Linking Business Unit and Material Sourcing Strategies - Material sourcing is an aspect of logistics that encompasses purchasing, inbound logistics, and links with other functional areas within the firms. Increasingly, material sourcing strategies are being used to help attain a firm's objectives. This empirical study is aimed at discovering those strategies and their linkages to the competitive ...

Human Resource Management within Purchasing Management: Its Relationship to Total Quality Management Success - Based on their analysis of survey research, the authors conclude that organizations with successful TQM programs have human relations programs in purchasing that are different from those in organizations with less successful TQM programs. The authors discuss those differences and the ...

Carter, Joseph R., (2000)

A Comparison of North American and European Future Purchasing Trends

Carter, Joseph R., (1996)

Is Purchasing Really Strategic?

Carter, Joseph R., (1996)