Abstract Many studies on buyer–supplier-supplier triads demonstrate the value of interactions between three business actors instead two for identifying triadic collaboration strategies that can lead firms to improve their performance. However, there is little research date has explored which specific lean improvements various types to. This paper fills this gap. We study an automotive supplier ...

The model for evaluation of suppliers has a very important influence on enterprise operations and promotion of competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to establish a model for evaluation of suppliers for practice, thereby promoting the competitiveness of enterprises, and to apply academic patterns to practical problem solving. This paper established framework and criteria of evaluation by...

Acknowledging that not all supplier relationships can nor should be close partnerships, this article explores the development of strategic supplier portfolios. The strategic portfolio perspective considers risks, trade-offs, and interdependencies between the firm’s array of supplier relationships. Based on over 50 interviews with managers and archival data from 12 multinational companies, a str...

Supplier integration has been a hot topic for both academicians and practitioners since the booming of supply chain management and popularity of Japanese supplier management practices. Previous studies have contributed a lot to the performance impacts of supplier integration. However, not much has been done in investigating the enablers, and little attention has been paid from the resource-base...

This paper presents an overview of the SAS® approach to supplier management, focusing on the use of SAS’ wellestablished optimization expertise to aid in selecting and evaluating suppliers. The supplier management solutions are explored individually and are shown in the context of a complete spectrum of SAS supply chain solutions.