Using Contracts and Relational Values to Improve Supply Chain Performance

24 September 2024

The study explores how contracts and relationships impact supply chain performance in the UK manufacturing industry. Since contracts can't cover every possible situation, building strong relationships based on trust and cooperation helps companies handle unexpected challenges and reduce risks like opportunism. The study aims to determine whether using both contracts and relationships together can improve supply chain outcomes, such as cost, delivery, flexibility and innovation.

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Keywords

• Liverpool John Moores University
• Supply Chain Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Contract Management
• Supply Chain performance
• Governance
• Transaction Cost Economics
• Inter-firm Alliances

Ethical approval

The research is supervised by the Faculty of Business and Law at Liverpool John Moores University and has been approved by the university’s Ethics Committee (Reference: 22/LBR/010). Your responses will be anonymous and confidential.

About the researcher

I am a PhD student at Liverpool John Moore University, UK.

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