Advanced supplier partnership practices: a case study.
This article describes how a supplier partnership was set up to avoid the typical purchasing relationship--price being inversely proportional to quantity and having the purchaser take all the risk of product obsolescence. The case study also describes how rate-based replenishment replaced time-based delivery, and how all these advantages were achieved at reduced administrative costs.
Williams
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Tyco International, Clark, New Jersey, USA.
D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000600:supply & distribution*