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Publication date: 17 May 2021

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The Role of External Examining in Higher Education: Challenges and Best Practices
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ISBN: 978-1-83982-174-5

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Publication date: 1 July 2005

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Structural Survey, vol. 23 no. 3
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ISSN: 0263-080X

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Circuit World, vol. 32 no. 4
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ISSN: 0305-6120

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Publication date: 1 February 2011

Eric H. Shaw and Ian F. Wilkinson

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Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, vol. 3 no. 1
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ISSN: 1755-750X

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Publication date: 8 August 2017

Peter Kivisto

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The Trump Phenomenon
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Publication date: 30 April 2018

George R. Goethals

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Realignment, Region, and Race
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-791-3

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Publication date: 8 August 2017

Peter Kivisto

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The Trump Phenomenon
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Publication date: 10 March 2023

Sini Laari, Harri Lorentz, Patrik Jonsson and Roger Lindau

Drawing on information processing theory, the linkage between buffering and bridging and the ability on the part of procurement to resolve demand–supply imbalances is…

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Drawing on information processing theory, the linkage between buffering and bridging and the ability on the part of procurement to resolve demand–supply imbalances is investigated, as well as contexts in which these strategies may be particularly useful or detrimental. Buffering may be achieved through demand change or redundancy, while bridging may be achieved by the means of collaboration or monitoring.

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This study employs a hierarchical regression analysis of a survey of 150 Finnish and Swedish procurement and sales and operations planning professionals, each responding from the perspective of their own area of supply responsibility.

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Both the demand change and redundancy varieties of buffering are associated with procurement's ability to resolve demand–supply imbalances without delivery disruptions, but not with cost-efficient resolution. Bridging is associated with the cost-efficient resolution of imbalances: while collaboration offers benefits, monitoring seems to make things worse. Dynamism diminishes, while the co-management of procurement in S&OP improves procurement's ability to resolve demand–supply imbalances. The most potent strategy for tackling problematic contexts appears to be buffering via demand change.

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The results highlight the importance of procurement in the S&OP process and suggest tactical measures that can be taken to resolve and reduce the effects of supply and demand imbalances.

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The results contribute to the procurement and S&OP literature by increasing knowledge regarding the role and integration of procurement to the crucial process of balancing demand and supply operations.

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 43 no. 13
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ISSN: 0144-3577

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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Val Cox

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Marketing Intelligence & Planning, vol. 24 no. 3
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ISSN: 0263-4503

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Publication date: 8 October 2018

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Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-903-4

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