International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management articles from March 1998

International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management archives from March 1998

The Green Supply Chain: Integrating Suppliers into Environmental Management Processes
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The environment has become a critical issue in business today. In the 1960s and 1970s businesses typically considered environmental compliance to be a "fringe" issue which elicited little discussion at executive levels. Since then,...

The Context, Organizational Design, and Performance of JIT Buying versus Non-JIT Buying Firms
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION As firms implement Just-In-Time (JIT) buying, they are shifting from traditional, arm's-length trade to long-term, relational trade. JIT buying involves, but is not limited to, reducing the number of suppliers, seeking proximate...

The Relative Importance of Supplier Selection Criteria: The Case of Electronic Components Procurement in Japan
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION In academic articles, and even more so in the popular business press, Japanese industrial purchasing behavior has been painted with a single brush. The Japanese purchaser-supplier relationship is typically described as cooperative,...

Quantitative Support for Buyer-Supplier Negotiation in Just-in-Time Purchasing
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION In a Just-In-Time (JIT) production system, purchasing is critical to the success of the operation. It is harder to implement than other aspects of the system because it involves an external element to the system - the supplier. A...

Purchasing Practice in Dutch Municipalities
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The purchasing function is of great importance for the business community as well as for governmental organizations. In industrial companies purchasing already accounts for 60 to 90 percent of total turnover. This share is expected...

The Product Life Cycle: A Tool for Functional Strategic Alignment
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The current competitive environment is forcing managers to reevaluate how their firms react to rapidly changing opportunities and threats in an evolving global marketplace. Research on business strategy has identified several models...