Factors contributing to successful supplier client collaboration in South African companies

dc.contributor.advisorAspinall, Joeen
dc.contributor.emailupetd@up.ac.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateHofmeyr, Andrew Marken
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T15:43:12Z
dc.date.available2010-06-23en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T15:43:12Z
dc.date.created2007-04-08en
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.date.submitted2010-03-30en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2006.en
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this report was gain a better understanding of the factors that support and enable a collaborative effort in South African companies. The benefits from collaborate are significant and the findings could enable companies to attain these benefits. The predominant area of focus was four research questions dealing with both relationships and selection factors, these focussed on complexity, trust, culture and the impact of selection criteria. The research collected, via survey, data from 34 respondents. This data was then statistically analysed both descriptively and through the use of multivariate analysis. The outcome provided insight into both the factors and the relationship between these factors that has bearing on the research questions From the data a model was constructed of the findings with a potential process that could be followed by companies entering into a collaborative effort. The model is contained in Figure 6 Collaborative framework. The report concludes with both highlighted implications, recommendations and focus areas as well as recommendations for further research.en
dc.description.availabilityunrestricteden
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationHofmeyr, AM 2006, Factors contributing to successful supplier client collaboration in South African companies, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23638 >en
dc.identifier.otherG10/214/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03302010-152028/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/23638
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2006 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectMaterials managementen
dc.titleFactors contributing to successful supplier client collaboration in South African companiesen
dc.typeDissertationen

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