Sourcing strategies of facilities management

Part Three Competitive Sourcing Strategies

Bottleneck Management Strategies in Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Facilities

One of the manufacturing challenges in semiconductor wafer fabrication is the single machine unscheduled breakdown, which subsequently creates bottleneck. With WIP buildup due to unavailable machine, it would be a difficult task to decide on how to dispatch the WIP once the machine is available. Many methods and strategies have been presented by previous researchers, however these strategies ha...

Single versus multiple supplier sourcing strategies

Successful supply chain management necessitates an effective sourcing strategy to combat uncertainties in both supply and demand. In particular, supply disruption results in excessive downtime of production resources, upstream and downstream supply chain repercussions, and eventually a loss in the market value of the firm. In this paper we analyze single period, single product sourcing decision...

Searching for Answers: Knowledge Sourcing Strategies

It is well documented that individuals use their contacts to access the knowledge they require in order to get their job done. What is less studied is the variety of search strategies individuals follow when trying to access knowledge. For example, when do individuals turn to reference sources, such as the Internet or the library, when do they post queries en masse to a listserv, and when do th...

The Impact of Sustainability- Focused Strategies on Sourcing Decisions

This book chapter examines the relationship between the pursuit of a sustainability-focused corporate strategy and the level of vertical integration observed in organizations. The study makes two contributions. First, it develops the theoretical foundation for linking sustainability strategies to organizational structure. Second, it empirically examines the vertical integration level of 144 sus...