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Author-Name: Kazem Askarifar
Author-X-Name-First: Kazem
Author-X-Name-Last: Askarifar
Author-Name: Zohre Arabi
Author-X-Name-First: Zohre
Author-X-Name-Last: Arabi
Author-Name: Alireza Alagheband
Author-X-Name-First: Alireza
Author-X-Name-Last: Alagheband
Title: Presenting a decision support model for supplier selection using the best-worst method and asymmetric fuzzy mathematical programming (a case study)
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Selecting the right suppliers is one of the key success factors of procurement management. The present study aimed to provide a decision support model in evaluating suppliers in three stages. In the first stage, supplier selection criteria have listed by a systematic review and then, using fuzzy Delphi (FD), eight criteria have selected. Following that in the next step, the selected criteria have weighted by the FBWM method. Finally, to model asymmetric fuzzy mathematical programming, the objective function has added to the model as a function of weighted utility and constraints based on the company's expectations in three areas of demand, quality and supplier production capacity. Finally, the model has solved by the Zimmermann method for the largest seat belt manufacturing company in Iran. The presented model is able to determine the supply portfolio by considering the maximum utility of the procurement process and the operational constraints of the buyer.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 579-598
Issue: 5
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: supply chain; decision support system; DSS; procurement; supplier selection; asymmetric mathematical programming; fuzzy best-worst method; FBWM; fuzzy logic; automotive industry.
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Author-Name: Akira Endo
Author-X-Name-First: Akira
Author-X-Name-Last: Endo
Author-Name: Katsuyuki Kamei
Author-X-Name-First: Katsuyuki
Author-X-Name-Last: Kamei
Title: An exploratory study on procurement risk management in Japanese manufacturing companies
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The procurement sections in Japanese manufacturing companies are usually responsible for dealing with various kinds of risks on the process of purchasing resources and components. The purpose of this paper is to clarify actual status and incentives of procurement risk management in Japanese manufacturing companies. This study investigates 362 firms listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and examines how they actually manage procurement risks and are motivated to conduct risk responses. As a result, this paper reveals an outline of procurement risk management in these firms, identifies the current issues and the three main incentives. Finally, this study indicates that a future research is needed to develop a procurement risk communication model with stakeholder collaboration, including companies in supply chains, customers, investors, governments, NGOs, and NPOs.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 1-19
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: procurement; purchasing; risk management; procurement risks; Japanese manufacturing companies; supply chain.
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Author-Name: Seyed Fathollah Amiri Aghdaie
Author-X-Name-First: Seyed Fathollah Amiri
Author-X-Name-Last: Aghdaie
Author-Name: Azarnoush Ansari
Author-X-Name-First: Azarnoush
Author-X-Name-Last: Ansari
Author-Name: Javad Telgerdi
Author-X-Name-First: Javad
Author-X-Name-Last: Telgerdi
Title: Analysing the impact of gamification dynamics and e-WOM on impulsive buying
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Considering the development of cyberspace and the high influence of the internet in life and business, the investigation of emerging technologies and concepts appears essential. The purpose of applying new marketing methods is to use its capacity to influence behaviour. Modern methods are marketers' technological tools. The present research attempts to study the impact of gamification dynamics and the electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM), on urge to impulsive buying. This research was conducted in Iran with a sample size of 1,820 people. In order to measure the research variables, the simulator of the online store was equipped with gamification designed for the Android operating system. The results of the research show that gamification dynamics, electronic word of mouth, and enjoyment exert a positive and significant effect on urge to impulsive buying. Among gamification dynamics, reward, status, self-expression, and altruistic behaviours have an effect on creating enjoyment, but competition and achievement have no positive and significant effect.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 40-61
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: gamification dynamics; electronic word-of-mouth; e-WOM; online impulse buying; impulsive buying; self-expression.
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Author-Name: Prasanna Dinesh Koggalage
Author-X-Name-First: Prasanna Dinesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Koggalage
Author-Name: K.M.D.R. Dassanayake
Author-X-Name-First: K.M.D.R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Dassanayake
Author-Name: P.K.S.S. Kulasuriya
Author-X-Name-First: P.K.S.S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kulasuriya
Title: Implementation of e-procurement for pharmaceuticals: perspectives of the staff of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka
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Public procurement is pivotal to governments, not only to deliver public goods or services but also, ensuring value for money. Electronic procurement, through information and communication technology improves the efficiency and transparency of public procurement. The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) of Sri Lanka procures pharmaceuticals for state health sector in Sri Lanka, but its traditional procurement system has inefficiencies, leading to delays affecting patient care services. Hence, introduction of an e-procurement system is important. This cross-sectional study obtained perspectives of the staff of SPC towards implementation of an e-procurement system through a self-administered questionnaire administered to all relevant staff members (60 respondents). It revealed that the majority was dissatisfied with the existing system which is less efficient, costly and less user-friendly. The majority expected that e-procurement will improve efficiency and user-friendliness. Hence, this recommends establishment of an e-procurement system by reforming existing government policies to support efficient procurement of pharmaceuticals.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 113-131
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: public procurement; e-procurement; electronic procurement; perspectives of staff towards e-procurement; State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka; procurement of pharmaceuticals.
