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Item Analysis of suppliers' preferences to a manufacturer using Kano model and performance value analysis(Inder Science, 2016-12) Routroy, SrikantaThe approaches to achieve competitive advantages have not been actively extended along the manufacturing supply chains, as most of them are practiced in competitively putting efforts to achieve the customer satisfaction alone. Conventionally, the suppliers' outlook has been mostly ignored by the supply chains without imparting the essential emphasis what it aptly deserves. Moreover, majority of the manufacturers along the supply chains have feeble supply bases and are seriously struggling to put forth a healthy competition. This is due to negligence in accounting the extraneous influence of supplier satisfaction construct which can eventually position a manufacturer as a preferred customer. Considering the above discussed issues, there are no specific studies available in the published literature to systematically capture, plan and manage supplier's perceptions, expectations and attractions which lead to supplier satisfaction. Thus, the current study is an attempt to resolute through an approach using Kano model and performance value analysis.Item Case Application of a Methodology for Determining a Manufacturer’s Preferred Customer Status with Suppliers(Taylor & Francis, 2016-03) Routroy, SrikantaAs most suppliers’ role in the value addition process has been elevated to a strategic level, manufacturing supply chains are pushed to establish and develop competitive supply bases. In practice, these strategic suppliers often have multiple manufacturing-customers, making a particular manufacturer one among several manufacturers competing for the same type of products/services. This makes a supplier implicitly biased in extending and offering its best to few preferred customers, making it difficult for the manufacturer. Hence, it is always a test for a manufacturer to manage and distinguish itself as a preferred customer, specifically from its key suppliers’ perspective. Although the concept of preferred customer can bring about a tremendous change in business practice, it has been an ignored topic both in research and practice. Therefore, in this article, a methodology is proposed using extended fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for assisting a manufacturer by providing paradigms to determine its favorable disposition from its key suppliers’ perspective. This work forms a basis for a manufacturer to create the best strategies with the right suppliers and in turn, secure a strong return on investment.Item Analyzing the sourcing alternatives in an Indian manufacturing company(Emerald, 2013-05) Routroy, Srikanta; Pradhan, Sudeep KumarThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the sourcing alternatives (i.e. supplier development (SD), supplier switching (SS) and in‐house production (IP)) in an Indian manufacturing supply chain environmentItem Modeling Supplier Development barriers in Indian manufacturing industry(Elsevier, 2018-12) Routroy, SrikantaIn the current scenario, the manufacturers' perspectives and their corresponding business practices in dealing with the suppliers have been vastly transformed and are evolving at a faster rate. Even supplier specific investments are committed for strategically developing and aligning the suppliers' capabilities so as to competitively meet the growing needs of the end customers. In this regard, Supplier Development (SD) has been proven to be one of the effective sourcing strategies that manufacturers can practice to befittingly mold their supply bases. However, operating on a global platform and having variegated interests among the stakeholders, the SD Programs (SDPs) have to deal with different challenges to ensure definite return on SD investments. Due to the ever increasing complexity of the supply chains, different circumstances are prescribing the course of SDPs. Thus in the current study, a pragmatic survey was conducted in Indian manufacturing industry to explore the interactions among the barriers to SDPs. The study has comprehensively incorporated the prominent barriers originate from different sides (i.e. supplier, manufacturer, manufacturer-supplier and external environment) and provided a basis for a manufacturer to effectively conduct the SDPs.Item Addressing the Root Cause Impediments for Supplier Development in Manufacturing Environment(Elsevier, 2014) Routroy, SrikantaThe manufacturing supply chains, designed for delivering the best to the customer should operate by following systems approach, where planning and execution are strategically carried out protecting the interests of each stakeholder. Supplier Development (SD) is one such sourcing strategy that a manufacturing company devise to strengthen its critical but fragile supply base, portraying mutual interests in the formulation. However in reality, many companies even though capable enough in conceiving and materializing their SD strategies yet, are miserably falling short off due to tremendous misdirected flow of resources. Often, the bitter experiences from the results due to misdirected SD efforts, the companies are pushed to draw wrong conclusions and inevitably search for other misdirected efforts without addressing the root cause impediments. In concrete, the misdirection in SD has its deep roots along various tangible and intangible issues of the operation field. Therefore, a manufacturer needs to bring these issues to the surface, critically analyze and uproot them for smooth development of its supply base strength. In this paper, a methodology is proposed using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) - Fuzzy Matriced Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliqueeaun Classement (FMICMAC) algorithm for systematic analysis of impediments of SD. To demonstrate its utility, a case study was conducted in an Indian manufacturing company and the proposed methodology is applied to it in order to explain the salient features of the concept.Item Analyzing supplier development program enablers using fuzzy DEMATEL(Emerald, 2014-11) Routroy, SrikantaThe purpose of this paper is to identify, quantify and establish relationship (i.e. cause and effect) among various supplier development program enablers (SDPEs) in a specific manufacturing environment.Item Evaluating the critical success factors of supplier development: a case study(Emerald, 2013-05) Routroy, SrikantaThe purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the critical success factors (CSFs) responsible for supplier development (SD) in a manufacturing supply chain environment.