TITLE:
A Statistical-Based Framework for Predicting Supplier’s Behavior to Quality Requirement Changes in Supply Chain
AUTHORS:
Ekaterina Koromyslova, Jerry Visser
KEYWORDS:
Supplier’s Motivation and Behavior, Informal Relationship Factors, High-Risk Suppliers, Quality Requirements
JOURNAL NAME:
iBusiness,
Vol.7 No.4,
December
15,
2015
ABSTRACT: Companies-manufacturers
have to deal with demand and supply uncertainties. They need to adjust to changing
customer needs and to be able to pass new quality requirements through the supply
chain. Even if suppliers’ performance is satisfactory in stable environment, they
can behave differently in dynamic situation. Some suppliers can fail to meet new
quality requirements or even quit the supply chain. Underestimation of suppliers’
motivation can lead to loss of sales, customers, and can face the situation of need of new supplier search. The goal of this
paper is to highlight an importance of consideration of informal factors in relationships
with supply chain and to discuss a methodology of approach to predict high risk
suppliers for changing quality requirements.