A measurement model for collaboration between suppliers and manufacturers

This research establishes a measurement model to solve the problems exist in the collaboration of the supply chain alliances, especially between suppliers and manufacturers. This paper firstly identifies 21 indicators including the profit level and the management level of the suppliers and manufacturers through expert brainstorming method and determines weight of each indicator by experts scoring. Then the authors get the collaboration index (C), comprehensive evaluation index (T) and obtain collaboration degree (D) including Primary, Transition, Intermediate, Good and Excellent. At last, the authors do empirical analyses using enterprise data to prove the model to be practical and give suggestions to the enterprises to keep their strategic collaboration.