Supplier-buyer Collaboration In The Supply Chain Management

The relationship between buyers and suppliers has received considerable attention in recent years. With the rapid development of science and technology, collaboration has been recognized as a significant process that enables business partners maintain the advantage and continuous growing. This paper first reviews the researches on supplier-buyer collaboration and divided it into 4 types: the factors, classification, evaluation and model for collaboration. Then it proposes the evaluation index system of supplier-buyer´s collaboration in terms of strategic level, management level and operation level. Finally it demonstrates the application of collaboration in China´s tobacco company and suggests possible avenues for further research