Tapping the cost reduction potentialof emerging supply markets such asChina has become an ever moreimportant element of internationalizationstrategies across industries. Practitionersand researchers underline the risingimportance of supply base developmenton an international scale and...

This Practix article describes howLufthansa determined the requireddevelopment path to become a valueaddingpurchasing organization, hownew thinking was conveyed to purchasersby applying specific training formats,and what other companies can learnfrom this example...

The idea of Global Sourcing is surely one of the most popular concepts inthe field of supply management. Unfortunately, many applications ofGlobal Sourcing are limited to a rather operational view focusing on theidentification and utilization of foreign suppliers and thus ignore the...