Supply chains and power regimes: Toward an analytic framework for managing extended networks of buyer and supplier relationships

In previous articles, the basic structure of the power perspective was outlined and examples were provided of how buyer and supplier power can be augmented or challenged in simple dyadic exchange relationships. In this paper, discussion is broadened beyond the immediate buyer relationship with first...

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Published inThe journal of supply chain management Vol. 37; no. 2; p. 28
Main Authors Cox, Andrew, Sanderson, Joe, Watson, Glyn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wheat Ridge Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2001
Subjects
Collaboration
Customer services
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Power
Product life cycle
Raw materials
Studies
Suppliers
Supply chain management
Supply chains
Vendor supplier relations
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Summary:In previous articles, the basic structure of the power perspective was outlined and examples were provided of how buyer and supplier power can be augmented or challenged in simple dyadic exchange relationships. In this paper, discussion is broadened beyond the immediate buyer relationship with first-tier suppliers to take in the issue of how supply chains can, and should, be understood. Why current thinking about supply chains is primarily located within a descriptive paradigm is explained. A more analytic approach to supply chain thinking can be developed. The analytic concept of power regimes is explained and its practical utility is discussed.
ISSN:1523-2409
1745-493X