Keyword: purchasing

Found 36 papers in total
Does Pooling Purchases Lead to Higher Profits?
Does Pooling Purchases Lead to Higher Profits?
2013,
Consider two buyers facing uncertain demands who need to purchase a common critical...
Financial and operational instruments for commodity procurement in quantity competition
Financial and operational instruments for commodity procurement in quantity competition
2011,
We analyze a commodity procurement problem under uncertain future procurement prices...
The component procurement problem for the loss‐averse manufacturer with spot purchase
The component procurement problem for the loss‐averse manufacturer with spot purchase
2011,
This paper studies the purchasing behaviour of a loss‐averse...
Robust strategies for natural gas procurement
Robust strategies for natural gas procurement
2010,
In order to serve their customers, natural gas local distribution companies (LDCs) can...
A decision model for ranking suppliers in the presence of cardinal and ordinal data, weight restrictions, and nondiscretionary factors
A decision model for ranking suppliers in the presence of cardinal and ordinal data, weight restrictions, and nondiscretionary factors
2009,
Selecting an appropriate supplier for outsourcing is now one of the most important...
Social network analysis to analyze the purchase behavior of churning customers and loyal customers
Social network analysis to analyze the purchase behavior of churning customers and loyal customers
2009,
Customer retention has been a pressing issue for companies to get and maintain the...
Collaborative procurement among competing buyers
Collaborative procurement among competing buyers
2008,
Collaborative procurement emerged as one of the many initiatives for achieving...
What is the buzz about the cross-functional role of purchasing in a sustainable supply chain environment?
What is the buzz about the cross-functional role of purchasing in a sustainable supply chain environment?
2009,
The research proposed in this study will address the cross‐functional role of...
Optimal auctions for multi-unit procurement with volume discount bids
Optimal auctions for multi-unit procurement with volume discount bids
2009,
In this paper, we design an optimal procurement mechanism for procuring multiple units...
Group buying on the web: a comparison of price-discovery mechanisms
Group buying on the web: a comparison of price-discovery mechanisms
2003,
Web-based group-buying mechanisms are being widely used for both business-to-business...
The effect of group interactions on satisfaction judgments: Satisfaction escalation
The effect of group interactions on satisfaction judgments: Satisfaction escalation
2006,
This study investigates how people's satisfaction judgments are modified after they...
Impact of demographic and economic variables on financial policy purchase timing decisions
Impact of demographic and economic variables on financial policy purchase timing decisions
2005,
This paper investigates the extent to which consumers' demographic factors influence...
The performance effects of congruence between product competitive strategies and purchasing management design
The performance effects of congruence between product competitive strategies and purchasing management design
2002,
The objective of this study is to examine a performance contingency effect between...
Organizational learning in global purchasing: A model and test of internal users and corporate buyers
Organizational learning in global purchasing: A model and test of internal users and corporate buyers
2000,
This research examines a model centered on organizational learning in purchasing. Two...
A structural analysis of the effectiveness of buying firms' strategies to improve supplier performance
A structural analysis of the effectiveness of buying firms' strategies to improve supplier performance
2000,
Many manufacturing firms have increased the amount of component parts and services...
An analytical comparison of long and short term contracts
An analytical comparison of long and short term contracts
1999,
In this paper, we describe an analytical model to determine contracting policies for a...
Dynamic cost optimality control in the process of merchandise procurement
Dynamic cost optimality control in the process of merchandise procurement
2000,
The paper puts forward a method of establishing mathematical model of inventory cost...
On the rank-based selection strategy for the group interview problem
On the rank-based selection strategy for the group interview problem
1996,
For the so-called group interview problem in which several groups of choice...
Incorporating price and replacement purchases in new product diffusion models for consumer durables
Incorporating price and replacement purchases in new product diffusion models for consumer durables
1995,
The article presents theoretical and empirical research findings which incorporate...
Process mean determination with quantity discounts in raw material cost
Process mean determination with quantity discounts in raw material cost
1998,
Setting the mean (target value) for a container-filling process is an important...
A note on just-in-time purchasing vs. economic order quantity with a price discount: An expansion of inventory costs
A note on just-in-time purchasing vs. economic order quantity with a price discount: An expansion of inventory costs
2000,
In a previous International Journal of Production Economics article, a comparative...
A negotiation aid for fixed-quantity contracts with stochastic demand and production
A negotiation aid for fixed-quantity contracts with stochastic demand and production
2000,
Consider an organization whose capability to produce an item and whose customer demand...
Optimal procurement policies under price-dependent demand
Optimal procurement policies under price-dependent demand
2000,
We study a periodic-review inventory model where, in addition to the procurement...
Optimal ordering, discounting, and pricing in the single-period problem
Optimal ordering, discounting, and pricing in the single-period problem
2000,
The single-period problem (SPP), also known as the newsboy or newsvendor problem, is...
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