Analysis of supplier buyer relationships using resource constrained project scheduling strategies

Analysis of supplier buyer relationships using resource constrained project scheduling strategies

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Article ID: iaor20013857
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 129
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 271
End Page Number: 276
Publication Date: Mar 2001
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: heuristics, scheduling
Abstract:

Many studies in the product development literature discuss the benefits of partnering with suppliers. In these partnership relations buyers and suppliers establish long term, co-operative relationships during Product Development Projects (PDP) in order to reduce product development time and improve project performance. Traditional contractual approaches, on the other hand, where buyers work independently of suppliers and lack control over suppliers' resources, are commonly blamed for delays in the development time. This study constitutes an initial effort to model and investigate these relationships analytically. The impact of scheduling strategies, the number of suppliers, and resource availability on PDP completion time is evaluated under contractual or partnership arrangement. Contractual relationships seem to provide a good or even better development times than the ones provided by the partnership approach.

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