Showing papers in "Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management in 2007"

TL;DR: In this article, the strategic value of RFID has been analyzed by building a theory on how RFID used in supply chain management may create and sustain a competitive advantage, based on a theory of organisational learning and the theory of first-mover advantages.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the current state of application of qualitative methods, namely case studies in purchasing and supply management, and identify two blind spots: (1) the relative neglect of the links between theory and method and (2) the use of inappropriate statistical criteria to justify multiple case research designs.

TL;DR: In this article, a structural model of the "e-procurement effect" is proposed to define the dynamics of the e-procurement process in an organization and provide a foundation for a research stream into the transformational effect of e-ProCurement deployment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted extensive purchasing audits using a comprehensive tool to assess firms' maturity level and their success in a purchasing cost-reduction program, and found a highly significant relationship between purchasing maturity and its impact on the performance of a firm.

TL;DR: In this article, a broad and rather fragmented body of empirical evidence and analyses 42 relevant empirical studies on the future of purchasing and supply management is considered. But the major findings are reported in terms of changes in business contexts, purchasing strategy, structure, role and responsibility, system development and skills.

TL;DR: In this paper, five main forms of cooperative purchasing are distinguished based on seven main dimensions, i.e., influence by all members on the group activities and the number of different group activities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore country differences in adoption of electronic procurement and find that firms from countries with a low uncertainty avoidance such as Germany and the UK are the early adopters of e-procurement, while countries that are less reluctant to change such as Spain and France have lower adoption rates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present findings from an analysis of the experiences of three telecommunications companies that have embarked upon extensive outsourcing, using transaction cost economics and the resource-based view.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of six organizations shows large variations in terms of the extent and way in which they were involved ranging from ad hoc and clerical approaches to their systematic and central participation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a mechanism for evaluating supplier involvement during product development, which includes four types of distinctive indices to measure supplier involvement in the design process, namely Satisfaction Index, Flexibility Index, Risk Index, and Confidence Index.

TL;DR: In this article, a stakeholder-based model was used to select between generic strategies like low cost and differentiator or strategies described as operational excellence, customer intimacy and product leadership, and the selected strategy forms the basis to design the nature of three organizational elements: policies (P ), organization (O ), and processes (P ).

TL;DR: In this paper, a contingency model for shaping and managing buyer-supplier relationships in manufacturing contexts is proposed, and a three-dimensional performance indicator is computed to compare supplier performance achieved within relations matching the model's suggestions with those set differently.

TL;DR: Based on taxonomy of internationalization configurations defined by the import and the export share of firms, the authors in this article explored the differences in these configurations seen from a purchasing perspective and found that close cooperation between the firm and the international partners is important when explaining differences in internationalization configuration.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored differences in three antecedents of strategic purchasing between seven North American and European countries and found that these factors will differ depending on the nation in which the purchasing function operates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a field study involving site visits to companies in Thailand and Vietnam, and interviews at corporate supply chain departments, and found that cost management was a dominant motivation for taking local supplier development initiatives.

TL;DR: In this paper, a preliminary effort to explore and categorise the different types of collaboration functionalities that may be offered by EMs was made, and the authors identified five types of horizontal collaboration (buying groups) and four kinds of vertical supply chain collaboration in EMs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the factors that influence individuals' perception of the context they operate in and the effect this has on the way these individuals manage supply relations through interviews and a survey.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of manufacturing companies has been used to test a theory about the interactive effect of buyer dependence and supplier dependence on inter-firm governance, and the analysis of the survey supported the proposition that both buyers and suppliers that are highly dependent on each other may choose to rely on monitoring and the norm of information sharing.

TL;DR: Linear Performance Pricing (LPP) as mentioned in this paper is a tool developed for a major automobile OEM in an attempt to effectively and efficiently provide more focused supply cost reductions by leveraging the increased visibility of the buyer within the supplier network with respect to tier one or tier two suppliers.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to determine the need for coordination of the often numerous project participants' logistical activities, and the division of responsibility for procurement, transport and handling of project supply was examined.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study of coal supply contracts, which is based on a well-defined general theory from which the core hypothesis is derived; the case (purchase and supply of coal) is well argued, and a sample of coal contracts provides an excellent opportunity for testing the core hypotheses.