ORGANIZING FOR THE PURCHASING OF INNOVATION: Insights from two auto manufacturers
Other conference contribution, 2020
Our observations show two different approaches to organizing purchasing of innovation as a response to the conflicting needs of purchasing innovation compared to matured technologies in these industries: 1) higher levels of cross-functional sourcing with a larger role for the engineering function, and 2) a sourcing group for innovation in parallel to the existing ones. Both organizations were developed in response to similar challenges that the existing established processes were not apt to respond to.
Supplier selection
Technological uncertainty
Purchasing of innovation
Automobile industry
Author
Ala Pazirandeh Arvidsson
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Lisa Melander
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
The 32nd ANNUAL NOFOMA CONFERENCE, BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
32nd ANNUAL NOFOMA CONFERENCE
online, Iceland,
online, Iceland,
Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Transport
Production
Driving Forces
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Subject Categories
Economics and Business