Performance Control in Buyer-Supplier-Relationships : The Design and Use of formal Management Control Systems
Series
Advanced Studies in Supply Management
ISBN
978-3-8349-3927-2
Type
book section
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Gebert, Konstantin
Editor(s)
Bogaschewsky, Ronald
Eßig, Michael
Lasch, Rainer
Stölzle, Wolfgang
Abstract
Supplier selection and supplier development are important activities of companies for establishing effective and reliable sources for materials and components. A large number of studies provide decision support for supplier selection but a lack of planning tools is observed for supplier development. This paper provides a combined approach for selecting suppliers and for scheduling development projects in a multi-period time horizon. The purpose of development projects is to adapt the production capacities of suppliers to demand forecasts and to lower variable procurement cost. The planning problem is described through a mathematical model. Decision support techniques are presented where rolling-horizon planning and simulation are used for capturing the dynamics of markets and the probabilistic outcome of development activities. The approach is capable of adapting supplier capacity for growing markets and declining markets as is required when demand changes with the life-cycle stage of a product. Experiments show that the methods discover profitable supplier bases and deliver effective project schedules for supplier development.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Refereed
No
Book title
Supply Management Research : Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2012
Publisher
Gabler Verlag
Publisher place
Wiesbaden
Start page
29
End page
53
Pages
25
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
210976