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Author-Name: Fariba Soleimani
Author-X-Name-First: Fariba
Author-X-Name-Last: Soleimani
Author-Name: Mohammadali Pirayesh
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammadali
Author-X-Name-Last: Pirayesh
Author-Name: Farzad Dehghanian
Author-X-Name-First: Farzad
Author-X-Name-Last: Dehghanian
Title: A Stackelberg game for ordering and pricing policies in a decentralised dual-channel supply chain
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This study explores ordering and pricing policies in a decentralised two-echelon dual-channel supply chain including one manufacturer and one retailer. The manufacturer produces in a lot to supply an integer number of the retailer's order and also to meet the demand of direct sales channel. It is assumed that the manufacturer has more market power than the retailer and he is the leader of a Stackelberg game. The concavity of the manufacturer profit function is proved, which based on it, a solution procedure is proposed by using game theory and Nelder-Mead algorithm to find the optimal pricing and ordering policies for the manufacturer and the retailer. The numerical example is provided to investigate the features of the proposed model. It is shown that the inventory holding costs, setup costs and ordering costs have negligible effects on optimal prices and also by increasing the price elasticity of the demand of one channel to the price of the other channel, both members can achieve more profit.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 93-112
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: inventory control; dual-channel supply chain; pricing; game theory; Stackelberg game.
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Author-Name: Seyed Fathollah Amiri Aghdaie
Author-X-Name-First: Seyed Fathollah Amiri
Author-X-Name-Last: Aghdaie
Author-Name: Hamidreza Talaei
Author-X-Name-First: Hamidreza
Author-X-Name-Last: Talaei
Author-Name: Paria Soltanpour
Author-X-Name-First: Paria
Author-X-Name-Last: Soltanpour
Title: Evaluating the effect of psychological dimensions of gamification strategy on creation of unplanned purchases
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To use and how to use varied gamification tools is very important from a salesperson perspective. If they use them in a technical way, it may lead to unplanned buying. In this paper data was gathered from 360 customers in Dillards chain stores in Houston by handing out questionnaires. This study first introduces the concept of gamification strategy and unplanned purchases, and then identifies some salesperson's gamification tools based on psychological dimensions which can lead to change in purchase intention or unplanned purchases and consequently trade growth. In this way scholars developed a structural model which is going to illustrate the effect of these psychological dimensions on unintended buying. Results showed that these strategies are effective in marketing.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 20-39
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: gamification strategy; psychological dimension; unplanned purchases.
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Author-Name: Ali Nazeri
Author-X-Name-First: Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Nazeri
Author-Name: Samin Ghanavatinejad
Author-X-Name-First: Samin
Author-X-Name-Last: Ghanavatinejad
Author-Name: Seyed Mohamad Mahdi Kazemi
Author-X-Name-First: Seyed Mohamad Mahdi
Author-X-Name-Last: Kazemi
Author-Name: Zahra Tabatabaei
Author-X-Name-First: Zahra
Author-X-Name-Last: Tabatabaei
Title: A hybrid algorithm for managing green performance in supply chain using SWOT approach, by combining MCDM techniques in grey conditions
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The main objective of this research is to identify the weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats in managing the green performance of energy supply chain by using the SWOT approach. In this research, by applying SWOT approach, the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities were identified and then the most relevant ones were extracted by using the statistical methods. Then, by using grey the DEMATEL method, the effects of identified factors were extracted and finally, by using the ANP method, the codified strategies were pre-selected by using the SWOT approach. Based on the results, the strategy of using management capacity to raise the level of familiarity of the employees in the field of green management and facilitating the process of reducing energy consuming devices according to the relevant rules has a higher priority than other strategies in the green management of the energy supply chain.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 62-92
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: green performance management; energy supply chain; SWOT; grey theory; DEMATEL; ANP.
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Author-Name: Varvara S. Orfanidou
Author-X-Name-First: Varvara S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Orfanidou
Author-Name: Nikolaos P. Rachaniotis
Author-X-Name-First: Nikolaos P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Rachaniotis
Author-Name: Giannis T. Tsoulfas
Author-X-Name-First: Giannis T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsoulfas
Title: Green public procurement: evidence from Greece
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Economic, social and political developments in the EU, as well as budgetary constraints, have rendered reformation of Union Law on public procurement necessary. Green public procurement (GPP) is an important tool for achieving environmental policy objectives related to climate change, resource use and sustainable consumption and production. The literature regarding sustainable supply chains in the public sector is scarce and to the best of the authors' knowledge, there is none available on the implementation of GPP in Greece. The aim of this paper is the analysis of the Greek public sector's status in the field of GPP and the exhaustive recording of the implemented related cases. A cost-benefit analysis is performed in order to evaluate these good practices.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 506-521
Issue: 4
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: green public procurement; GPP; cost-benefit analysis; CBA; Greece.
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Author-Name: Clever Divino Inácio De Almeida
Author-X-Name-First: Clever Divino Inácio De
Author-X-Name-Last: Almeida
Author-Name: Ricardo Luiz Machado
Author-X-Name-First: Ricardo Luiz
Author-X-Name-Last: Machado
Title: Reverse auction principles in supply chain
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In the past few years, reverse auction (RA) has remained of interest in academic and industrial societies. A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted in the last six years to raise the most relevant RA terms used in the supply chain. To carry out the SLR, a five-stage method is followed: material collection, descriptive analysis, category selection, and material evaluation. In the research, the nine most relevant keywords about RA related to the supply chain are considered. The review is limited to published papers in Scopus and Web of Science. Therefore, other types of studies can be included in future studies. To validate the findings, the authors recommend future research to implement a mechanism with the raised principles. The research provides an understanding of RA models considering their main characteristics, advantages, and issues that must be evaluated before adopting them in the supply chain.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 557-578
Issue: 4
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: reverse auction; online reverse auction; procurement management; electronic purchasing; e-procurement; e-auction; supply chain management; systematic literature review.
