...Aki Jääskeläinen; Otto Thitz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify the prerequisites for performance measurement supporting purchaser-supplier relationships and value co-creation. It also explains the causes for the limited use of collaborative measurement. Design/methodology/approach...

...Jeroen Bemelmans; Hans Voordijk; Bart Vos Purpose Prime contractors spend up to 90 per cent of a construction project's turnover on buying goods and services, and thus suppliers have a large impact on project performance. Therefore, the purchasing function management of the prime contractor has...

...Maria Björklund Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a benchmark tool that can be applied to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR) in purchasing. The tool has been tested on two companies that illustrate how the benchmarking tool can be applied. Design/methodology/approach...

... primarily as a producer/vendor based activity. This paper proposes that in many situations benchmarking should be viewed as a customer/purchaser based activity. The primary benefit of purchaser‐originated benchmarking is that it facilitates the collection of competitor's data and allows the customer...

... relationships do not appear to hold for European companies. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Supply chain management Supplier evaluation Purchasing Performance management Factor analysis Intense competitive pressure to improve delivery performance, quality, and responsiveness, while...

...Cristóbal Sánchez‐Rodríguez; Ángel R. Martínez‐Lorente; José G. Clavel The importance of benchmarking in the achievement of better results in the purchasing function and in overall business performance has been widely asserted in literature. However, few studies have addressed the implementation...

...Terry Brookshaw; Mile Terziovski Notes that despite a considerable amount of literature on the impact of strategic purchasing and TQM on organizational performance, empirical evidence of the dynamic link is not easy to find. Examination of current literature identifies confusing definitions...

... of a purchasing process in a large regional hospital. Utilizing autoregressive statistical techniques, the automated purchasing process significantly affected productivity and performance both at the departmental and organizational levels. System implementation significantly reduced purchasing lead times, time...