Showing papers in "Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management in 2012"

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-method approach was utilized consisting of an extensive review of the sustainability literature, a multistage Delphi analysis with a panel of twenty-one purchasing and supply management executives, and interviews with nineteen additional P/SM executives.

TL;DR: In this article, a literature review of the field of socially and environmentally responsible procurement (SERP) is presented, which provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of existing contribution and their implications for practitioners.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model for supplier evaluation based on the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) is implemented in a corporate environment, and the analysis of the implementation process of the methodology allows the identification of strengths and weaknesses of using formalized supplier selection models to tackle the supplier evaluation problem.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify trends in the literature and establish that sustainable procurement is a burgeoning field and propose a sustainable procurement framework to help structure future research across supply chains, identifying methodological challenges and research gaps to guide future research.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a conceptual framework of testable propositions and offer several avenues for further research on the sustainability of corporate sustainability. But they focus on the purchasing function implementing sustainable sourcing.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of an in-depth case study of a gardening distributor which adopted a sustainable strategy, highlighting three types of legitimacy: product legitimacy, corporate legitimacy, and cause legitimacy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore current literature and practice specifically in environmental purchasing and supplier management (EPSM) in order to understand current activities and also to suggest avenues for future research, concluding that given the relatively early stage of development of environmental purchasing practice and research, there is significant opportunity in this area to develop theory and to influence practitioner behavior.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of shareholders' orientation on the propensity of purchasing managers to select suppliers based on their performance in terms of social and environmental criteria as well as cost performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a comprehensive performance measurement model to validate empirically whether PSM contributes to the company's financial success and whether the financial value contribution is mediated by benefits of three operational performances (cost, quality, and innovation performance).

TL;DR: In this article, a case study analysis of three large and five small and medium-sized European logistics service providers (LSPs) active in road transport services is presented, and a tentative taxonomy of the sustainability response types of LSPs is derived.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of low internal integration between purchasing and operations on the mobilization of supplier resources are investigated, and the authors find that the lack of support for major purchasing initiatives in a construction company negatively affects supplier resource mobilization, resulting in poor exchange outcomes for the suppliers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the interplay of contractual incentives, authority and relational governance in a complex procurement project in the Norwegian oil and gas industry and conclude that relational governance is only beneficial for project outcomes when it is accompanied by contractual incentives and control systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the average cash conversion cycle of the value chain of the automotive industry was 67 days, and the change of cycle times of working capital followed mainly the change in cycle time of inventories.

TL;DR: In this article, a more objective methodology to classify and position commodities (works and services) in the Kraljic portfolio matrix (KPM) in a continuous scale around the two dimensions of supply risk and profit impact is proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess whether the various tactics recommended for improving response rates have been successful and find that response rates are significantly influenced by factors such as the number of questions, source of survey population, method of survey delivery, specific respondents targeted, and use of prequalification/pre-notification.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically test the influence of procedural rationality on decision effectiveness moderated by buyers' (differently dynamic) task environments and find that process rationality is positively related with higher decision quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the process of global sourcing through a case of the Swedish furnishing retailer IKEA from an interaction perspective, showing that the global sourcing process is influenced by interactions and network effects between supply network actors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the value-creation potential of supply management in firms, highlighting the significance of buyer-supplier collaboration, as well as resources and capabilities in the process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply a triadic perspective to business triads of an industrial buyer, its service supplier and intermediary partners, focusing on the structural, relational and cognitive features of interpersonal interaction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the influence of subcontracting-in production related jobs, outsourcing and collaborations with non-supply chain partners on small manufacturing firms' operational innovation by focusing on the potential mediating role of operational innovation in the relationships.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors empirically test a theory specifying distinct ideal interaction patterns for four business-to-business service types, which differ with regard to how they are used by the buying company.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a probabilistic approach for evaluating and limiting the total cost of purchasing in public tenders awarded according to the Lowest Price (LP) criterion.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an exploratory analysis of preferred supplier programs (PSPs) for consulting services, i.e., programs for consultancies with whom a company seeks to build up long-term relationships.

TL;DR: The future challenges in Purchasing and Supply Management and how one can prepare for these today are discussed and the concept of weak signals is made use to detect a number of emerging future trends.