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Effects of a green purchasing strategy: the case of Belfast City Council

Gordon Murray, J. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 1, pp. 37-44

Green purchasing has seen an increase of attention from researchers but as yet few case studies are available. The … agenda. Both these changes suggest a new role for local government purchasing, one which embraces “greening”. This paper … outlines the green purchasing strategy adopted by Belfast City Council set against a local government background. The case …

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An optimization approach to determining the number of vendors to employ

Weber, Charles A.; Current, John; Desai, Anand - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 2, pp. 90-98

Presents an approach for evaluating the number of vendors to employ in a procurement situation using multi‐objective programming (MOP) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The approach advocates developing vendor‐order quantity solutions (referred to as supervendors) using MOP and then...

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Purchasing organization involvement in risk assessments, contingency plans, and risk management: an exploratory study

Zsidisin, George A.; Panelli, Alex; Upton, Rebecca - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 4, pp. 187-198

Purchasing organizations use various strategies and techniques to minimize the chance and impact of detrimental events …‐depth interviews with purchasing professionals from nine companies indicates that purchasing organizations often create contingency …

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Online reverse auction purchasing contracts

Emiliani, M.L.; Stec, D.J. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 3, pp. 101-105

Discusses the types of terms and conditions that typically accompany purchasing contracts resulting from online reverse …

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Purchase decision making and buyer‐seller relationship development in the French food processing industry

Dzever, Sam; Merdji, Mohamed; Saives, Anne‐Laure - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 5, pp. 216-229

larger research project. Intensive face‐to‐face interviews were carried out with purchasing executives drawn from 30 firms …

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Squaring online reverse auctions with the Caux Round Table Principles for Business

Emiliani, M.L.; Stec, D.J. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 7 (2002) 2, pp. 92-100

Examines if online reverse auctions are consistent with the Caux Round Table Principles for Business . Identifies numerous contradictions that contribute to the perpetuation of divisive business practices. Concludes that buyer behaviors must evolve from focusing on short‐term tactics designed...

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Procurement best practice in the food industry: supplier clustering as a source of strategic competitive advantage

Ryder, Ray; Fearne, Andrew - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 1, pp. 12-16

Looks at the way in which a pizza manufacturing company, supplying both branded and own‐label products to the Irish and UK retail markets, undertook a major restructuring of its procurement and manufacturing processes. Numerous sub‐processing activities were having adverse effects on...

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The inevitability of conflict between buyers and sellers

Emiliani, M.L. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 2, pp. 107-115

purchasing and supply chain management practices in a new way. …

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Vendor selection and order quantity allocation in volume discount environments

Dahel, Nasr‐Eddine - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 4, pp. 335-342

This article presents a multiobjective mixed integer programming approach to simultaneously determine the number of vendors to employ and the order quantities to allocate to these vendors in a multiple‐product, multiple‐supplier competitive sourcing environment. The selection process is...

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Wood pallet suppliers' reaction to online reverse auctions

Emiliani, M.L.; Stec, D.J. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 10 (2005) 4, pp. 278-287

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively assess wood pallet suppliers' reaction to online reverse auctions and its impact on their business policies and practices. Design/methodology/approach – Survey method was used to determine how pallet suppliers react to online reverse...

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