Supplier relations : partnering for total quality.

• Main Authors: Lim, Kok Khen., Cheong, Hock Yan.
• Other Authors: Tang, Hung Kei
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Operations management::Supply chain management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20103
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation examines how suppliers are integrated into the current organizational set-up of the manufacturing firm to become an extended organisation, in face of the increasing competition in the marketplace as well as the increasing role of procurement as a strategic function to pursue qualit...