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Author-Name: Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi
Author-X-Name-First: Masoud Rahiminezhad
Author-X-Name-Last: Galankashi
Author-Name: Farimah Mokhatab Rafiei
Author-X-Name-First: Farimah Mokhatab
Author-X-Name-Last: Rafiei
Title: Financial performance measurement framework of automotive supply chains
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This study develops a framework to assess financial performance of automotive supply chains. Financial supplier relationship management (FSRM), financial internal supply chain management (FISCM) and financial customer relationship management (FCRM) perspectives and their measures and metrics are considered to develop the framework. An expert-based questionnaire is designed to prove its applicability and importance. According to the results, most important and applicable metrics of FSRM is cost of raw materials/components. Regarding the FISCM, production cost is the most important and applicable metric of manufacturers. Additionally, the most important and applicable metrics of distributors are distribution/freight cost and pickup/warehouse place cost, respectively. Regarding FCRM, the most important metric of customers' measure is number of new customers while the most applicable metrics are product after sale service and customer loss rate. Following, the most important and applicable metric of collector is transportation cost. For recyclers, the most important and applicable metrics are holding and warehouse costs, and transportation costs, respectively.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 522-556
Issue: 4
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: supply chain management; SCM; financial performance measures; reverse logistics; automotive industry.
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Author-Name: Davod Andalib Ardakani
Author-X-Name-First: Davod Andalib
Author-X-Name-Last: Ardakani
Author-Name: Moslem Bagheri
Author-X-Name-First: Moslem
Author-X-Name-Last: Bagheri
Author-Name: Mehrdad Kiani
Author-X-Name-First: Mehrdad
Author-X-Name-Last: Kiani
Author-Name: Asieh Soltanmohammadi
Author-X-Name-First: Asieh
Author-X-Name-Last: Soltanmohammadi
Title: An integrated ISM-PLS model for green human resources management practices
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This study proposed a model for green human resources management (GHRM) practices. In doing so, primarily, the literature was systematically reviewed through the meta-synthesis method, and then GHRM practices and activities were extracted and categorised. Next the practices were divided into level partitions through ISM, and the relationships between them were identified. At the final stage, structural equation modelling was used to assess the quality of the proposed method through the PLS-PM approach in R software. Next the relationships between the model dimensions were examined. The findings revealed 48 indicators falling under eight dimensions. The level partitions of the model, too, revealed that in the lowest level, 'green jobs analysis' left the greatest impact on the other dimensions, whereas 'employee relations and green participation' was placed in the highest level. Finally, the findings of the PLS-PM approach showed the goodness of fit of the measurement and structural model.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 463-487
Issue: 4
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: green human resources management; GHRM; sustainability; meta-synthesis; interpretive structural modelling; ISM; structural equation modelling; SEM.
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Author-Name: Ashish Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Ashish
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: Amit Kumar Saraswat
Author-X-Name-First: Amit Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Saraswat
Title: Two inventory models for growing items under different payment policies with deterioration
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Industries of growing items show an upward trend in the production as well as in consumption. Poultry and livestock are good examples of growing items which are both deteriorating and ameliorating in nature. In this study apart from these specific features of growing items, one of the real-world business policies, permission of delay in payment is also considered. Present paper proposed two inventory models, one with the permission of delay in payment and another without it. Concavity of the profit functions with respect to decision variables are discussed analytically for both the models. Solution procedure and numerical examples are provided in order to get the managerial insights. The numerical analysis growth in weight is approximated by Richard's growth function. The numerical analysis predicts that net profit and the initial purchase quantity both increases under the permissible delay payment policy compared to without it. Sensitivity analysis provides important managerial insights.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 447-462
Issue: 4
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: growing items; inventory management; deteriorating items; mortality; delay in payment.
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Author-Name: Emmanuel Botlhale
Author-X-Name-First: Emmanuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Botlhale
Title: PPPs as instruments of public procurement in Botswana post-2007
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In 2007, the world economy experienced a global financial crisis (GFC), therefore, leading to chronic fiscal strictures. Resultantly, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become a dominant form of public procurement. The PPPs case is more deserved in mono-cultural economies which disproportionately suffered the effects of the GFC. The case for PPPs is more merited in the face of revenue challenges due to COVID-19. Since 2009, Botswana uses PPPs to finance public projects. This essay, based on the case study method, discusses the PPPs project in Botswana. It concluded that while the prevailing narrative is that PPPs are vital and the PPPs regime is taking root, there are challenges. Key challenges are disenabling legal-institutional framework and poor project implementation. Moving forward, and given a reduced fiscal envelope post-2007, the projected plateauing of diamonds revenues in 2030 and revenue strictures due to COVID-19 as diamonds face falling demand, PPPs are the default position.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 488-505
Issue: 4
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: fiscal stress; COVID-19; public procurement; PPPs; Botswana.
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Author-Name: Susanta Kumar Indrajitsingha
Author-X-Name-First: Susanta Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Indrajitsingha
Author-Name: Anita Kumari Sahu
Author-X-Name-First: Anita Kumari
Author-X-Name-Last: Sahu
Title: An optimising inventory model for investing preservation technologies in deteriorating products with hybrid type of price and stock dependent demand rate
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The objective of this study is to examine the effect of preservation technology investment of an inventory system for instantaneous decaying items. In real life situation, retailer's invested capital in preservation technology leads to lower the rate of deterioration of the products. In this research, we developed an optimising inventory system of preservation technology in decaying items by considering hybrid type of demand. The market demand of daily essential products fluctuates because of two demands: nonlinear and linear. In view of the above two demands, we observe that the demand is price sensitive as well as stock dependent. Moreover, the aim of this proposed study is to obtain the optimum ordering cycle, optimum selling price, optimum preservation technology cost and maximum total profit. Three different numerical examples are provided as a case study with sensitive analysis carried out to validation of the proposed model.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 201-218
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: inventory; preservation technology; supply chain; deterioration; hybrid-price-stock-dependent-demand.
