Gestion des achats. Aller au-delà des tendances et paradigmes

Using the example of two major trends in supply management, i.e. centralization of supply and outsourcing, the authors emphasize that following trends too narrowly increases internal instability and leads to choices that might be inappropriate for the organization. In order to prevent such a situation, top managers should pay more attention to : 1) base decisions and actions on an appropriate combination of key supply principles ; 2) determine the extent to which each of those principles should be used, since going too far might make the pendulum swing back... and more strongly too.