Cost management along the supply chain

Chivaka, Richard

doi:10.1080/10291954.2007.11435124

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“…The first step of supplier development is supplier's evaluation because after this, the buyer can identify the areas where supplier improvement is needed (Hahn et al, 1990). Supplier evaluation and feedback have been used to improve the supplier's capabilities (Hahn et al, 1990;Watts and Hahn, 1993;Krause et al, 2000;2007). This step helps to point out the exact cause of the problem (Cormican and Cunningham, 2007).…”

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“…Buyer-to-supplier information sharing, buyer-to-supplier performance feedback and buyer investment in inter-organizational information technology are key enablers of buyer-to-supplier communication openness (Sanders et al, 2011). Open and frequent communication between buying firm personnel and their suppliers was identified as a key approach Chivaka (2007), Modi and Mabert (2007), Wagner and Krause (2008), Kadir et al (2011).…”

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Critical Success Factors for Supplier Development and Buyer Supplier Relationship

Sarang

Bhasin

Verma

et al. 2016

International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences

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Development of supplier base is becoming mandatory for buyers, as it is not possible to manufacture all components in house, or to search new supplier every time. It is recommended that supplier base of buyer should be self-efficient and developed one to achieve competitive advantages. This development of supplier can be achieved by applying different supplier development practices and buyer supplier relationship practices as per the requirement. In this article, Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) is applied for grouping the critical success factors with their items by using SPSS software. 6 factors viz., Drivers for Supplier Development Practices, Supplier Development Practices, Buyer supplier Relationship Practices, Buyer supplier Relationship Improvement, Competitive Advantages and Profitability were formed with their respective items. The multi-item scale shows strong evidence of reliability as well as convergent, discriminant validity in a sample. EFA and Reliability Analysis were applied on data for validation of instrument. Data from 87 respondents working in manufacturing sector were used for analysis.

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