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Outsourcing decision support: a survey of benefits, risks, and decision factors
Tibor Kremic, Oya Icmeli Tukel, Walter O. RomThe purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to provide a structured review of the vast amount of outsourcing literature that has accumulated in the past two decades using a…
Improved optimisation through advanced relationship planning
John Noonan, Michael WallaceThe purpose of this paper is to present a framework for advanced relationship planning between a contract manufacturer and the other key players within the supply chain. In doing…
Quality in supply chains: an empirical analysis
Ismail Sila, Maling Ebrahimpour, Christiane BirkholzTo analyze the state of supply chain quality management in manufacturing companies by testing several hypotheses regarding the knowledge these companies have about their different…
Is a focus on collaborative product development warranted from a cost commitment perspective?
Eva LabroSupplier involvement in cost reduction efforts has been concentrated mainly in the product development phase of the life cycle of the product. Often this concentration on the…
Implementation costs and redistribution mechanisms in the economic evaluation of supply chain management initiatives
Marc WoutersThe purpose of the paper is to analyze how the choice of entity‐level investment criteria (net present value, or accounting rate of return) and negotiation terms (redistribution…
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