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Author-Name: Mark Opoku Amankwa
Author-X-Name-First: Mark Opoku
Author-X-Name-Last: Amankwa
Author-Name: Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh
Author-X-Name-First: Emmanuel Kweinor
Author-X-Name-Last: Tetteh
Title: Comparative analysis of public procurement and public financial management within Asia and Africa
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As procurement processes in many developing countries are without transparency, addressing agency problems becomes necessary. This study reflects on public procurement and public financial management in a comparative analysis within Asia and Africa through the agency theory lens. With a descriptive case study design, the study utilises datasets from 100 Asian and African countries from 2002 to 2018. The distinctiveness of this paper is that it uses public expenditure framework and accountability procurement indicators to ascertain whether agency cost has increased in both continents. The results showed that Asia performed better than Africa in all the indicators except for voice and accountability, and procurement complaint management. There is also clear evidence to suggest that procurement decisions reduce agency cost in Asia than in Africa. The study, therefore, concludes that Asian countries tend to converge more to international standards during procurement processes than African countries, which leads to efficient PFM outcomes.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 133-159
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: public procurement; public financial management; agency theory; Asia; Africa.
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Author-Name: Natalia A. Mamedova
Author-X-Name-First: Natalia A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mamedova
Title: Evaluation of information support of national contract systems for the period of 2015-2018
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The result of the study has an integrated nature and may be used for determination of the development of the national contract systems directions and their compliance with international rules of public procurement. To prove the hypothesis, as the basis of the study, the evaluation results of information system (official website, portal) may be adopted as support to the evaluation results of the national contract system information. National contract system is intended for a public procurement regulation. For hypothesis development, benchmarking of official websites of certain countries is carried out. It became the base of national contract systems' rating elaboration on criteria of information openness and transparency in the field of public procurement. Processed rating data use has been taken as a basis of open procurement index (OPI) calculation for a number of countries and OPI rating elaboration. The processed rating data results on certain countries are also used in benchmarking these countries' rating results on corruption perception index (CPI), ICT development index (IDI) and global e-government development index (EGDI).
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 182-200
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: contract system; information support; public procurement; official website; open procurement index; OPI.
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Author-Name: Muhammad Imran Zin Zawawi
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Imran Zin
Author-X-Name-Last: Zawawi
Author-Name: Akila Pramodh Rathnasinghe
Author-X-Name-First: Akila Pramodh
Author-X-Name-Last: Rathnasinghe
Author-Name: Udayangani Kulatunga
Author-X-Name-First: Udayangani
Author-X-Name-Last: Kulatunga
Title: Constraints to incorporate competition in public-private partnerships in Malaysia
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Competition in procurement not only benefits government and taxpayers but also provides an equal market for the private sector. Competitive procurement stimulates market creativity, as it discourages anti-competitive behaviour. Despite the complexity of the PPP procurement process, the world is now promoting competition within it, an element yet to be fully implemented in Malaysia. This paper analyses the constraints that Malaysia faces in effectively maintaining PPP competition. Within the case study research strategy, semi-structured interviews and content analysis were used as data collection and analysing methods. The study found that in its efforts to make the PPP program a success, the Malaysian PPP has followed flexible implementation, with less emphasis on competition. The effect of focusing only on PPP's macro aim has resulted in a lack of competition in practice. The current challenge is to strike a balance between achieving aims and maintaining governance and therefore getting the best out of PPP in Malaysia.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 257-279
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: competitive procurement; public-private partnership; PPP; good governance; corruption; Malaysia.
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Author-Name: Deodat Mwesiumo
Author-X-Name-First: Deodat
Author-X-Name-Last: Mwesiumo
Author-Name: Bella Belerivana Nujen
Author-X-Name-First: Bella Belerivana
Author-X-Name-Last: Nujen
Author-Name: Jens Gunnar Aspelund
Author-X-Name-First: Jens Gunnar
Author-X-Name-Last: Aspelund
Author-Name: Vetle Helland
Author-X-Name-First: Vetle
Author-X-Name-Last: Helland
Title: Approaches to governance of risks beyond first-tier suppliers
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This paper explores approaches to governance of supply risks beyond first-tier suppliers and factors that contribute to a firm choosing a particular approach. A multiple-case design was deployed to compare and evaluate firms with diverse characteristics. Data collected from six firms were coded, categorised, and aggregated into a delineation framework. The framework identifies four dynamic approaches that procurement managers can apply in governance of supply risks beyond first-tier suppliers, namely control, cooperate, trust and neglect. The choice of each approach is due to particular antecedent factors such as focal firm's ability to influence a first-tier supplier, its capability to manage risks in lower tiers, the ability of the first-tier supplier to manage risks in lower tiers, and trust between the focal firm and their first-tier supplier. The paper argues that procurement managers should primarily aim for the cooperation approach.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 160-181
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: risk governance; first-tier suppliers; lower-tier suppliers; risks beyond first-tier suppliers; sub-suppliers; procurement management.
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Author-Name: Fatehi Almugari
Author-X-Name-First: Fatehi
Author-X-Name-Last: Almugari
Author-Name: Amgad S.D. Khaled
Author-X-Name-First: Amgad S.D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Khaled
Author-Name: Majed Kassem Alsyani
Author-X-Name-First: Majed Kassem
Author-X-Name-Last: Alsyani
Author-Name: Eissa A. Al-Homaidi
Author-X-Name-First: Eissa A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Al-Homaidi
Author-Name: Moatasem M. Qaid
Author-X-Name-First: Moatasem M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Qaid
Title: Factors influencing consumer satisfaction toward online shopping: a special reference to India context
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The study aims at examining dimensions that may affect online shopping satisfaction of Indian customers. The proposed model describes website design, product information, security and privacy, perceived usefulness and perceived interactivity that may influence customer satisfaction in online environment. Online and offline surveys are coordinated and self-regulated for online shoppers in Aligarh, UP, India. The study included a total of 497 online shoppers. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to check questionnaire validity and reliability. A structural path model applied to examine the study hypotheses. The empirical results indicated that product information, website design, security and privacy, perceived usefulness have significant and positive influence on the customer satisfaction toward online shopping in India. Also, the results revealed insignificant relationship between perceived interactivity and customer satisfaction toward online shopping. The findings of this study are limited to the customers in Aligarh City, UP, India. Future research can extend the geographical area of respondents. The results of this study will enhance and extend the online retailers' understanding of the roles of website design, product information, security and privacy, perceived interactivity, and perceived usefulness in enhancing online shopping and customer satisfaction in emerging markets like India.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 236-256
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: product information; website design; security and privacy; perceive usefulness; perceived interactivity; customer satisfaction; online shopping.
