Getting the Message Across?: Supplier Quality Improvement Programmes: Some Issues in Practice

Lynne F. Baxter; Neil Ferguson; Douglas K. Macbeth; George C. Neil

doi:10.1108/EUM0000000001246

Getting the Message Across? Supplier Quality Improvement Programmes: Some Issues in Practice

Lynne F. Baxter, Neil Ferguson, Douglas K. Macbeth, George C. Neil

The York Management School

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Abstract

Supply chain management is examined and why supplier quality improvement is sometimes more apparent in speech than in action. The concern is that to obtain the required higher quality the suppliers are simply “running faster” on the traditional treadmill. A guide to managing the supply chain is provided and recommendations made for future “best practice” in the light of existing processes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-78
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Production and Operations Management
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001246
Publication status	Published - 1989

Keywords

Quality control
Subcontracting
Supply
Kaizen

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