...Jin Su 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...

... and Huq, 2002 ; Kahraman et al., 2003 ; Teng and Jaramillo, 2005 , Chan and Chin, 2007). Supply chain management Supplier evaluation Knowledge sharing In order to survive in today's competitive market and to respond to customer's demands companies have no choice but to offer...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Supplier evaluation Taguchi methods Outsourcing Decision making With growth of the world economy and global marketplace, the importance of outsourcing is more than ever. Many firms are engaged in outsourcing practices in order to take advantage...

... material for the products can be outsourced to supplier. Among the questions that arise are: Kannan Govindan can be contacted at: gov@sam.sdu.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Supply chain management Suppliers Supplier evaluation India Supply chain management (SCM...

... Brazil Supplier evaluation Selection Environmental management Supply chain management The model's second grouping (Humphreys et al., 2003) involves criteria evaluated qualitatively, which are organized in the following categories: Environmental management competencies...

... Supply chain management Supplier evaluation Supplier selection and evaluation have an important role in the supply chain process and are crucial to the success of a manufacturing firm (Hartley and Choi, 1996 ; Deagraeve et al., 2000). This is because the cost and quality of good...

... time, effort, and expenses. Ming‐Hung Shu can be contacted at: workman@cc.kuas.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Taguchi methods Estimation Approximation Supplier evaluation Manufacturers purchase components from suppliers or hire contract manufacturers...

... illustrated before mathematical calculation is carried out. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Supply chain management Product development Supplier evaluation Worldwide web Competitive pressures are forcing companies to consider strategies which reduce costs and compress time...

... quality performance of suppliers improved after implementing the new JIT/TQM strategies. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Inventory control Just‐in‐time Purchasing techniques Supplier evaluation TQM Vendor rating Note: This paper was subsequently published in International Journal of Physical...