%0 Journal Article %T Allocation for manufacturing companies %J LogForum %D 2010 %I %X Assuring a high material availability for production is while reducing sourcing costs remains a major logistical challenge for producing companies. Lean economic processes, flexibility and responsiveness - beneficial both for the customer and for the supplier - are characteristics of an excellent customer-supplier relationship. Standard sourcing models offer a field-tested approach for setting up across company boarders processes. %K SCOR %K Standard Sourcing %K Logistics Models %U http://www.logforum.net/vol6/issue2/no3/6_2_3_10.pdf