Purchasing management and business competitiveness in the coming decade

Strategic sourcing, sourcing capability and firm performance in the US textile and apparel industry

“…The knowledge and skills required for strategic sourcing differ dramatically from those required for day-to-day operational purchasing. Mehra and Inman (2004) indicated that incoming technological and competitive challenges require purchasing professionals to learn about the strategic cost of doing business, understand market dynamics and customer expectation, keep up with newer information technologies and customer relations' management, involve in the strategic planning processes, and understand the ethical, legal, and social implications of doing business.…”

The integration of human resource and operation management practices and its link with performance: A longitudinal latent class study

“…Positive interactions between supply‐chain and total quality managements have also attracted considerable interest (e.g. Carter and Narasimhan, 1996; Carter et al, 2000; Mehra and Inman, 2004). The predominant view is that TQM expands supply‐chain management from cooperative relationships aimed at minimizing costs or trade‐offs, to a focus on achieving cumulative competitive capabilities that target the production of the highest value product for customers.…”

Establishing the relationship between logistics complexity and supply chain objectives and decision areas in large companies operating in Brazil

“…The increased dynamic changes in the marketplace also produced a radical shift in the sourcing function within companies (Mehra and Inman, 2004). Costbased practices of the past are being progressively replaced by a value-added focus in the supply chain (Butter and Linse, 2008)…”

“…Supply chain management-related decision areas that can help define the scope of current supply chain management decision areas 3 -Business intelligence processes Chan (2006), Sahay and Ranjan (2008), and Gulledge and Chavusholu (2008) 4 -Vendor managed inventory Khadar (2007) and Rodriguez et al (2008) 5 -Collaborative forecasting Helms et al (2000), Holmstrom et al (2002), Smaros (2007), and Rodriguez et al (2008) 6 -Demand management Kaipia et al (2006) and Collin and Lorenzin (2006) 7 -Inventory optimization Blankley et al (2008) 8 -Production and distribution planning Selcuk et al (1999) and Park (2005) 9 -Operations management (postponement) Wanke and Zinn (2004), Skipworth and Harrison (2006), Wanke et al (2008), and Miemczyk and Howard (2008) 10 -Order management Kirche et al (2005), Dekkers et al (2006), and Affonso et al (2008) 11 -Sales management Taylor (2006) 12 -Transportation management Ng et al (1997), Faber et al (2002), and Galbreth et al (2008) 13 -Warehouse management Green (2001) and Kadiyala and Kleiner (2001) 14 -Purchasing management Mehra and Inman (2004), Butter and Linse (2008), and Welborn (2008) 15 -Global sourcing Chung et al (2004) and Christopher and Peck (2004)…”