass business with the industry specialty area mode, help realize the integrity of the industrial cluster. Prop up the equipment through the strategic alliance, the business together develops the new technique, using dedicated to pushing the optoelectronics industrial cluster to turn, suppliers and distributors the manufacturer is vertical integration in the science park area inside, the establishment rises the strong supply chain combination. Another an important factor, CMO-on control ability of cost, CMO-by investment and joint venture or the alliance method creation the net alliance, make use of the industrial cluster effect to suppliers and distributors, reducing the transaction cost and insuring the stable to provide the goods source.
This research according to the activity policy of the enterprise and the improvement target, integrate the two main directions study analysis outside supply chain vertical integration and the internal supply chain vertical integration, induces the following several conclusions:

1.Through the exterior supply chain vertical integration, to backward integrate the way, resolve the key components supply problem; With forward integrate the way, solve the customer need and control the market information, reach the advantage of reducing the cost.
2.Through the internal supply chain vertical integration, carry on the project improvement activity with the logistics mode, and reach the advantage of reducing the cost.
3.Through the industrial cluster with the competition structure of constructing the industry specialty area supply chain vertical integration; reach the advantage of reducing the cost.

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