4. BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
5. BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONS FOR THESE FIRMS
• Trustworthy /fair
• Predictable
Toyota
• Ruthless/ cost cutting focussed
• Combative with suppliers
General Motors
• Monopolist
• Uses power base (coercion)
Microsoft
• Cartelization
Hong kong
Container Terminals
6. BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONS FOR THESE FIRMS
• Short term relations / Fair dealing
• Localised having continuous communication
Hollywood Motion
Pictures Industry
• Worked on cooperation and coordination
• Trust was an important factorPrato Wool textile
• Had faith on its supplier, build platform for information flow
• Predictable standards for quality, time. Transparent ProcessesAirbus
• Recaptured trust of its client by separating its businesses
• Reliability of delivery and qualityACER
7. TOYOTA: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
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8. GM: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
LEGEND:
9. MICROSOFT: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
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10. HKG CONTAINER TERMINALS: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
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11. HOLLYWOOD MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY: RELATIONSHIP
ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
LEGEND:
12. PRATO WOOL TEXTILES: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
LEGEND:
13. AIRBUS: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
LEGEND:
14. ACER: RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT
Trustworthy Communication Transparency Co ordination
Predictability
Commitment to
each others
needs
Co operation Power base
Interpersonal
relationship
Does this
well
Does not
do this
LEGEND:
15. WHICH FIRM IS THE BEST FOR BUYER/SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP
Based on our analysis, TOYOTA is the frontrunner for buyer supplier relationships. Our summarized
reasons listed below:
Their relationship is based on mutual trust, commitment, respect for each other’s capabilities.
Suppliers are considered as strategic partners. Toyota was a visionary who thought about suppliers like this.
They believed in investing and developing vendors/suppliers to be able to meet their demands.
They tried to be as practically predictable as possible in their demand cycles making life of suppliers better.
Suppliers had to operate effectively aligned to the planned demand.
Their focus is always to identify opportunity areas and improve rather than just hire and replace. Emphasis is on
the continuous learning and quality of outcomes and they did not believe in terminating relationship in case of
small issues
Their approach to maintain Face to Face relationship with suppliers was very effective in relationship
management
16. FUTURE OF BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONS
Future
SCM and
planning
Increased use of
Internet for info
exchange
Building robust
relationships
without face to
face interaction
Effective
forecasting
techniques, and
transparency in
information flow