Acknowledging that not all supplier relationships can nor should be close partnerships, this article explores the development of strategic supplier portfolios. The strategic portfolio perspective considers risks, trade-offs, and interdependencies between the firm’s array of supplier relationships. Based on over 50 interviews with managers and archival data from 12 multinational companies, a str...

Electromagnetics has an important role in power and energy industry. In this paper, the concept of rectenna is introduced firstly. The history of rectenna for wireless energy harvesting and transmission is then reviewed. Finally examples are employed to illustrate some rectenna design and measurement issues such as rectenna impedance matching and its conversion efficiency. It is also shown that...

We investigate whether or not ex post destruction can solve the hold-up problem. After clarifying the difference between ex post destruction and nontrade when negotiation breaks down, we show that the option of ex post destruction is not sufficient to enhance ex ante efficiency. In particular, only if the information about the spitefulness of the supplier is coarse enough, will the option of ex...

Supplier integration has been a hot topic for both academicians and practitioners since the booming of supply chain management and popularity of Japanese supplier management practices. Previous studies have contributed a lot to the performance impacts of supplier integration. However, not much has been done in investigating the enablers, and little attention has been paid from the resource-base...

logistics outsourcing has been at the top of the management agenda during recent decades. the selection of the proper service supplier is the key to success in logistic outsourcing firms could select the right supplier by applying appropriate methods and selection criteria. in this paper a new framework is proposed on the basis of weighted additive fuzzy programming approach and linear programm...

T his article studies the impact of modular assembly on supply chain efficiency. In the modular assembly approach, a manufacturer acquires pre-assembled modules from its suppliers, rather than the individual components, as in the traditional assembly approach. We analyze the competitive behavior of a two-stage modular assembly system consisting of a manufacturer, and a supplier who pre-assemble...

This paper presents an overview of the SAS® approach to supplier management, focusing on the use of SAS’ wellestablished optimization expertise to aid in selecting and evaluating suppliers. The supplier management solutions are explored individually and are shown in the context of a complete spectrum of SAS supply chain solutions.

Previous academic research on the expansion of dominant retailers such as Wal-Mart has looked at implications for incumbent retailers, consumers, and the local community. Little is known, however, about Wal-Mart’s influence on suppliers’ performance. Manufacturers suggest Wal-Mart uses its power to squeeze their profits. In this paper we study the validity of that claim. We investigate the unde...

The study was undertaken to determine the effects of buyer-supplier relationship management and outsourcing efficiency amongst construction firms in Nigeria. Trust building, strategic collaboration supplier development constituted dimension for relationship, while cost effectiveness, quality delivery risk mitigation were used as indicators efficiency. adopted cross-sectional survey design, 135 ...