Flexibility Framework for Assessing Supplier Selection
Sara Robaty Shirzad, David Bell · International Journal of e-Education e-Business e-Management and e-Learning · 2012
This paper focuses on the electronic procurement marketplace and the selection of suppliers, aided by flexibility factors. By judiciously employing decision flexibility and the associated dynamic control amongst autonomous EPM nodes,improvements are possible. Empirical data for this study was collected from pharmaceutical organization in UK using a discrete choice interview and analyzed using grounded theory techniques. The importance of flexibility was highlighted and prioritized with respect to supplier selection.