International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management articles from March 1993

International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management archives from March 1993

Concurrent engineering with early supplier involvement: a cross-functional challenge.
March 22, 1993... The business and academic press has been active in presenting indictments and mandates relating to corporate America over the past decade. An early volley was launched by Hayes and Abernathy in 1980 as they described how we were "managing our way...

Supplier development programs: an empirical analysis.
March 22, 1993... INTRODUCTION In recent years, many U.S. companies have come to recognize the crucial role that purchasing and materials management activities play in determining overall corporate performance. The response to this realization has been a...

The European Community - "EC 92": implications for purchasing managers.
March 22, 1993... Why should managers of purchasing and materials operations be interested in the effects of the European Community's extensive trade unification program implemented in 1992 (EC 92)? While in London teaching a course in the business aspects of EC...

International purchasing: benefits, requirements, and challenges.
March 22, 1993... International sourcing emerged initially as a reactive approach designed to reduce production costs in an effort to neutralize the threat of foreign competition. Today, leading edge firms have shifted the focus of their international sourcing...

Applying group technology principles to warehousing operations.
March 22, 1993... This article suggests a number of ways that group technology (GT) principles can be applied in warehousing operations. To evaluate the suggested GT approaches, their use in a distribution organization was studied. This study produced a great deal...

Using "just-in-time" in developing countries: a case study in Tanzania.
March 22, 1993... This article reports the results of a study that focuses on the use of the just-in-time (JIT) technique in developing countries, with particular reference to textile manufacturing firms in Tanzania. Although the use of JIT can improve a firm's...

Purchasing.
March 22, 1993... This work is a recent addition to Barron's Business Library, a reference series that presently contains ten separate volumes covering such subjects as accounting, banking, business law, public relations, and marketing. In keeping with the...

Purchasing Manager's Guide to Model Letters, Memos, and Forms.
March 22, 1993... As a purchasing professional, have you ever been involved in a project or been given an assignment to communicate something, and you did not have the slightest idea how to start? Well, here is help. The Purchasing Manager's Guide to Model...

Purchasing in the 21st Century.
March 22, 1993... John Schorr is a practitioner who entered the field of industrial purchasing as a junior buyer in 1965. He remembers that during his first few years, "expediting" seemed to be the normal way of doing business. At least, that is what took up most...