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Publication date: 1 February 1990

T. Hillman Willis, Mike Mathews and C. Richard Huston

The buyer and planner functions are critical inpurchasing because they provide the primarylinkage with suppliers in the logistics network. Formanufacturing companies that switch…

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The buyer and planner functions are critical in purchasing because they provide the primary linkage with suppliers in the logistics network. For manufacturing companies that switch to modern production strategies such as just‐in‐time and manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), the responsibilities of the buyer/planner are even more critical, since purchasing and physical distribution take on increased importance. As job responsibilities change when implementing new systems, management must be cognisant of the factors that comprise favourable performance. These issues are examined and an assessment process is outlined. In addition, a performance assessment (PA) model is presented to assist the purchasing or logistics manager in making a more enlightened judgement of buyer/planner job performance.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 20 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0960-0035

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Publication date: 1 January 1992

T. Hillman Willis and C. Richard Huston

Outlines a supplier certification programme – a structuredprocedure for evaluating suppliers to determine if performance warrantsa special partnership agreement. Close, long‐term…

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Outlines a supplier certification programme – a structured procedure for evaluating suppliers to determine if performance warrants a special partnership agreement. Close, long‐term relationships between buyer and supplier are becoming more common, especially for those manufacturers practising a just‐in‐time production and logistics strategy. Presents an efficient mathematical model to measure relative performance, which can serve as the central ingredient in a decision‐support system for purchasing and logistics management.

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Logistics Information Management, vol. 5 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-6053

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Publication date: 1 April 1990

T. Hillman Willis and C. Richard Huston

One of the essential tasks in implementing JIT is to integratesuppliers in the overall strategy. The process of vendor evaluation andselection is a time‐consuming and critical…

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One of the essential tasks in implementing JIT is to integrate suppliers in the overall strategy. The process of vendor evaluation and selection is a time‐consuming and critical aspect of establishing vendor partnerships. The various attributes that are important in implementing JIT into the purchasing process are discussed. These attributes are categorised as financial, service, and technical. Several traditional vendor evaluation procedures are examined, their advantages and disadvantages described, and a new dimensional analysis model is introduced. This model has certain advantages over the traditional methods. An illustration of how the model can be used to assist purchasing in the selection of suppliers is given.

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 10 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3577

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Publication date: 29 November 2019

Richard E. Killblane

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Delivering Victory
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ISBN: 978-1-78754-603-5

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Publication date: 1 March 1986

Few issues in recent times have so provoked debate and dissention within the library field as has the concept of fees for user services. The issue has aroused the passions of our…

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Few issues in recent times have so provoked debate and dissention within the library field as has the concept of fees for user services. The issue has aroused the passions of our profession precisely because its roots and implications extend far beyond the confines of just one service discipline. Its reflection is mirrored in national debates about the proper spheres of the public and private sectors—in matters of information generation and distribution, certainly, but in a host of other social ramifications as well, amounting virtually to a debate about the most basic values which we have long assumed to constitute the very framework of our democratic and humanistic society.

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Collection Building, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0160-4953

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Publication date: 1 February 1992

Michael A. McGinnis

During the last 30 years the environments faced by the businesslogistics manager have dramatically increased in complexity. Theintegration of logistics processes with…

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During the last 30 years the environments faced by the business logistics manager have dramatically increased in complexity. The integration of logistics processes with organizational strategy, increasing complexities of partnership/channel relationships, and the increasingly international scope of business logistics processes are examples of these complexities. The military logistics literature addresses complex issues of integrating logistics with strategy and tactics; co‐ordinating world wide supply operations; co‐ordinating an industrial base with military needs; and managing cycles of mobilization, warfare, and demobilization. Summarizes the development of business logistics thought, reviews the military logistics literature, and develops insights from the said literature that appear relevant to business logistics thought.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 22 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0960-0035

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Publication date: 1 February 1988

Joseph W. Palmer

The classics will circulate wrote a public librarian several years ago. She found that new, attractive, prominently displayed editions of literary classics would indeed find a…

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The classics will circulate wrote a public librarian several years ago. She found that new, attractive, prominently displayed editions of literary classics would indeed find a substantial audience among public library patrons.

