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A General Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model of Quality Competition with Suppliers
Li, Dong - 2016
In this paper, we develop a general multitiered supply chain network equilibrium model consisting of competing suppliers and competing firms who purchase components for the assembly of their final branded products and, if capacity permits, and it enhances profits, produce their own components....
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Quality and Welfare Implications of Product Traceability in Supply Chain
Lu, Lijian; Wang, Ruxian; Zhou, Xinyi - 2022
Motivated by the recent trend of increasing transparency and traceability in the food and pharmaceutical industries, we investigate the impacts of traceability on a supply chain in which a buyer (e.g., a procurement agent or retailer) sources a product from multiple competing suppliers. When a...
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Coordinating R&D efforts for quality improvement along a supply chain
Lambertini, Luca - 2016
The optimal design of two-part tariffs is investigated in a dynamic model where two firms belonging to the same supply chain invest in R&D activities to increase the quality of the final product. It is shown that the replication of the vertically integrated monopolist's performance can be...
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Does supplier evaluation impact process improvement?
Prasad, Shiva H. C.; Kamath, Giridhar B.; Barkur, … - 2016
The research explores and examines factors for supplier evaluation and its impact on process improvement particularly aiming on a steel pipe manufacturing firm in Gujarat, India. Design/Methodology/approach: The conceptual research framework was developed and hypotheses were stated considering...
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Critical incidents of outsourcing processes in pharmaceutical supply chain : a mixed-methods approach
Marinkovic, Valentina; Heine, Ina; Georgiev, Andrijana … - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 13 (2020) 3, pp. 495-513
Purpose: In this paper, a practical framework is presented for the successful integration of buyers and contract organizations based on the Critical Incident Technique (CIT). Methodology: The initial pool of situations was developed inductively according to qualitative data provided by ten...
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The potential for using information systems to enhance information flows and relationships in the intellectual property sector : the case of Kennedys Patent
Barlow, Alexis; Duncan, Peter; Huntley, John; Gordon, Allan - In: The international journal of business science & applied … 2 (2007) 3, pp. 22-35
This paper investigates the potential use of information systems (IS) for enhancing the supply chains of organisations positioned in the intellectual property (IP) sector. Exploratory research has been conducted through the lens of a patent and trade mark agent who is involved in advising on a...
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Motives and outcomes of vertical coordination from the processors’ perspective : insights from the Ukrainian dairy industry
Hahlbrock, Maryna - 2014
Supply chain; buyer-supplier relationship; vertical coordination; transaction cost theory; resource-based view; quality …Die effiziente Organisation der Beziehungen zwischen Käufern und Lieferanten, sowie einer nachhaltigen Lieferkette sind … Lieferkette und die wichtigsten Motive und Auswirkungen der vertikalen Koordination zu analysieren. Den konzeptionellen Rahmen …
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Supply chain quality and its managerial challenges : insights from Ukrainian agri-food business
Hanf, Jon; Gagalyuk, Taras - In: Journal of East European management studies : JEEMS 14 (2009) 4, pp. 332-356
This article analyses the effect of the East-European business environment on quality management as a means of operationalising chain management strategies. The particular focus on the Ukrainian agri-food business in combination with fifteen in-depth expert interviews reveals the infancy of...
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A study on the establishment and management of the supply chain of high quality pork
Sun, Shimin - In: Textsammlung zum deutsch-chinesischen Wissenschaftsdialog, (pp. 13-26). 2013
Implementing the supply chain management is an effective way to deal with the current problems of the pork quality safety in China. Choosing of the cooperative partner and forming of the competition and cooperative relationship, quality safety behavior and coordination mechanism is the key to...
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