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Author-Name: Leandro Pereira
Author-X-Name-First: Leandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira
Author-Name: Álvaro Dias
Author-X-Name-First: Álvaro
Author-X-Name-Last: Dias
Author-Name: Renato Lopes Da Costa
Author-X-Name-First: Renato Lopes Da
Author-X-Name-Last: Costa
Author-Name: Rui Gonçalves
Author-X-Name-First: Rui
Author-X-Name-Last: Gonçalves
Title: How to improve performance in public investment projects
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The objective of this research work is to understand and identify the main cause failures and errors of public investment projects, which lead to significant deviations from the values estimated in economic studies and to propose solutions to prevent it in the future. This research was conducted in Portugal has as a sample of dozens of investment projects that were executed in the last 20 years. The main findings indicate that the factors that explain the low performance of the project are the adoption of non-validated assumptions, the lack of risk analysis, and the insufficient qualifications of the project evaluators. Considering the contributions, the main suggestion is the existence of a preventive entity to evaluate, analyse and assess in an independent way, social and economic return on investment for the society and for the shareholders.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 219-235
Issue: 2
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: investment project; project analysis and evaluation; case study; ROI methodology; Gateway Review Process; GRP.
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Author-Name: Hery Suliantoro
Author-X-Name-First: Hery
Author-X-Name-Last: Suliantoro
Author-Name: Kirana Rukmayuninda Ririh
Author-X-Name-First: Kirana Rukmayuninda
Author-X-Name-Last: Ririh
Author-Name: Samuel Pandiangan
Author-X-Name-First: Samuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Pandiangan
Title: Development of procurement strategy and supplier selection for construction projects in Central Java-Indonesia
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Material procurement, as well as user satisfaction, is the key factor of a successful construction project. Therefore, the contractors need strategies that support the effectiveness and efficiency of the procurement process in line with gaining the user satisfaction. This study aims to define material procurement strategies by implementing supply positioning model (SPM) and quality function deployment (QFD). There are 24 types of material to be measured using SPM matrix. The respondents are 86 construction companies which are also members of GAPENSI Central Java-Indonesia. The best procurement strategy for critical items is to have a strong partnership relationship and consider replacing suppliers when it is urgently needed. The most important supplier criteria to achieve best construction quality are the supplier's work experience, the quality of the materials provided by the supplier, the completeness of the quality management system, the capabilities and technology used by the supplier, and other criteria.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 835-853
Issue: 6
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: construction projects; materials procurement; quality function deployment; QFD; strategic procurement; supply positioning models; SPMs; Indonesia.
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Author-X-Name-Last: Sunita
Author-Name: Ramesh Inaniyan
Author-X-Name-First: Ramesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Inaniyan
Author-Name: Ganesh Kumar
Author-X-Name-First: Ganesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Title: Trade-credit production policy with Weibull deterioration rate and selling price-dependent demand
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This study establishes an economical production quantity (EPQ) model for depreciating commodities involving two-parameter Weibull deterioration, price-dependent demand, and trade-credit plans. Carrying cost is assumed to be a time-dependent linear function. We have analysed the model in three cases: build-up stage, time after decay starts, and time with a partly backlogging rate. For the duration of stock construct-up, there is no demand, and demand is a function of the selling price after that. We have maximised the total average earnings and achieved an optimal order scheme. Two numerical illustrations show the importance of the model. Sensitivity investigation by adjusting various parameters using MATLAB software demonstrates the acceptance of the model.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 747-774
Issue: 6
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: Weibull deterioration rate; price-dependent demand; trade-credit policy; partial backlogging.
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Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Ograh
Author-Name: Joshua Ayarkwa
Author-X-Name-First: Joshua
Author-X-Name-Last: Ayarkwa
Author-Name: Dickson Osei-Asibey
Author-X-Name-First: Dickson
Author-X-Name-Last: Osei-Asibey
Title: Challenges to integration of green into supplier selections: review of the state-of-the-art literature
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Green supplier selection (GSS) has become crucial as organisations increasingly compete on environmental supply chain capabilities. However, challenges impeding integration of green into supplier selection has received little attention in literature. This paper examines the existing literature on green supplier selection with the view to identifying challenges to integration of environmental sustainability into supplier selection for procurement of goods. In total, 50 articles were reviewed, all published in peer-reviewed journals between 2009 and 2019. In all, 29 challenges to integration of environmental sustainability into supplier selection were identified in the review, and these were subsequently put into four main themes: <i>lack of knowledge and support</i>; <i>inadequate technology and infrastructure</i>; <i>organisational and operational strategy and policy</i>, and <i>financial limitations</i>. Based on the review of the literature, a framework was developed to establish the relationships among the themes and to show how the barriers were put into the four main themes. The findings from this review should provide a basis for measures to be put in place for successful integration of environmental sustainability into supplier selection in procurement decisions.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 789-810
Issue: 6
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: challenges; integration; environmental; sustainability; supplier; selection.
