... (non)disclosure behaviour of workers at ready-made garment suppliers in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research design and an abductive approach were employed in this study. Data were collected through 45 semi-structured interviews with workers, managers, trade union...

...Lisa M. Ellram; Wendy L. Tate Purpose This impact pathway manuscript motivates and guides operations and supply chain management (OSCM) researchers to deeply consider the role of suppliers in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction. It prompts a reconsideration and update of their understanding...

...David Bennett; Florian Klug Purpose In recent decades the automotive industry has established a variety of new forms of logistics integration between automobile assemblers and their suppliers, in particular those in the first tier. The purpose of this paper is to outline which form of logistics...

...Xingxing Zu; Hale Kaynak Purpose The purpose of this paper is two‐fold: to examine two approaches buying firms can utilize to manage supplier quality; and to investigate the ways in which factors inherent in supply chain relationships affect the use of these approaches in supply chain quality...

...Thomas E. Johnsen Purpose This paper proposes and empirically investigates two strategies that companies can employ to involve indirect suppliers in new product development (NPD): supply network delegation; and supply network intervention. The implications of the two strategies are explored...

... multiple case study evidence to answer the following research questions (RQ): © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Quality management Purchasing Services Suppliers Germany Despite the significance of business services for purchasing, most buying departments have focused...

...Byoung‐Chun Ha; Yang‐Kyu Park; Sungbin Cho Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure trust that logistics/supply chain management (SCM) managers of supplier firms perceive toward inbound SCM managers of buyer firms, and investigate the effect of trust on supply chain collaboration...

...Kyung‐Tae Kim; Seung‐Kyu Rhee; Joongsan Oh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic role evolution of client‐following local subsidiaries of foreign automotive parts suppliers in China. Design/methodology/approach The units of analysis are five local subsidiaries...

...Alistair Brandon‐Jones; John Ramsay; Beverly Wagner Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of buyers' attitudes towards the partial consensus surrounding the benefits of buyer‐supplier cooperation – the relational exchange perspective. Design/methodology/approach The extent...

...Paul D. Cousins; Benn Lawson; Brian Squire Purpose Close links between buyers and suppliers are increasingly cited as a critical differentiator of high and low performers in global supply chains. While the application of performance measures to manage supplier relationships has been well...

...Andreas Reichhart; Matthias Holweg Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to develop a typology of co‐located supplier clusters, such as logistics centres or supplier parks, and second, to evaluate the theoretical perspectives at hand to investigate the co‐location phenomenon...

...Chris Morgan; Adam Dewhurst Purpose This research paper aims to explore the application of Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods to measure the performance of a national supermarket chain's problem suppliers. The use of SPC control charts was expected to help in the understanding...

...Mickey Howard; Mike Lewis; Joe Miemczyk; Alistair Brandon‐Jones Purpose This paper investigates the stalled adoption of a supplier park at Bridgend Engine Plant in the UK. It starts from the position that not all firms can or should implement the same set of practices. Design/methodology...

... of supplier and customer collaboration and performance improvement. Factor analysis and linear statistical models for correlation and analysis of variance were used to test the hypotheses with IMSS 2001 data on 374 firms from the engineering/assembly industry across 11 European countries. Findings Only...

...S. Nazli Wasti; M. Kamil Kozan; Ayca Kuman Purpose Using a baseline model of buyer‐supplier relationships, the study aims to identify the types of relationships in the Turkish automotive industry, and to test predictions as to how these relations would differ across contextual, managerial...

... and information in a seamless fashion (Chandrashekar and Schary, 1999, p. 27). Some prescriptions stem from observed superior practice in particular domains. The IMVP prescription deriving from Toyota and its suppliers leading to the lean production formula is arguably of this type. Another example might...

... Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Suppliers Supplier relations In this paper our aim is to determine whether or not “supply management” may be called a discipline. We do this by examining published work that contributes to the field, grouping articles by type, and testing...

...Chwen Sheu; HsiuJu Rebecca Yen; Bongsug Chae Purpose This paper aims to increase the understanding of social and technical factors contributing to successful supplier‐retailer collaboration. The objective is to identify the necessary supply chain architecture for supplier‐retailer collaboration...

.... The significance of the factors are ascertained and validated through an empirical research that has been conducted across five countries of the region employing the structural equation‐modeling framework. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 South East Asia Production methods Suppliers Employees...

...S. Sivadasan; J. Efstathiou; G. Frizelle; R. Shirazi; A. Calinescu In a dynamic environment such as the supply chain, even basic supplier‐customer systems with structurally simple information and material flow formations have a tendency to exhibit operational complexity. The operational complexity...