Attributability of performance has not been studied in terms of the responsibilities of the supplier and the buying organization in service design and production.
In evaluating and selecting sustainable suppliers, we take a triple-bottom-line (profit, people and planet) approach and consider business operations as well as environmental impacts and social responsibilities of the suppliers.
"But unfortunately, there are some situations where it's clearly the responsibility of the travel supplier, and there's nothing we can do".
Results show that when the outsourced activity involves low levels of design responsibility by the supplier, it is more beneficial for the two partners to have contrasting learning styles.
If the customer assumes too much of that responsibility, the supplier's ability to self-manage these programs can be diminished.
The intelligence agents take the responsibility of searching the potential suppliers, negotiation with the short-listed suppliers and evaluating the performance of suppliers based on the selection criteria with mathematical model.
Any costs related to making products more energy-efficient — redesigning packaging or using a different fertilizer — will be the responsibility of each supplier, not of Wal-Mart.
That question goes to a core issue in the criminal law regarding the responsibility of suppliers for the use of products they sell.
"You can set all the rules you want, but they're meaningless if you don't give suppliers enough profit to treat workers well," said one former Apple executive with firsthand knowledge of the supplier responsibility group.
"If you see the same pattern of problems, year after year, that means the company's ignoring the issue rather than solving it," said one former Apple executive with firsthand knowledge of the supplier responsibility group.