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Author-Name: Seyed Fathollah Amiri Aghdaie
Author-X-Name-First: Seyed Fathollah Amiri
Author-X-Name-Last: Aghdaie
Author-Name: Amin Elhami
Author-X-Name-First: Amin
Author-X-Name-Last: Elhami
Author-Name: Morteza Raei Dehaghi
Author-X-Name-First: Morteza Raei
Author-X-Name-Last: Dehaghi
Title: Assessing the influence of job insecurity and intellectual obsession of the staff on organisation productivity
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The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of job insecurity and intellectual obsession of the staff on organisational productivity based on a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the study includes the staff of the branches of Mellat Bank in Isfahan City of Iran. The statistical sample was calculated using Cochran formula for a limited population of 193 people and random sampling method was available. Questionnaire was used for data collection. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by face and structure method (confirmatory factor analysis) and the reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-22 and Amos-21 software using structural equation modelling. The results of the research hypotheses showed that the job insecurity had a positive and significant effect on staff. Intellectual obsession had direct impact factor of 0.882 and significant level of 0.000. Also, job insecurity had positive effect on organisational productivity with direct impact factor of 0.953 and significance level of 0.000; however, intellectual obsession behaviour has no effect on organisational productivity with direct impact factor and significance level of 0.724 and coefficient of -0.044.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 775-788
Issue: 6
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: organisational productivity; intellectual obsession; job insecurity.
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Author-Name: Waldemiro Francisco Sorte Junior
Author-X-Name-First: Waldemiro Francisco Sorte
Author-X-Name-Last: Junior
Title: The price registration system in centralised public procurement of ICT goods and services in Brazil
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This paper is based on a case study conducted in the Centralized Procurement Department of the Ministry of Economy in Brazil and provides empirical evidence of the advantages and disadvantages of an instrument for aggregated procurement known as the price registration system (SRP). The case study examined seven procurement processes for the acquisition of information and communication technology (ICT) goods and services conducted by the department in 2020 and identified cost reduction, the development of robust specifications and the elimination of duplicated tasks as some of the advantages of the SRP. In addition, the SRP provides greater flexibility for public bodies as they can enter into contracts according to their real demands and when the need emerges, using the registered prices. This paper also points out deficiencies of the SRP and indicates possible directions for improvement.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 811-834
Issue: 6
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: aggregated procurement; centralised public procurement; information and communication technology; ICT; price registration system; framework agreement; Brazil.
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Author-Name: Foster A. Opoku-Mensah
Author-X-Name-First: Foster A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Opoku-Mensah
Author-Name: Theophilus Maloreh-Nyamekye
Author-X-Name-First: Theophilus
Author-X-Name-Last: Maloreh-Nyamekye
Author-Name: Albert Ahenkan
Author-X-Name-First: Albert
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahenkan
Author-Name: Berhanu Temesgen
Author-X-Name-First: Berhanu
Author-X-Name-Last: Temesgen
Title: The 'dozen' elements substantiating sustainable procurement practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana
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Recent research has indicated African countries have begun resorting to sustainable procurement (SP) to fight environmental challenges facing the continent but fails to provide details of how it manifests. To fill this void, 24 people along the supply chain of the two biggest teaching hospitals in Ghana were interviewed to explore evidence of SP. A relational analysis confirmed evidence of SP practice. Twelve elements of sustainability practice were identified to include: training; life cycle analysis; environmentally friendly waste handling; stock control; sustainable tendering; sustainable storage and inventory management; organisational health and safety; supplier capability assessment; due diligence; inspecting products at delivery points; environmentally friendly buying; complying with laws; and specification of needs and evaluation of bids. The study, however, could not ascertain which of these elements is a significant sustainability practice and is, therefore, calling for studies to test the significance of these elements to aid strategic policymaking.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 725-746
Issue: 6
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: elements; elements of sustainability; procurement; sustainability; sustainable procurement; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital; Kurle Bu Teaching Hospital; Ghana.
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Author-Name: Klaas Stek
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Author-Name: Bernd Markus Zunk
Author-X-Name-First: Bernd Markus
Author-X-Name-Last: Zunk
Author-Name: Volker Koch
Author-X-Name-First: Volker
Author-X-Name-Last: Koch
Author-Name: Holger Schiele
Author-X-Name-First: Holger
Author-X-Name-Last: Schiele
Title: Culture's consequences for purchasing: comparing purchasing job ad requirements from different European countries with cultural models
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This research analyses the cultural differences in purchasing and supply management (PSM) job requirements from three European countries. The PSM job requirements in job advertisements have been compared with two cultural models: GLOBE and Hofstede. The universalism claim is tested based on comparing requirements in job advertisements for purchasers from Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. According to Hofstede, these three belong in different cultural clusters but just to one cultural area according to the GLOBE model. Results reveal that about 20% of the observed requirements were shared and about 80% were dissimilar. Cultural differences exist in job requirements and have important implications for research and education practice. The neglect to take cultural differences into account needs to be overcome, so that accurate and practically fitting results can be obtained since a universal purchaser does not to exist; country-specific cultural circumstances influence PSM job requirements.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 305-339
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: purchasing skills; job advertisements; cultural differences; procurement; purchasing and supply management; PSM; purchasing HR.
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Author-Name: Markus Järvinen
Author-X-Name-First: Markus
Author-X-Name-Last: Järvinen
Title: Routinisation in a cooperative network between the military and the private sector
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Routines have been regarded as a critical factor in organisations' success. However, the forming of routines, or routinisation, has received less attention. In particular, the routinisation in cooperative networks between the military and the private sector has not been covered. Hence, the aim of this study is to describe what the actors in a cooperative network are trying to routinise and how they are trying to accomplish that. The study found that actors try to routinise processes and structures within an emerging network. They do this via functions (e.g., communication) and constraints (e.g., contracts, regulations). The routinisation is also supported or hindered by matters related to time, framework, actors, and actions within the network. The study finally proposes that actors in a cooperative network between the military and the private sector should focus on four aspects for routinisation to be successful: communication, interpretation, understanding the framework, and stability.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 389-405
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: routines; routinisation; cooperation; military; private sector; public procurement; networks.
