In the last twenty years, literature has paid relevant attention to supply chain integration. Contributions have shown the importance of properly managing the relationship with suppliers in order to improve operational performances. In the last years, companies have been facing the challenges of globalization. This new phenomenon pushed companies to extend their sourcing activities abroad with important implications for supply chain management. There are limited contributions, however, on the impact of global sourcing on supply chain integration practices. This paper aims at studying if and how companies performing global sourcing adopt integration mechanism with suppliers, both in terms of information sharing and system coupling. Furthermore, we check for the impact of purchasing strategies (i.e. procurement cost reduction and procurement lead time reduction) on these factors. These goals are perceived by means of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) data. A Structural Equation Model is developed to test the described relationships. Results show that global sourcing has a positive impact on information sharing but no direct impact on system coupling. Such relationship is influenced by both purchasing goals.
Supply chain integration in a global sourcing context
CANIATO, FEDERICO FRANCESCO ANGELO;Kalchschmidt M.
2009-01-01
Abstract
In the last twenty years, literature has paid relevant attention to supply chain integration. Contributions have shown the importance of properly managing the relationship with suppliers in order to improve operational performances. In the last years, companies have been facing the challenges of globalization. This new phenomenon pushed companies to extend their sourcing activities abroad with important implications for supply chain management. There are limited contributions, however, on the impact of global sourcing on supply chain integration practices. This paper aims at studying if and how companies performing global sourcing adopt integration mechanism with suppliers, both in terms of information sharing and system coupling. Furthermore, we check for the impact of purchasing strategies (i.e. procurement cost reduction and procurement lead time reduction) on these factors. These goals are perceived by means of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) data. A Structural Equation Model is developed to test the described relationships. Results show that global sourcing has a positive impact on information sharing but no direct impact on system coupling. Such relationship is influenced by both purchasing goals.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
