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The Strategic Consistency Between Purchasing and Production
Author(s) -
John Caron H. St.,
Young Scott T.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of purchasing and materials management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1055-6001
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.1991.tb00529.x
Subject(s) - purchasing , production (economics) , consistency (knowledge bases) , production planning , business , marketing , strategic planning , process management , computer science , economics , microeconomics , artificial intelligence
This article reports the results of a study that focused on strategic agreement among purchasing, production, and production planning managers. The findings suggest that established goals do in fact guide long‐range planning decisions, but that they do not necessarily guide day‐to‐day problem‐solving activities.