Subject category:
Production and Operations Management
Published by:
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Version: 16.12.2002
Length: 13 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
The case describes the development of the buyer-supplier relationship between Freqon, a producer of frequency converters and NordAlu, supplier of extruded aluminium components. The relationship develops over 13 years, through different stages of joint activity, from a benchmark relation in both organisations to one marked by tensions and performance problems.
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Abstract
The case describes the development of the buyer-supplier relationship between Freqon, a producer of frequency converters and NordAlu, supplier of extruded aluminium components. The relationship develops over 13 years, through different stages of joint activity, from a benchmark relation in both organisations to one marked by tensions and performance problems.