Researching the future of purchasing and supply management: The purpose and potential of scenarios

Knight, Louise; Meehan, Joanne; Tapinos, Efstathios; Menzies, L; Pfeiffer, Alexandra

doi:10.1016/j.pursup.2020.100624

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“…Craighead et al (2020) see pandemics as qualitatively different from typical disruptions and put them in the context of emergent theories applied in supply chain management. A similar view is presented by Knight et al (2020), who emphasise the value of scenario planning. The above-mentioned studies show the effort to use existing tools and theories to solve the problems that arise, with an emphasis on their critical application.…”

Section: Covid-19 Crisis and Market Environmentmentioning

confidence: 60%

The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the perception of digitisation in the purchasing process: customers and retailers perspective

Dvořák

Komárková

Stehlik

2021

JEEE

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Purpose The market for goods and services is a continually changing environment influenced by many internal and external factors. The majority of economies in the World were deeply hit by the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) in the first half of 2020. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the role of a crisis, COVID-19 in this case, in moderating the market environment and its ability to accelerate or slow down ongoing processes. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was used to obtain the opinions of 100 customers and 100 local retailers on the digitisation of the shopping process in a medium-sized Czech town. After the first wave of crisis faded away, the respondents reflected on their opinions before, during and after the crisis. The data were processed using linear mixed models respecting repeated measures. Findings The crisis seems to have shifted the interest of both groups towards e-commerce but it did not change the disproportion in opinions between them. The interest of customers was significantly higher, even after the crisis. Research limitations/implications The credibility of the results is limited mainly by the one-time gathering of the data after the crisis. However, the results indicate a persistent challenge to which small retailers are exposed. Originality/value The originality of the results comes from the specific situation brought about by the COVID-19 crisis and the structure of respondents, enabling us to catch an immediate shift of opinions caused by the crisis and to compare the changes in both groups of respondents.

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Section: Covid-19 Crisis and Market Environmentmentioning

confidence: 60%

The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the perception of digitisation in the purchasing process: customers and retailers perspective

Dvořák

Komárková

Stehlik

2021

JEEE

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“…Rather than each country trying to achieve this locally, a coordinated effort could accelerate production and ensure that life-saving equipment is distributed fairly [5]. Recent articles debate what the future holds, considering questions such as how long social distancing needs to continue, the social and political consequences of lockdown, and implications for supply and demand chain structures [54].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Government procurement of health products. International supply assessment, trade barriers, and market capacity [54].…”

Section: Resilience In Sme's In Times Of Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

The COVID-19 Effect in Mexican SMEs

García-Villagrán¹,

Cano‐Olivos²,

Sánchez‐Partida³

2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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“…Further research is needed to determine the possibility to develop senior staff's soft skills levels as suggested by Kiratli et al (2016), whereas the 'methodological toolbox' should not be restricted to a sheer observative, positivist research (Chicksand, Watson, Walker, Radnor, & Johnston, 2012;Darby et al, 2019;Knight et al, 2020;Pettigrew, 2001). PSM and SCM educational research would benefit from active scholarly involvement in the complex challenges the field faces regarding digitisation, circularity and CSR.…”

Section: Limitations and Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The question arises whether the prevailing conceptualisation of PSM is capable of comprising the 21 st century's complexity since the research community seems not to absorb the suitable instruments to cope with the contemporary and the future challenges in the field (e.g. C. R. Carter, Rogers, & Choi, 2015;Darby, Fugate, & Murray, 2019;Knight, Meehan, Tapinos, Menzies, & Pfeiffer, 2020).…”

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Purchasing skills leading to success: how to succeed in innovation sourcing

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Procurement and purchasing -skills and competences -plus successIdeally, the title of a dissertation serves as the proverbial standard that covers the load. Here the title is short -PURCHASING SKILLS LEADING TO SUCCESS -which might raise questions on what is meant with 'purchasing', 'skills' or 'success' and especially, as the subtitle suggests, on HOW TO SUCCEED IN INNOVATION SOURCING. This research aims to present those necessary skills for success in the purchasing profession and innovation sourcing, and answers are given on how higher education institutions should address these in purchasing or procurement courses. However, the first issue is determining 'purchasing' or 'procurement'. Interestingly, the etymology of "to procure" stems from the old French (procurer) and means "care for, be occupied with; bring about, cause; acquire, provide". "Procurer" is associated with the late Latin "procuro", which means "to manage"; "take care of" or "carrying out responsibilities for others" (Wageningen & Muller, 1929, p. 766; own translation). In a more modern sense, it has the meaning to "obtain" or to "recruit" and got in the late Middle Ages the connotation "to obtain (women) for sexual gratification" (Etymonline, 2020). According to the modern dictionary, it still has this meaning besides obtaining possession by particular care and effort. 1 In this dissertation, procuring will be used in the meaning of purchasing.Alike "to procure," the term "to purchase" also has an old French origin: "porchacier" or the modern French variant "pourchasser", meaning to "run after", "to hunt (or) chase (for)". Modern meanings are to "acquire, obtain; get, receive; procure, provide," and also to "accomplish or bring about; instigate; cause, contrive, plot; recruit, hire" (Etymonline, 2020). Currently, the meaning of purchasing is obtaining by "paying

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Researching the future of purchasing and supply management: The purpose and potential of scenarios

Cited by 29 publications

References 105 publications

The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the perception of digitisation in the purchasing process: customers and retailers perspective

The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the perception of digitisation in the purchasing process: customers and retailers perspective

The COVID-19 Effect in Mexican SMEs

Purchasing skills leading to success: how to succeed in innovation sourcing

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