A survey of best practices in automotive supplier development

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-144

  Batson, Robert G ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c American Society for Quality   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Buyer supplier interface; Cross company improvement teams; Customer supplier partnerships; Supplier development; Supplier performance rating; Supplier relationship management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-COMPANY IMPROVEMENT TEAMS; CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIPS; SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENTS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 45849140151     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2008.018890     Document Type: Review

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