The automotive components industry —nowadays the third Spanish industrial sector— arose in Spain at the beginning of … Spain. KEY Classification-JEL: L62, N64, N84, O14 …

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 …

internet tools are used throughout the phases in the purchasing process and, at the same time, whether the characteristics of … different stages of the buying process. However, the characteristics of purchasing situations (novelty, complexity, perceived … internet tools throughout the different phases in purchasing. Research limitations/implications – The results of this paper …

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 …

development practices with different levels of implementation complexity on the firm's purchasing performance. Design …Purpose – Supply chain management is an increasingly important organizational concern, and proper management of … supplier relationships constitutes one essential element of supply chain success. However, there is little empirical research …