Der Beitrag liefert einen internationalen Vergleich zum Management der Hersteller-Zuliefer-Beziehungen in der Automobilindustrie in Japan, Europa und den USA und analysiert Komponentenstrategien, insbesondere auch für den bisher vernachlässigten Bereich der internen Zulieferer.

This paper presents a multi-criteria decision making model used for supplier selection for software development outsourcing on e-marketplaces. This model can be used in auctions. The supplier selection process becomes complex and difficult on last twenty years since the Internet plays an...

A change of theory and professional views on the role of procurement in overall business strategy is evident in the past few decades. Procurement is increasingly treated as an integrative strategic business function that connects all other functions, enables seamless execution of all business...

The selection process of vendors is very essential nowadays for companies, as costs are reduced and sales increase along with the profit. For this reason, selecting the right vendor to collaborate leads to competitive advantage. The main purpose was to identify the most important criteria as...

Textile supply chains consist of multinational garment retailers (customers), garment manufacturers (suppliers), and ancillary suppliers (suppliers to manufacturers). This paper evaluates suppliers' within the Indian textile and clothing industry (both garment manufacturers and ancillary...

To model decision problems properly has a direct effect on the quality of the solution. The aim of this study is to minimise the errors arising from the decision maker during modelling for increasing problem-solving efficiency of analytic network process (ANP) method. In order to achieve this...

Decision making techniques used to help evaluate current suppliers should aim at classifying performance of individual suppliers against desired levels of performance so as to devise suitable action plans to increase suppliers׳ performance and capabilities. Moreover, decision making related to...

The analytical network process (ANP) has been widely used to evaluate the suppliers, an important subject in supply chain management. We propose an integrated ANP-based evaluation model, which systematically examines six key decision-making modules. They are: questionnaire design, matrix...

The key supplier relationship management represents a vital organizational process. Companies should pay attention not only to managing customer relationships but also to managing relationships with suppliers in order to perform well. They should identify the extent to which a certain supplier...

It is often hypothesized that contracts and vertical integration are paramount for the future competitiveness of meat supply chains. In this paper we review empirical evidence and theoretical reflections underlying this argumentation. We confront the contract and integration hypothesis with...