Journal of Purchasing & Materials Management articles from March 1990

Journal of Purchasing & Materials Management archives from March 1990

The supplier development program: a conceptual model.
March 22, 1990... The Supplier Development Program: A Conceptual Model In order to compete effectively in the world market, a company must have a network of competent suppliers. A supplier development program is designed to create and maintain such a...

"Quality is free": a comparative study of attitudes in the U.S. and Japan.
March 22, 1990... "Quality is Free": A Comparative Study of Attitudes in the U.S. and Japan American manufacturing has been criticized for its adherence to economic conformance ideas that allow the acceptance of defects in purchased supplies and components. It...

Accepting Soviet goods in countertrade: problems with product quality.
March 22, 1990... Accepting Soviet Goods in Countertrade: Problems with Product Quality Since the collapse of world oil prices in January 1986, and Mr. Gorbachev's subsequent call on Soviet enterprises to increase exports of "high value-added manufactured goods"...

Joint optimality in buyer-supplier negotiations.
March 22, 1990... Joint Optimality in Buyer-Supplier Negotiations The relationship between supplier and customer in the United States is gradually changing from adversarial to cooperative. The potential benefits of collaborative negotiation typically have been...

Materials management policies and warehouse requirements: a case study.
March 22, 1990... Materials Management Policies and Warehouse Requirements: A Case Study For organizations facing warehouse capacity constraints, the cost of warehouse capacity expansion may be substantial. Through suitable materials management policies and...

A technique for order placement and sizing.
March 22, 1990... A Technique for Order Placement and Sizing This article presents a unique heuristic model for purchased item lot-sizing. The model subsequently is tested using 20 historically popular sample problems. The development of heuristic lot-sizing...

Purchasing and Materials Management, 9th ed.
March 22, 1990... PURCHASING AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT They have done it again! Leenders, Fearon, and England have produced the ninth edition of their, now venerable, textbook, Purchasing and Materials Management. Since its eighth edition in 1985 the world has...

EDI and American Law: a Practical Guide.
March 22, 1990... EDI AND AMERICAN LAW: A PRACTICAL GUIDE Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) refers to communications between computers. It is the coded, structured, symbolic information that is read by machines. EDI communications can replace paper documents....