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Title:Effects of Preferred Supplier Programs and TQM on Logistical and Procurement Policies
End Date:June 1995
Status:Completed

Abstract

The objective of this study was to explain the effects of close versus adversarial industrial buyer-supplier relationships on logistical and procurement policies and costs. In the study, a two-firm economic order quantity (EOQ) model was developed that minimized total costs of inspection, inventory, and quality based on joint buyer and supplier costs.

Project Deliverables

NDSU Dept 2880P.O. Box 6050Fargo, ND 58108-6050
(701)231-7767ndsu.ugpti@ndsu.edu