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How Can I Tell A Pyramid Scheme From A Legitimate Multilevel Opportunity?, Barbara Rowe
How Can I Tell A Pyramid Scheme From A Legitimate Multilevel Opportunity?, Barbara Rowe
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Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, And Just In Time: A Model Of Their Impact On Business Performance, Vijay R. Kannan, K. C. Tan
Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, And Just In Time: A Model Of Their Impact On Business Performance, Vijay R. Kannan, K. C. Tan
Management Faculty Publications
Just in time, quality management, and supply chain management have in recent years been proposed as means of improving product quality and responsiveness, while simultaneously reducing cost. The three can also be used as complementary elements of an integrated strategy aimed at improving an organization's competitiveness. This study proposes and tests a structural equation model that examines linkages between just in time, quality management, supply chain management and supplier management, and their impact on business performance. Results show that while just in time, quality and supply chain management efforts are indeed mutually supportive, it is a firm's efforts in the …
Supplier Selection And Assessment: Their Impact On Business Performance, Vijay R. Kannan, K. C. Tan
Supplier Selection And Assessment: Their Impact On Business Performance, Vijay R. Kannan, K. C. Tan
Management Faculty Publications
Increasingly, firms are allocating more resources to their core competencies and encouraging the outsourcing of non-core activities, which increases their reliance and dependence on suppliers. This increases the importance of effective supplier selection and assessment. Sparse evidence exists regarding the impact of supplier selection and assessment on a buying firm's business performance. This research describes an empirical study of the importance of supplier selection and assessment criteria of American manufacturing companies for items to be used in products already in production. Moreover, it identifies relationships between criteria and a buying firm's business performance. Results indicate that soft, non-quantifiable selection criteria, …
Do You Have Tips On Starting A Home-Based Business?, Karen Biers
Do You Have Tips On Starting A Home-Based Business?, Karen Biers
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I'D Like To Work At Home, How Can I Spot A Scam?, Karen Biers
I'D Like To Work At Home, How Can I Spot A Scam?, Karen Biers
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