Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is an application that gives support to a company in the task of deciding which supplier to choose when a new supply has to be ordered. It is based on a measure of trust and provides several tools that visualize that measure and support its use on decision making.

This paper examines the ripple effect in supply chains due to circular flows embedded chain design. Although are complex and nonlinear, exist real-world but often unknown or hidden managers. These when a Tier 2 supplier is also 3 (or higher) network. Additionally, network can occur customer same In presence of these types structures, may experience disruption propagation) which disruptions impa...

In this paper, we seek to explain the fundamental vulnerability of global value chains (GVCs) sudden shocks, as revealed by COVID-19 pandemic crisis, and outline ways for enhancing their adaptability increased uncertainty at both conceptual policy levels. We consider concept a typical multi-structural model GVCs, highlighting network complexity system distributed production trade in added. Not ...

We study a firm’s cost-based sourcing decision of whether to invest in an incumbent supplier or switch to an alternative supplier in order to realise lower purchasing costs. In isolation, it can be shown that the development of an incumbent supplier (i.e., a cooperative investment) becomes more attractive, the higher the uncertainty about the price the buying firm can realise on the market and ...

Abstract Many studies on buyer–supplier-supplier triads demonstrate the value of interactions between three business actors instead two for identifying triadic collaboration strategies that can lead firms to improve their performance. However, there is little research date has explored which specific lean improvements various types to. This paper fills this gap. We study an automotive supplier ...

When supply disruption occurs following major disasters, many supply chains tend to breakdown due to stock-outs or lost sales and take a long time to recover. However, by keeping one or more emergency sources of supply, some supply chains continue to function smoothly, satisfying consumer demand even after a major disaster. In this study, we use the game-theory-based framework to model a supply...