Attitudes of US and European managers to supplier selection and assessment and implications for business performance

Benchmarking

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 472-489

  Kannan, Vijay R ^a   Tan, Keah Choon ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Performance management; Purchasing; Supplier evaluation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE;

PURCHASING;

EID: 0242269896     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770310495519     Document Type: Review

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