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Title: Strategic assessment of influential determinants of social media engagement among SMEs
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This paper was intended to corroborate influential determinants that are instrumental in stimulating entrepreneur practitioners to adopt social media platforms to practice marketing activities. The ability to diffuse information instantly enables social media a centre of attraction to interact with potential prospects. Citing the aim of the research, this study proposed a hypothesised model that was validated using structural equation modelling employing the information collected from 176 SMEs. The data evidence verified the model and offer theoretical as well as practical inferences for entrepreneur practitioners. This study recommends, by way of owing flexible advantages associated with the social media platforms; SMEs may integrate this online course of action to spread brand awareness, build brand reputation, share relevant content, grow business, and get a detailed demonstration of customers and brand performance.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 365-388
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: advertising; brand building,; content creation; growth; social media; entrepreneurship; SMEs; marketing; online marketing.
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Author-Name: Phuong H.D. Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Phuong H.D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Brian C. Lines
Author-X-Name-First: Brian C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lines
Author-Name: Omar Maali
Author-X-Name-First: Omar
Author-X-Name-Last: Maali
Author-Name: Kenneth T. Sullivan
Author-X-Name-First: Kenneth T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sullivan
Author-Name: Kristen Hurtado
Author-X-Name-First: Kristen
Author-X-Name-Last: Hurtado
Author-Name: John Savicky
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Savicky
Title: Current state of practice in the procurement of information technology solutions: content analysis of software requests for proposals
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The request for proposal (RFP) process is essential to the subsequent success of software project implementations. The RFP seeks to identify an appropriate software solution to best meet the client organisation's scope and contractually establishes the project's baseline cost and schedule expectations. However, there is a lack of RFP-research related to the current state of practice in software projects. The objective of this study was to address this gap via a content analysis of 250 recent software RFPs across commonly implemented software categories. Results identified the most frequently used evaluation criteria and corresponding weights, procurement schedule durations, anticipated length of contract terms, quantity of itemised requirements documented in the owner's scope, and other pertinent information. Inferential testing found several differences among the different software categories. The findings may be helpful to owner project managers who are tasked with leading their project teams through the early stages of scope development and vendor selection.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 406-423
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: software procurement; enterprise resource planning; ERP; request for proposals; asset management.
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Title: E-procurement in the international experience: an approach to reduce corruption in administrative contracts in Egypt
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This paper attempts to present a model or a theory on how to determine the e-public procurement methods that should be used in each country upon application depending on the ecological factors of each country. As there are many factors through which public procurement systems can be reformed in general, relying on the e-public procurement system through the application of a unique system may lead to the achievement of more than one dimension of the reform process. This is what this paper tries to address in a detailed form and in a manner that allows any country to apply it in its public procurement system. Also, this paper attempts to highlight the levers in the e-public procurement system in South Korea as well as the State of Italy, highlighting the most important administrative aspects in managing the public procurement process through an electronic system.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 340-364
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: public procurement; e-procurement; e-public procurement; e-tender; e-contract; e-payment; corruption; effectiveness; efficiency.
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Author-Name: Ruma Roy Chowdhury
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Author-X-Name-Last: Chowdhury
Author-Name: Santanu Kumar Ghosh
Author-X-Name-First: Santanu Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Ghosh
Title: A production-inventory model for perishable items with demand dependent production rate, shortages and variable holding cost
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This model investigates the optimal time at which a production cycle should be stopped and then resumed in a production-inventory system, in order to keep shortages under control. This study considers a perishable item that decays at a constant rate. Year 2020 has seen a sudden surge in the demand of masks, PPEs, etc. to combat COVID-19. Such demand, which follows an exponential distribution, has been considered. The production rate is taken to be a linear function of demand, so as to cope up with an exponential market demand. The holding cost is taken to be a linear function of time. Shortages are allowed to occur and are completely backlogged. This model handles variable production, variable demand and variable holding cost simultaneously. The model is illustrated by a numerical example. Sensitivity analysis is carried out and has been detailed with the help of graphs. A case study has also been done.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 424-446
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: demand dependent production rate; exponential demand; time dependent holding cost; backlogged shortages; constant deterioration.
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Author-Name: Vojtěch Klézl
Author-X-Name-First: Vojtěch
Author-X-Name-Last: Klézl
Author-Name: Stephen Kelly
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Kelly
Author-Name: Klaas Stek
Author-X-Name-First: Klaas
Author-X-Name-Last: Stek
Author-Name: Jan Vašek
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Vašek
Title: Purchasing and supply management skills and personality traits across roles: a job advertisements perspective
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This paper contributes to a growing trajectory of research on purchasing and supply management skills and requirements and uses job advertisements as a novel source of data and research perspective. Our findings broadly corroborate the extant literature in showing which skills are required across different hierarchical organisational levels. Our analysis also identified the key and hitherto underexplored personality traits required by PSM professionals. At a holistic level, the findings show that employers have a clear and consistent view of PSM personality: being conscientious and able to work independently, willing to travel, flexible, proactive and stress-resistant. However, traits generally associated with innovativeness, such as intellectual curiosity, boundary spanning, sociability or teamwork and cooperation, were not found in the data. Although advertisements for junior buyers featured less combined skills, a higher number of advertisements than those for more senior jobs featured at least one personality trait and they were more heavily emphasised.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 281-304
Issue: 3
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: purchasing and supply management skills; personality traits; Big Five model of personality; job advertisements; conscientiousness; purchasing and supply management professionals.
