Purpose – To explore the relationship between the dimensions of supply chain flexibility and firm performance in a … automotive suppliers during the months of September and October 2003. Data gathered through a mail survey to purchasing managers … different supply chain flexibility dimensions, between supply chain flexibility dimensions and firm performance dimensions, and …

The just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing system has been demonstrated as a mechanism to reduce inventory carrying cost and … improve the quality of incoming materials. One major limitation of the JIT purchasing system is that it demands a major change … in people′s attitudes and work habits. While leading an organisation towards the complete implementation of a JIT system …

JIT purchasing, like many other trends in supply management, is not applicable to just any circumstances; rather, its …, variability and economic value of procured products – have been analysed and their effects on JIT purchasing implementation have … JIT purchasing have been distinguished: operational, relational, involvement, and quality practices. Results show that …

The topic of this research focuses on firm's perceived implementation of quality management practices in the purchasing … practices in purchasing and assesses the relationships of these practices with measurements of a firm purchasing's operational … field survey consisting of responses gathered from 306 purchasing managers within the Spanish manufacturing industry. The …

correlation between MS and TM was in favour of HP. The implementation levels of MS‐TM found were not significantly different …