An empirical study was designed to determine factors of performance improvement when outsourcing manufacturing. Findings from a survey of 136 manufacturing plants in Sweden show that most of them achieve their outsourcing motives, but not without tradeoffs. Factors of performance improvements such as economies of scale or operations in low-cost countries can improve one performance dimension, s...

Focusing on supplier selection, this article addresses two questions: (1) What are the antecedents that lead to the adoption of various types of selection strategies? (2) What impact do these strategies have on supplier performance? We build a research model showing how both the uncertainty-based and resource-based views drive market-focused and relationship-focused supply selection strategies....

Supply chainmanagement is an increasingly important organizational concern, and proper evaluation of suppliers constitutes one essential element of supply chain success. Continuous evaluation of a particular supplier becomesmore important considering the fact that in most industries the cost of raw materials and component parts constitutes the main cost of a product, such that in some cases it ...

The present study aims to provide a model for financing buyer-supplier in Mehrvarzan healthcare Company. The statistical population of the study includes 300 employees of the company. According to Morgan table, 168 people are selected as the statistical sample. Available non-random sampling method has been used. For collecting the required information, the standard buyer-supplier financing ques...

Supplier selection is a multiattribute decision making (MADM) problem which contains both qualitative and quantitative factors. Supplier selection has vital importance for most companies. The aim of this paper is to provide an AHP based analytical tool for decision support enabling an effective multicriteria supplier selection process in an air conditioner seller firm under fuzziness. In this a...

WORK EXPERIENCE Supply management consultant. 2006-present Supply management consultant with large and small businesses. Prior customers include Commerce City Surplus Supply and Hoof-Wraps. Currently engaged in a supply management education program with a $5B construction distribution company Services include: • Procure to pay business process reengineering • Site visits to assist with supplier...

Supplier selection and evaluation is a complicated multi objective process with many uncertain factors. Sealed bid evaluation is the most common approach for supplier selection purpose in Iran. In this paper, a fuzzy expert decision support system is developed for solving the vendor selection problem with multiple objectives, in which some of the parameters are fuzzy in nature. Basic important ...

Executive Summary Supply base reduction and supplier performance measurement can be useful tools in developing closer relationships with suppliers. After successfully reducing its supply base, one company in the transportation industry achieved additional value from its supply base by utilizing a supplier performance measurement system with its remaining suppliers. This best practices report br...

Supplier integration is considered a key managerial strategy for improving buyer performance. This study adopts a configurational approach to supplier integration, based on the interaction and complementarity between supply chain management practices. In this perspective, this study explores the impact of supplier integration and measures aimed at creating a fast supply network structure on buy...