Supplier Partnership in Supply Chain Management

Running head: SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supplier Partnership in Supply Chain Management
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Acknowledgement
The research has been a learning experience for me and I would like to take this
opportunity to convey my sincere gratitude to my professor who gave me this opportunity. I also
convey my gratitude to my mentors and my fellow mates whose support and guidance helped me
in writing this paper.
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Executive Summary
Supplier Partnership, in the contemporary Logistics and Supply Chain Management
domains, refer to the discipline of planning and strategic management of the interactions and
relations which a business has with its third party suppliers. The paper tries to discuss the
different aspects of Supplier Partnership, a vital component of the SCM frameworks of
businesses, highlighting the importance, challenges and ways of development of efficient
supplier partnerships. The findings of the study suggest that there lie several challenges in this
aspect, which include finding right suppliers and establishing effective long term
communications with the suppliers. These problems can be mitigated to a considerable extent by
improving the goodwill of the organizations which in turn can make the companies appealing to
the right suppliers.
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Background......................................................................................................................................4
Status in Development of Supplier Partnership...............................................................................5
Issues and Challenges faced in the aspects of building efficient supplier relationships..................6
Research Methods............................................................................................................................7
Research Design..........................................................................................................................7
Research Approach......................................................................................................................7
Data Collection................................................................................................................................7
Data Analysis...............................................................................................................................7
Research Limitation.....................................................................................................................7
Findings and Analysis......................................................................................................................8
Importance of Supplier Partnership.............................................................................................8
Ways to achieve efficient Supplier Partnership...........................................................................8
Effects of Supplier Partnership....................................................................................................9
Conclusion and Recommendations................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11
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