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The role of purchasing in the agile enterprise.

International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management

| September 22, 1998 | Meier, Ronald L.; Humphreys, Michael A.; Williams, Michael R. | COPYRIGHT 1998 National Association of Purchasing Management, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BACKGROUND

Agile competitive strategies require a market-focused, total-systems, strategic orientation that results in the ability to rapidly respond to changing customer demands and market conditions. Specifically, four dimensions of agile competitive strategies have been identified: (1) being a solution producer; (2) having collaborative production systems; (3) being knowledge-driven; and (4) maintaining an adaptive organization.[1] Successful implementation of these four dimensions allow firms to develop their people, information, processes, and management into coupled and dynamic systems. The result is long-term value-added relationships with key constituents ...

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