... has been moved and placed emphasis on the segment. In recent years, some have known, for example, as the earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 was able to disrupt the suppliers of the country. Due to these events, supply chain risk management has become essential to the supply chain operations success...

... the first step in analyzing the relationship between ISO certification and company performance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 ISO 9000 Supply chain Firm performances Survey Suppliers Customers Productive units Supply chain management Surveys The management has...

... either. Researchers still believe that little is known about the impact of SCI on performance and call for more empirical research. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact on quality practices and quality performance of upstream integration with suppliers and downstream integration...

... approach to such design that encourages all partners to grow in the business process. Design/methodology/approach The design approach features a central node, formed by competent business process operators or lead firms to coordinate SC functions between customers and suppliers. This co‐ordination...

...Ping Kit Lam; Kwai Sang Chin; Kit Fai Pun Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the distribution of conflict over various NPD phases and identify the main sources of conflict and the five conflict handling styles in new product development (NPD) from the context of buyer‐supplier...

... or retain only the core activities, such as product design and production line assembly, and outsource other activities through tier suppliers in the supply chain and provide only value‐added activities in‐house prior to shipment to the consumers. If toy companies can find good and reliable suppliers...

...V.H.Y Lo; D. Sculli; A.H.W. Yeung Purpose The primary objective of this paper is to ascertain the impact of supplier quality management (SQM) on the quality performance of manufacturing companies operating in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) area of Southern China. Design/methodology/approach Path...

... by teaming up with their suppliers. This study suggests that a company can sustain its performance by extending TQM principles beyond its internal boundaries, i.e. it should partner with its suppliers. This paper studies the factors that lead to successful partnering with suppliers and how supplier...

...Sonny Nwankwo; Ben Obidigbo; Frances Ekwulugo Over the past decade, quality managers and scholars have focused increased attention on supplier quality as a key resource for organisations. This paper presents the results of an exploratory study into how organisations rank supplier selection...

... of smaller component suppliers tends to involve more partial, short term solutions. Three dilemmas for smaller firms are identified and the experiences of a Best Practice Network of component suppliers illustrate some of the ways in which companies down the supply chain attempt to remain competitive...

... and it takes some considerable effort to ensure that FMEAs are prepared and used in the correct manner. © MCB UP Limited 1991 FAILURE MODE EFFECT ANALYSIS MOTOR INDUSTRY TQM SUPPLIERS IJQRM 8,3 44 Received May 1990 Revised July 1990 The Application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis...

...R.P. Mohanty; Shin Myeong‐jae The problem of achieving desired levels of quality in products purchased from suppliers is one which faces all companies who make use of purchased inputs. The authors of this article discuss the problems of procurement quality assurance and present examples of five...