title: Supplier management by teams.
abstract: Watlow Electric Manufacturing, Hannibal, Missouri, uses a fully integrated MRP system with three-way match accounting. We have approximately 8,000 purchased parts and purchase in excess of $5 million of raw material annually. The vast majority of parts are custom to the heating element industry; the balance of the parts are customer specific. Production is similar to a glorified job-shop, more specialized than standard products.
authors.affiliation: Watlow Industries, Hannibal, MO, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bueler
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D008923:Missouri; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods; D012985:Software Design