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Author-Name: Vinh The Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Vinh The
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Phuong My Hang Pham
Author-X-Name-First: Phuong My Hang
Author-X-Name-Last: Pham
Title: Public procurement related complaint handling mechanism in Vietnam
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The purpose of the study is to assess the current situation of the public procurement related complaint handling mechanism in Vietnam. In consultation with experts and overview study of available documents, reports, and researches, we has captured lessons-learnt and selected questionnaire for verification via quantitative surveys conducted among bidders and procuring entities/employers to evaluate the current practices in public procurement participation. The research contents consist of evaluating the current procurement dispute practice and dispute resolution; identifying the improvement demands and needs for dispute resolution; determining the requirements of independent organisation(s) and/or agencies for procurement dispute resolution; and collecting initiatives and solutions for improvement of the legal regulations for procurement. The findings are considered as a basis for proposals on revised policy and regulations with an aim to create a fairer, more transparent and competitive environment for business community through an enhanced public procurement related complaint handling mechanism in Vietnam.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 651-678
Issue: 5
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: public procurement; complaint; dispute resolution; Vietnam.
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Author-Name: Saleh Fahed Alkhatib
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Author-Name: Mohammad Ali Al-Omari
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammad Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Al-Omari
Title: Can outsourcing be the answer for developing economies? The case of Jordan
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This study explores outsourcing activities, strategies and attitudes of firms in developing economies. The primary objective is testing whether or not outsourcing answers firms' questions in developing economies by analysing the impact of outsourcing types and levels on firms' abilities to survive and grow. A review of the outsourcing literature illustrates that firms in developing economies can apply outsourcing strategies to strengthen their limited resources and improve performance. Primary and secondary collected data from the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) listed firms during the period from 2008-2018 have been analysed. Several findings regarding the types, attitudes, motives and expected benefits of outsourcing have been identified across the sectors. Despite the strong positive attitudes toward outsourcing within the Jordanian context, outsourcing did not have a clear beneficial effect on the firms' value and/or growth across the sectors.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 625-650
Issue: 5
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: outsourcing; developing economies; small and medium enterprises; SMEs; cross sectional comparison; Jordan.
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Author-Name: Asghar Hemmati
Author-X-Name-First: Asghar
Author-X-Name-Last: Hemmati
Author-Name: Behrouz Afshar-Nadjafi
Author-X-Name-First: Behrouz
Author-X-Name-Last: Afshar-Nadjafi
Author-Name: Esmaeil Mehdizadeh
Author-X-Name-First: Esmaeil
Author-X-Name-Last: Mehdizadeh
Title: Optimal procurement decisions for food products in a retailing system with variety dependent demand
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In the food industry, acquiring a lion's share of the market is a key factor in a company's success. Offering similar substitutes instead of the requested stocked-out products has been an alternative to keep customers. In this paper, an economic ordering model with substitutable food products is investigated. Each product has its own initial constant demand which will be increased when inventory of the other products would be depleted. Similarity measures and quality of the principal request and its substitutes depends on any typical customer with its own information. Time intervals are considered as decision variables and the conditions which in closed form expression of the optimal solution are achievable are derived. Furthermore, the impact of the models' parameters on the optimal solution was investigated. It was clarified that a marginal increase in the unit profit of each food product has a positive impact on the total profit and the order quantity.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 679-702
Issue: 5
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: food products; procurement policy; substitutable products; food control.
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Author-Name: Moses Muhwezi
Author-X-Name-First: Moses
Author-X-Name-Last: Muhwezi
Author-Name: Henry Mutebi
Author-X-Name-First: Henry
Author-X-Name-Last: Mutebi
Author-Name: Levi Kabagambe
Author-X-Name-First: Levi
Author-X-Name-Last: Kabagambe
Author-Name: Musa Mbago
Author-X-Name-First: Musa
Author-X-Name-Last: Mbago
Title: The independent parallel bid evaluation strategy: lessons from Uganda National Roads Authority
Abstract:
We adopted a qualitative and cross-sectional design to examine lessons from the independent parallel bid evaluation (IPBE) strategy from Uganda National Roads Authority. The IPBE strategy leads to improved bidder confidence, improves objective assessment, timely high-quality decisions, in addition to organisational learning and procurement cost reduction. The study found the strategy relevant for reintroduction and rolling out to other entities, after making provisions for its operationalisation in the legislative and regulatory framework. Since the study only considered lessons from the strategy, future research should aim at understanding the relationships between the lessons learnt using various methods. Academia has an opportunity to study further this strategy that may make a breakthrough of the inherent unethical bid evaluation challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Procurement professionals should make use of the strategy to learn and improve the bid evaluation outcomes that has a large impact of onward procurement processes.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 703-724
Issue: 5
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: independent; parallel; bid evaluation; Uganda.
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Author-Name: Masoomeh Jafarpour
Author-X-Name-First: Masoomeh
Author-X-Name-Last: Jafarpour
Author-Name: Payam Shojaei
Author-X-Name-First: Payam
Author-X-Name-Last: Shojaei
Author-Name: Moslem Alimohammadlou
Author-X-Name-First: Moslem
Author-X-Name-Last: Alimohammadlou
Title: A model for improving cold supply chain performance: an integrated FISM/BWM/ANP approach
Abstract:
The importance of preserving perishable products, especially those with a short shelf-life, has led to the formation of a new sub-branch in the supply chain literature called the <i>cold supply chain</i> (CSC). This study sought to develop a model for improving the performance of the CSC in the dairy industry. First, the study identified the factors affecting the improvement of CSC performance by reviewing the literature and interviewing experts. The relationships between the factors were then explored and the level of each factor was found through fuzzy interpretive structural modelling (FISM). Finally, the priorities of all factors were identified via an integrated version of best-worst method (BWM) and analytic network process (ANP). The results showed that 'warehousing and quality of storage' and 'relationship with customer' had the highest priorities in improving the CSC performance. The results of this study could help managers dealing with dairy businesses to improve their CSC performance.
Journal: Int. J. of Procurement Management
Pages: 599-624
Issue: 5
Volume: 15
Year: 2022
Keywords: cold supply chain; CSC; fuzzy interpretative structural modelling FISM; dairy industries; best-worst method; BWM; analytic network process ANP.
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