Title: Strategy for supplier development program implementation: a case study

Authors: Srikanta Routroy; C.V. Sunil Kumar

Addresses: Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan – 333 031, India ' Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan – 333 031, India

Abstract: Supplier development program (SDP) is a strategic alternative that manufacturers adopt to make their supply base competent and thereby improve their supply management performance. Although SDPs are aimed for better returns on investments but majority of the companies come to nothing overwhelmed by action of plan, management, improvement and transformation in the SDP implementation. To surmount this, a methodology is proposed using interpretive structural modelling (ISM) - fuzzy matriced impacts croises multiplication appliqueeaun classement (FMICMAC) algorithm for systematic analysis of SDP implementation enablers. To demonstrate its utility, a case study was conducted in an Indian automotive component manufacturing firm.

Keywords: supplier development; implementation enablers; interpretive structural modelling; ISM; supply chain performance; supply chain management; SCM; return on investments; RoI; case study; India; automotive components; component manufacturing; automobile industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2015.069377

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2015 Vol.21 No.2, pp.238 - 264

Received: 23 Jan 2014
Accepted: 16 Feb 2014
Published online: 14 May 2015 *

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