Szwejczewski, MarekLemke, FredGoffin, Keith2011-05-172011-05-172005-01-01Marek Szwejczewski, Fred Lemke, Keith Goffin, Manufacturer-supplier relationships : An empirical study of German manufacturing companies, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2005, vol 25, issue 9, pp875-8970144-3577http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443570510613947http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4203Effective management of suppliers is one of the ways manufacturing companies can improve their performance. Typically, it has been argued in the literature that close relationships with suppliers should be developed, in contrast to the traditional price-driven transactional relationships. However, there has been relatively little empirical research on how supplier management is applied.en-UKBuyer-seller relationshipsGermanyManufacturing industriesSupply chain managementArticle