Market relationships
– Each purchase is treated as a separate transaction
and the relationship between the buyer and seller
lasts as long as this transaction takes
• Strategic partnerships and alliances
– This involves a long term relationship in which
organisations work together and share
information regarding aspects such as planning
systems and development of products and
processes
29• Virtual organisation
– An organization in which e-business is used to
outsource more and more supply chain activities
to third parties so that the boundaries between
and within organisations become blurred.
• Vertical integration
– The amount of ownership of the supply chain by
an organization.