Limited upstream dyadic integration of the Supplier Relationship Management process within the construction equipment industry in Sweden : An analysis of the sub-process integration from the manufacturer’s perspective

The supplier relationship manager is one of the eight business processes of Supply chain management. There have been many researches carried out about the supply chain processes integration. However, a lack of theory has been noticed on the integration of the supplier relationship management process and no research has coped with a case study of the integration of this process between the manufacturer and its first upstream tier. The lack is also consequent when studying the obstacles to the supplier relationship management integration in Swedish construction equipment companies.