TY - JOUR
T1 - Levels of strategic purchasing
T2 - Impact on supply integration and performance
AU - Paulraj, Antony
AU - Chen, Injazz J.
AU - Flynn, James
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) for its administrative and financial support of this research.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - The growing importance of supply chain management has led to an increasing recognition of the strategic role of purchasing, which has recently evolved and expanded from "buying" to "procurement" and "supply management". In this study, we chart our sample firms' advance in strategic purchasing, characterized by the strategic focus, strategic involvement of the purchasing function and the status and visibility of the purchasing professionals, into three stages. This study provides strong empirical support for the importance of strategic purchasing by showing that, by moving towards the more advanced stages, firms at the nascent stage of strategic purchasing can achieve better supply integration, a second-order construct composed of four facets of relational, process, information, and cross-organizational team integration. Our analyses further reveal that strategic purchasing can have a profound impact on supply chain performance for both buyer and supplier firms.
AB - The growing importance of supply chain management has led to an increasing recognition of the strategic role of purchasing, which has recently evolved and expanded from "buying" to "procurement" and "supply management". In this study, we chart our sample firms' advance in strategic purchasing, characterized by the strategic focus, strategic involvement of the purchasing function and the status and visibility of the purchasing professionals, into three stages. This study provides strong empirical support for the importance of strategic purchasing by showing that, by moving towards the more advanced stages, firms at the nascent stage of strategic purchasing can achieve better supply integration, a second-order construct composed of four facets of relational, process, information, and cross-organizational team integration. Our analyses further reveal that strategic purchasing can have a profound impact on supply chain performance for both buyer and supplier firms.
KW - Strategic purchasing
KW - Supply chain performance
KW - Supply integration
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pursup.2006.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.pursup.2006.08.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845253578
SN - 1478-4092
VL - 12
SP - 107
EP - 122
JO - Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
JF - Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
IS - 3
ER -