A case study questionnaire of cooperative purchasing programs in transportation

James L. Simonton; Mario G. Beruvides; Natalie M. Waters; Siva Chaivichitmalakul; Himlona Palikhe

A case study questionnaire of cooperative purchasing programs in transportation

James L. Simonton, Mario G. Beruvides, Natalie M. Waters, Siva Chaivichitmalakul, Himlona Palikhe

Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

Massive purchasing and maintenance demands have increased due to the vast number of public transit agencies. Vehicle maintenance costs for transit agencies including vehicle parts, equipment, and services have increased significantly due to organizational growth. Cooperative purchasing programs are promising methodologies commonly used to share or bundle purchasing volumes, information, and resources. Cooperative purchasing programs can assist public transit agencies to save time and money because of the economies of scale from increased purchased quantities. Previously, no real case studies had been conducted on cooperative purchasing programs of transit agencies focused on vehicle maintenance. This paper identifies crucial factors needed to be considered when utilizing cooperative purchasing programs through developed targeted questionnaires. The questionnaires are designed to identify the differences between agencies participating in cooperative purchasing programs and agencies not participating in cooperative purchasing programs along with their programmatic paradigms regardless of public transit agency type.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010
Pages	746-750
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 2010
Event	31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010 - Fayetteville, AR, United States Duration: Oct 13 2010 → Oct 16 2010

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Name	31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010

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Conference	31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010
Country	United States
City	Fayetteville, AR
Period	10/13/10 → 10/16/10

Keywords

Case study
Cooperative purchasing programs
Public transit agencies
Questionnaires
Survey
Vehicle maintenance

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Simonton, J. L., Beruvides, M. G., Waters, N. M., Chaivichitmalakul, S., & Palikhe, H. (2010). A case study questionnaire of cooperative purchasing programs in transportation. In 31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010 (pp. 746-750). (31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010).

Simonton, James L. ; Beruvides, Mario G. ; Waters, Natalie M. ; Chaivichitmalakul, Siva ; Palikhe, Himlona. / A case study questionnaire of cooperative purchasing programs in transportation. 31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010. 2010. pp. 746-750 (31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010).

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