Purchasing: The Future

Giunipero, Larry C.; Kolchin, Michael G.

doi:10.1007/1-4020-0612-8_774

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“…As the important issues in supply management evolve, the skill sets needed to deal with this evolution also change. Giunipero and Handfield (2004) showed that ethics is among these components needed for the future. Previous literature also shows that supply management skills are directly linked to the effectiveness of supply management decisions (e.g.…”

Section: Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A recent study of SM practices rated ethics to be the number one issue facing supply managers (Giunipero and Handfield, 2004). Given the increasingly complex web of suppliers' and customers' alliances, mergers and acquisitions, trends toward consolidation in many industries, as well as sensitive data transference, supply management ethical responsibility (SMER) is becoming increasingly important and more complex.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Supply management ethical responsibility: reputation and performance impacts

Eltantawy

Fox

Giunipero

2009

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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Purpose -There is a lack of extensive research related to the immediate consequences of supply management ethical responsibility (SMER) and the moderating and/or mediating factors that strengthen or weaken its consequences. Although the underlying presumption is that companies no longer have the luxury of ignoring the importance of SMER, the lack of empirical research of SMER's impact on supply management performance (SMP) reflects the need for research that draws on and empirically tests established theories concerning the role of corporate ethics within the context of supply management (SM). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the impact of SMER and strategic supply management skills on SM perceived reputation and performance. Design/methodology/approach -Structural equation modeling is employed to investigate the hypothesized relationships. A sample of 162 purchasing managers provided the data via survey. Findings -Strategic supply management skills and perceived reputation have a positive direct impact on performance. SMER is not directly affected by skills and has an indirect impact on performance through its positive relationship with perceived reputation. Practical implications -The findings suggest that SMER is limited in its ability to predict performance, but is a valuable component of building SM perceived reputation. Firms should not ignore SMER, as it may provide strategic marketing advantage as an order qualifier or limiting criterion. Originality/value -This paper investigates the interplay among several important determinants of supply chain performance, including the greatly under-studied ethics construct.

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Section: Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Supply management ethical responsibility: reputation and performance impacts

Eltantawy

Fox

Giunipero

2009

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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“…Firms may use a variety of activities to develop suppliers' performance and/or capabilities. 7 These activities include introducing competition into the supply base, 8 evaluating the supplier as a prerequisite to further supplier development activities, 9 raising performance expectations, 1 0 r e c o g n i z i n g good supplier performance, 1 1 promising future b e n e f i t s , 1 2 training and educating the suppliers' p e r s o n n e l , 1 3 exchanging personnel between the buying firm and the supplier, 1 4 and investing directly in the supplier. 15…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supplier Development: Current Practices and Outcomes

Krause

1997

International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management

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This article presents the results of a survey on supplier development. The research indicates that buying firms engage in a variety of supplier development activities. The outcomes and benefits from supplier development, which are determined from a range of measures, e.g., measures of incoming defects, on-time deliveries, and perceptions of the buyer-supplier relationship, are reported. Respondents were generally positive about the outcomes of their supplier development efforts, but their perceptions could have been more favorable. The research also suggests that supplier development activities vary in terms of the level of buying firm commitment to the supplier development effort.

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“…Although OLP systems inay increasingly be regarded as necessary tools for realizing cost savings in the supply chain, industry attention and focus may shift to ensuring their effective integration with existing, well established Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems [7].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature contains several case studies reporting the implementation of OLP systems in business environments ranging from prominent private-sector companies such as Sprint, Selectron, and Raytheon to public-sector agencies such as the Federal Reserve and the City of Las Vegas [7]. The perceived benefits of online purchasing include time savings, identification of new sources of supply, the ability to comparison shop, lower overall operating costs, lower prices paid, and an optimized supply base.…”

Section: Online Purchasing (Olp) Systemsmentioning

confidence: 97%