...Per Andersson; Katarina Arbin; Sven-Anders Stegare Purpose This paper examines how sustainability tensions unfold as interrelated rather than isolated phenomena in the transition towards sustainable procurement, and how such tensions are navigated in procurement practice. We develop the concept...

...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...

... the process of making individual knowledge available and connecting it to the firm's knowledge system (Grant, 1996b ; Nonaka and von Krogh, 2009). Data analytics Analytics capability Knowledge-based-view Knowledge integration Purchasing and supply management Procurement Purchasing...

... 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...

.... Purchasing Supply Procurement Resource management Investments Capabilities Moderation Mediation Resource‐based view Supply management Since the mid‐1980s the role of purchasing and supply management (PSM) transitioned from a clerical, administrative function into a recognized strategic...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...