Quality Assurance and Upgrading in Global Supply Chains:Implications for Management in a Transition Economy
The growth of offshore sourcing to China and other emerging economies has brought increased tension between cost efficiencies and quality maintenance in the management of global supply chains. This paper examines a range of possible responses to challenge of quality and safety maintenance in global supply relations. These responses are discussed in terms of both the type and the incidence of intervention. Classification of these options reveals that they operate at different levels (national, industry and the individual firm) , locales (country of origin, country of sale) and event points (pre-market, market and post-incident). The discussion concludes that no single measure is likely to address quality and safety problems and that a package of effectively targeted interventions is likely to be most useful. Responsibility for quality improvement and assurance lies in both source and final markets and with both suppliers and buyers.
Quality Assurance and Safety Global Supply Chains Transition Economy
Peter ENDERWICK
Faculty of Business,Auckland University of Technology,New Zealand
国际会议
南京
英文
505-518
2008-06-06（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）