Assessing the future challenges in strategic sourcing commodity from China: a case-study analysis
There has been an increasing trend of global sourcing garment supply from South-East Asia but the challenges confronting retailers sourcing commodity and seasonal garments from countries such as China are less well understood. A supplier evaluation model developed from the Kaufmann and Hedderich (2005) framework assesses the delivery, flexibility, cost, quality, reliability and culture sourcing challenges from China using a case study approach of a UK-based garment sourcing company using a fuzzy logic method. The results have identified that the highest challenges include unforeseen risk in delivery process, rigid negotiability, language barriers and Chinese-style business customs. The most important challenges are improvement, sourcing location, languages barriers, unforeseen delivery risks and customer services.
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2010
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Authors: | Towers, Neil ; Song, Yi |
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Asia Pacific Business Review. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1360-2381. - Vol. 16.2010, 4, p. 527-544
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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