Supply chain management is becoming critical as firms recognize that competition is shifting from company versus company to supply chain versus supply chain. Two important factors in building successful supplier relations are (1) defining criteria to select and evaluate suppliers and (2)...

Strategic management research and practice suggest that consistent decision making across functional lines of a business can improve profitability. Using a survey database of 123 manufacturing firms, three unique strategies are identified in this study which reflect emphasis on different...

This study examines the relative perceptions of manufacturing and service quality executives about the use and benefits of quality management programs. In particular, survey responses from 358 of the largest U.S. manufacturing and service corporations were used to assess the impact of quality...