18 Critical Success Factors for Supplier Development and Buyer Supplier Relationship: Exploratory Factor Analysis Joshi P. Sarang, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India H V Bhasin, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India Rakesh Verma, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India Manoj Govind Kharat, National Institute of Industrial Engine...

The deficiencies in previous quantitative models for buyer–supplier coordination in a just-in-time (JIT) environment are corrected. An expanded model incorporating additional factors is developed and the factors are ranked through a detailed numerical analysis. Factor ranks are then compared with results of a series of semi-formal interviews with supplier and purchasing representatives. Publish...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate performance outcomes of strategic sourcing, specifically examining how strategic sourcing affects buyer‐supplier relationship, supplier evaluation, and sourcing performance from the buying firm's perspective in the context of the US textile and apparel industry. Design/methodology/approach – This study provides an empirical investigation of ...

Purpose This study investigates the impact of a buyer-assisted quality intervention on suppliers' performance and buyer–supplier relational dynamics in garment industry. Design/methodology/approach employed multiple-embedded case following qualitative research approach. The used data from interventions sewing lines four supplier factories. Qualitative were collected through semi-structured inte...

A supply chain consisting of a single-supplier and a single-buyer is modeled and compared in two different modes: non-coordinated and coordinated. The model is established based on the fact that the demand is uncertain and shortages are considered as lost sales. The buyer’s order lead time is a nonlinear function of the buyer’s order size and the number of shipments from the supplier. Quantity ...

Exogenous demand assumptions provide accurate results at the retail level. As we go in the supply chain, the orders of the buyers get more complicated. The orders are influenced by both the decisions of the supplier and the costs of the buyer’s operations. Therefore, it is critical for a supplier to understand the ordering behavior of a buyer in order to manage her operations. We consider a two...