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Collection Building, vol. 9 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0160-4953

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Publication date: 31 May 2016

Jia Yan, Xiaowen Fu, Tae Hoon Oum and Kun Wang

This chapter reviews the key results obtained in previous studies of airline mergers. It is found that the effect of mergers on airfares is dependent on the network configurations…

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This chapter reviews the key results obtained in previous studies of airline mergers. It is found that the effect of mergers on airfares is dependent on the network configurations of merging airlines. Fare increases are frequently observed on overlapped routes. However, if the networks of two merging airlines are complementary, the expanded network after the merger leads to cost savings, increase in travel options, and improvement in service quality. Therefore, in a deregulated market, with few entry barriers, relaxing merger regulations is likely to improve welfare. However, most welfare evaluations do not incorporate quality changes or dynamic competition effects. Empirical investigations are primarily ex post analysis of mergers that have already passed antitrust reviews. The relationship between market concentration and welfare might be nonlinear and market specific. Therefore, airline mergers and alliances should be reviewed case by case. Methodological improvements are needed in future studies to control for the effects of complicating factors inherent in ex post evaluations.

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Airline Efficiency
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ISBN: 978-1-78560-940-4

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Publication date: 8 August 2017

Wendy C. Doucette and Rebecca L. Tolley

This chapter investigates ways in which civility and mindful speech within the library workplace can improve the quality of employees’ interactions with each other. While most…

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This chapter investigates ways in which civility and mindful speech within the library workplace can improve the quality of employees’ interactions with each other. While most examinations of communication within libraries focus on the exchange between patrons and providers, this case study focuses on the vehicle of communication among co-workers and examines how civil discourse coupled with mindful speech reinforced by mindful actions can foster an atmosphere of cooperation, leading ultimately to empathy. We highlight common points within national and local civility initiatives which allow institutions to preserve their own unique culture while adhering to accepted benchmarks of civil dialogue. Although we present a mix of suggested strategies for cultivating mindful words and actions, based on empirical research limited to our own institution, we recommend civility and mindful speech leading to mindful action as gateways toward the adaptation of healthy shared values. Emphasizing civility, one of the cornerstones of civilization and peaceful coexistence, has widespread practical and social implications for countering the detrimental effects of poor communication. This effective, affordable, and attainable practice can repair the underdeveloped, fractured, and even dysfunctional relationships which lead to low workplace morale.

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Publication date: 17 December 2018

Carliss D. Miller, Orlando C. Richard and David L. Ford, Jr

In management research, little is known about how ethno-racial minority leaders interact with similar employees in supervisor–subordinate relationships. This study aims to examine…

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Purpose

In management research, little is known about how ethno-racial minority leaders interact with similar employees in supervisor–subordinate relationships. This study aims to examine and provide a deeper understanding of individuals’ negative reactions to similar others, thus highlighting the double-edged nature of demographic similarity which has historically predicted positive affective reactions.

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Using a survey design, the authors collected data from supervisor-subordinate dyads from multiple companies from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas, USA. They used ordinary least squares regression and conditional process analysis to test the hypotheses, including a two-stage moderation and moderated mediation.

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Incorporating social context, i.e. minority status, as a moderator, the results show that ethno-racial minority leaders supervising ethno-racially similar subordinates were more vulnerable to relationship conflict than non-minority dyads. This, in turn, is linked to a reduction in the leaders’ feelings of trust toward their ethno-racially similar subordinate.

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This study draws on social identity theory and status characteristics theory to explain the contradictory processes and outcomes associated with dyadic ethno-racial similarity and suggests the conditions under which dyad racial similarity is connected with unfavorable outcomes. This framework helps to broaden the boundary conditions of relational demography to provide a more nuanced explanation of when and why minority leaders in demographically similar hierarchical dyads experience more relationship conflict, which ultimately diminishes trust.

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International Journal of Conflict Management, vol. 30 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1044-4068

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