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Eco-innovation in the upstream supply chain: re-thinking the involvement of purchasing managers
Purpose
In a context of ecological transition, this study aims to explore and understand what fosters the participation of purchasing departments and identify the drivers and difficulties encountered during the development of eco-innovation within firms.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors adopt a qualitative methodology that provides tools to study complex phenomena. In-depth interviews with highly knowledgeable respondents from multi-sectoral organisations enable us to explore the eco-innovation process within firms.
Findings
From the perspectives of resource-based theory and stakeholder theory, the study contributes to the literature by investigating firms’ internal resources and exploring further dimensions based on sustainable supply chain management and purchasing. Internal stakeholders (e.g. purchasing agents) and external stakeholders (e.g. suppliers) were identified with regard to the business eco-innovation activities of focal companies in relation to upstream stakeholders. The authors examine this complex phenomenon by raising certain intra- and inter-organisational factors, as well as more individual aspects, such as the sensitivity of the purchasing manager to ecological transition. Purchasing agents are involved in increasing the propensity of organisations to eco-innovate and, as internal stakeholders, appear to be influential in eco-innovation.
Research limitations/implications
Given the nascent state of eco-innovation practice and accessibility to primary data about ongoing efforts, this research could not consider all possible drivers.
Practical implications
This study presents an opportunity for purchasing managers to understand challenges more comprehensively to add value within the eco-innovation process. The results highlight recommendations for how best to undertake eco-innovation in upstream supply chains.
Originality/value
The study provides new insights into the constituent resources needed for purchasing participation during eco-innovation to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This paper is an initial attempt at research in the area.
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Profit-focused supplier management
Managing suppliers can contribute enormous savings to a company's bottom line, and few companies have done it better than Nokia. In Profit-Focused Supplier Management, Pirkko string details for the first time the supplier management program that has helped make Nokia the world leader in mobile communications. Drawing from her experience at Nokia, string reveals how to understand and maximize relationships with suppliers to help any company minimize risk and improve profitability in any industry.
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Vanishing boundaries : how integrating manufacturing and services creates customer value
\"Presenting the innovative thesis that global competition and supply chain complexity are increasing so rapidly that managers must reach across the manufacturing and service boundary to gather more universally applicable ideas, this groundbreaking work addresses the unprecedented array of new or aggravated conditions that today's business managers must face. Businesses need to become more consumer-centric, efficient, and quality conscious. This book addresses problems, solutions, and implementation strategies as well as risk and crisis management, sourcing, healthcare, alternative energy infrastructure, integration of supply chain services, advances in IT, social media, and customer building\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Sustainable supply management as a purchasing capability
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to use the relative power and total interdependence concepts as an intervening theoretical lens to explain why and how sustainable supply management (SSM) initiatives by manufacturing firms differ across the Kraljic matrix according to purchasing capability. Design/methodology/approach - Tested hypotheses by subjecting survey data from 338 manufacturers on buyer-supplier relationships in Europe and North America to regression analysis. Findings - Shows three situations where relative power and total interdependence determine the effectiveness of purchasing capabilities. First, sustainability programs impact supplier compliance in all Kraljic categories but bottleneck items. Second, there are significant trade-offs between lower cost and higher social and environmental supplier compliance for noncritical components. Third, strategic alignment of sustainability objectives between corporate and supply function levels only leads to improved financial performance for strategic components. Research limitations/implications - Further research could take power and dependence into account to explain when and how purchasing capabilities focussed on sustainability can be achieved. Practical implications - Shows how supply strategists could devise-tailored approaches for different purchasing categories with respect to power and dependence when pursuing economic, social and environmental objectives in combination - the triple bottom line - along their supply chains. Originality/value - Illustrates and provides a theoretical explanation for why SSM is a purchasing capability that must vary across purchasing categories defined by different situations of power and dependence.
Journal Article
Development of an admission criterion framework for high-cost medical consumables in governmental hospitals: a systematic review
Background
High-cost medical consumables (HMCs) have emerged as significant economic and technological challenges for numerous national healthcare systems. Governmental hospitals play an indispensable role in many national health systems, closely linked to the evaluation of admissions and the management of procurement for HMCs. Nevertheless, many governmental hospitals face avoidable management risks due to the lack of a decision-making tool. In response, we conducted a systematic review to establishing a framework for the admission criteria of HMCs. This framework aims to enhance their effective utilization and maximize economic, clinical, and social benefits.
Methods
In accordance with a systematic review protocol developed for our study, we conducted comprehensive searches in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases to identify all correlation studies conducted prior to December 31, 2021. Subsequently, two independent reviewers performed a two-round screening process, resulting in the inclusion of 23 articles in our study. Finally, a third reviewer meticulously examined the selected indicators and contributed to the development of the final criterion framework.
Results
The criterion framework was established with 7 first-level indicators and 23 s-level indicators. Among the first-level indicators, \"Clinical Benefit\" held the highest significance, with a combined weight of 1.606, followed by \"Economic Value\" and \"Organizational Impact\" at 1.497 and 1.159, respectively. At the second level, \"Safety\" and \"Efficacy\" carried equal weight in the decision-making tool, with combined weights of approximately 1.300 each and a standard combined weight of 0.130.
Conclusion
This admission criteria framework serves as a vital decision-making tool for managing admissions and highlights several crucial evaluation indicators. Economic considerations emerge as the principal determinant in HMCs procurement decisions. Consequently, healthcare managers and decision-makers are recommended to give precedence to value-based healthcare and evidence-based procurement practices. In the long term, governmental hospitals must grapple with the challenge of judiciously allocating limited resources to maximize both social and economic benefits.
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