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Discusses the importance of achieving alignment between buyers and sellers, with specific emphasis on efforts by buyers to improve the performance of their suppliers. Describes common barriers and presents strategies and methods that were successful in educating and developing suppliers’ capabilities in lean production across multiple tiers. Presents supporting activities that can help facilitate implementation and ensure that lean production does not become another “flavour of the month”.
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal – Emerald Publishing
Published: May 1, 2000
Keywords: Supply chain; Supplier relations; Lean production; Kaizen; Small firms; Trust
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