Procurement cost reduction for customized non-critical items in an automotive supply chain: An action research project

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Pereira, Giancarlo Medeiros ^a   Sellitto, Miguel Afonso ^a   Borchardt, Miriam ^a   Geiger, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Gaúcho de Estudos Automotivos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action research; Automotive supply chain; Cost; Industrial marketing; Industrial procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151472654     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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