Benchmarking in the purchasing function and its impact on purchasing and business performance

Benchmarking

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 457-471

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Cristóbal ^a   Martínez Lorente, Ángel R ^b   Clavel, José G ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Performance measures; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA ACQUISITION; PURCHASING; QUALITY CONTROL;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 17444438164     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770310495500     Document Type: Article

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