Showing papers in "Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management in 2021"

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of 19 organizations of the public and private sector was conducted to identify potentials, barriers, suitable processes, and best practices and components for RPA implementation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present new research directions in the SCF domain, based on Contingency Theory and Resource Orchestration Theory, including new solutions, actors, collaborations, technologies, regulations, and performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that building robust and resilient supply chains may no longer be enough to thrive in today's highly volatile business world and introduce antifragility to the P&SCM literature and provide new directions for future research.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore supply chain visibility challenges in the context of the COVID pandemic, and offer insights, models and potential solutions to remove barriers to clear supply-chain visibility.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present skillsets for seven objectives (reducing costs and improving delivery, quality, sustainability, strategic competitive advantage, supplier satisfaction and innovation) for European purchasing and supply management professionals.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the nature and scope of this role and develop a roadmap for PSM contributions towards greater supply chain resilience, finding that the role of PSM is multidimensional; responding to supply risks but also to demand and logistics risks, counter to game theory; collaboration increased instead of decrease, multi-stage; beyond the initial response the hardest change efforts are still ahead.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) was investigated, and the effectiveness of various government procurement efforts to alleviate the challenges was evaluated.

TL;DR: A medical check of the ‘PSM immune system’ is performed to identify lessons and research gaps when confronted with a low-frequency-high-impact event such as the pandemic.

TL;DR: In this paper, a structural equation model is used with data from the international automotive industry to analyze the development of preferential customer treatment, and the results indicate that economic satisfaction has a higher influence on the relative satisfaction whereas social satisfaction has higher one on absolute supplier satisfaction.

TL;DR: In this paper, a grey-based multi-criterion decision-making approach is adopted in establishing mutual relationships among multi-tier sustainable supply chain management (MSSCM) barriers.

TL;DR: Purchasing and supply management (PSM) was overwhelmed by a perfect storm during the Covid-19 emergency, in both the public and private sectors as discussed by the authors. Many organizations were caught unprepared, and it became evident that they did not have the capabilities needed to quickly react and respond to changes caused by the pandemic.

TL;DR: Based on a sample of 284 Chinese listed companies, the authors analyzed the relationship between supplier dependence and suppliers' CSR through the lens of resource dependence theory, and investigated the moderating roles of industrial dynamism and corporate transparency.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Delphi survey with 91 experts from industry, academia, and politics or associations was conducted to explore the future of purchasing and supply management in new product development.

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative exploratory approach based on eleven cases has been used in order to take into consideration the context specific to the buyer-supplier relationship in a preferred customer scenario.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how new ventures develop their first supply chains by conducting an exploratory multiple case study of six Norwegian start-ups, and propose a framework that connects global sourcing, relationship development and attractiveness.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an exploratory work to bring together the relational aspects between buyers and suppliers, and the characteristics of SCF solutions based on expert interviews and a focus group.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors hypothesize that heightened environmental protection efforts targeting the upstream value chain should lead to a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the buying companies' supply chain and that this reduction is stronger for companies operating in industries where emission management is more material.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the effects of uncertainty on a supplier's trust, commitment, and willingness to invest in innovation, as well as the moderating effect of a buyer's information sharing in shaping a suppliers' perceived uncertainty.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors constructed a research model that depicts how boundary spanners' personal relationships affect dyadic embeddedness at the organizational level, under the varying influence of guanxi institution across different regions in China.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of managers' attitudes toward outsourcing, their perceived behavioural control over the respective outsourcing decision, and the effect of mimetic pressure on insourcing decision intentions and behaviour, while grounding their model in the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB).

TL;DR: The researchers identified important roadblocks hindering PSM’s attainment of a broader value-based perception and suggested two suggested solutions for PSM to expand its recognition beyond cost savings: 1) PSM must change its narrative and associated self-identity; and 2)PSM needs to develop metrics that are meaningful across multiple areas of the business.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify country reputational risk as a factor determining the firm's propensity to exclude specific offshore locations, but their effect is contingent upon managers' interpretation of the critical elements of the business environment in a particular country.

TL;DR: In this article, the micro-processes of how supplier satisfaction develops and how it relates to supplier performance are investigated by means of a longitudinal multiple case study design of 18 buyer-supplier relationships.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of asset-based lending in supply chain finance is presented, where a theoretical framework built on previous literature review and by adopting the theoretical lens of contingency theory is adopted, with 25 observations collected by interviewing 15 providers and experts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided a nuanced view of knowledge stocks as relationship-specific resources in service outsourcing, based on a multiple case study of ten logistics outsourcing dyads, and extended the understanding of how different types of relationship specific-knowledge stocks and their sub-dimensions affect proactive and reactive RSIs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the role, behaviors, and characteristics of purchasers in the circular purchasing process, and the contextual factors that influence circular purchasing, finding that the main roles of the purchaser are those of coordinator, facilitator and advisor.

TL;DR: The authors in this paper argue that personality matters, particularly toxic personality traits, and argue that for purchasing & supply researchers a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of BSRs will advance our understanding.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used upper echelons theory (UET) to move the literature forward by suggesting that the purchasing recognition-purchasing quality performance link depends on varying conditions of financial resource and environmental munificence.

TL;DR: The authors investigated how perceptual distance emerges and changes over time, and how the collaborative relationship between client and contractor develops alongside these dynamics, and found that perceptual distance increased and decreased over time and that a reduction was typically associated with the collaborative relationships being characterized by stewardship rather than agency.