...José Augusto Campos Garcia; Ala Arvidsson; Patrik Jonsson Purpose In this paper, we investigate the coevolution of the supply network and procurement strategies in the context of semiconductors and electronics for the automotive industry over 3 decades. We aim to explain how procurement strategy...

...Remko van Hoek; Jacob Gorm Larsen; Mary Lacity Purpose The authors share a real-world case study of a multiple-year adoption process of robotic process automation (RPA) in procurement to add to the limited empirical research base on RPA in supply chain management. The Maersk case offers hard...

.../legalcode Data analytics Analytics capability Knowledge-based-view Knowledge integration Purchasing and supply management Procurement A multiple case study design was selected to study analytics capability development in PSM, as it allows rich and detailed data of the PSM analytics...

... of the three buying firms, four distribution centers and four supplying firms based in four countries (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China and India). Findings Results unveil that manufacturing firms are facing limited production and delays in procuring goods and services, while distribution centres are facing...

... revealed misalignment occurrences on green logistics purchasing objectives between shippers' departments (e.g. procurement and operations) (Jazairy, 2020). The remainder of this article is structured as follows. The next section covers a literature review on the logistics purchasing process, perception...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Purchasing Supply Procurement Resource management Investments Capabilities Moderation Mediation Resource‐based view Supply management In summary, knowledge‐driven PSM enablers provide the resource foundation for the PSM function to evolve...

...Jacques Colin; Dominique Estampe; Oihab Allal‐Chérif; Salvator Maira Purpose The length and sheer scale of the current economic crisis has surprised most managers, who were unprepared to deal with such a situation. Standing at the heart of their businesses, procurement managers need to limit...

...Alan Smart Purpose Although e‐procurement has been adopted in many industries, the business case for this technology has only partially been explored in the literature. This paper aims to investigate, through a case study approach, the extent of the business case developed for e‐procurement...

...Mustafa A. Ertem; Nebil Buyurgan; Manuel D. Rossetti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the inefficiency in resource allocation for disaster relief procurement operations. It presents a holistic and reconfigurable procurement auctions‐based framework which includes the announcement...

...John Trestrail; Jomon Paul; Michael Maloni Purpose Humanitarian logistics plays a critical role in the aid response to hunger and disasters worldwide. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) uses a competitive bidding process to procure P.L. 480 Title II food aid, a $2 billion business annually...

.... Design/methodology/approach Mission, vision and transaction models are critically evaluated as aligning mechanisms to the value chain. Illustrating that transaction model with an e‐procurement example it is argued that all approaches are deficient in aligning stakeholders, particularly customers...

... procurement spend, located in semi‐autonomous business units (BUs). The paper describes sequentially the two stages of the author's involvement in the project and the outputs and results realised. Design/methodology/approach The aim was to design a practical tool, based on academic inputs, which could...