TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

Abstract

The development of relationships with suppliers can take place through collaboration in different areas, with collaboration in the manufacturing process being of great importance. The most effective is to deploy such tools for developing collaboration that both partners consider important and are willing to implement to improve supply chain performance. Therefore, primary research has been carried out to help reveal these tools. The research was conducted in two successive stages. In the first stage, quantitative research was carried out among the main suppliers of the nonwoven fabric manufacturer. The aim of this part of the research was to find out which tools for developing collaboration in the production are the most important from the suppliers' perspective. In the second stage of the research, the suitability of individual tools was determined from the point of view of the purchasing enterprise. On the basis of the confrontation of both opinions, the most suitable tools for the development of collaboration in the area of production in the given part of the supply chain were selected. The paper publishes the results of these two surveys. It contributes to the development of scientific knowledge by identifying appropriate tools for developing supplier-customer collaboration in manufacturing processes.