Purpose: In this paper, a practical framework is presented for the successful integration of buyers and contract organizations based on the Critical Incident Technique (CIT). Methodology: The initial pool of situations was developed inductively according to qualitative data provided by ten...

The research explores and examines factors for supplier evaluation and its impact on process improvement particularly aiming on a steel pipe manufacturing firm in Gujarat, India. Design/Methodology/approach: The conceptual research framework was developed and hypotheses were stated considering...

Das Management von Produktionsunternehmungen steht vor dem Problem, dass die Ableitung von strategischen Plänen in operative Handlungsmöglichkeiten und deren Umsetzung vielfach nicht zum gewünschten Erfolg führen. Die aus dem Strategieprozess entwickelten Zielvorstellungen finden häufig...