Buyer-supplier collaboration: The aim of FM procurement?

Facilities

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 152-163

  Plane, Caroline V ^a   Green, Andrew N ^b  

^a Larch Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b University College of Estate Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Collaboration; Facilities; Outsourcing; Partnering; Procurement; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857669035     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771211202851     Document Type: Article

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