Purchasing category management: Providing integration between purchasing and other business functions
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

Organising the purchasing and supply management (PSM) function has been changing due to the increasingly strategic role of the function requiring integration with other business functions and the entire supply chain. One solution is to organise PSM into categories, a common practice in today's manufacturing organisations. In this paper we explore how purchasing category management (PCM) affects cross-functional integration. We analysed purchasing category management practices through in-depth case-studies in four manufacturing firms in two types of industry. Our research contributes to the purchasing and supply management research in two ways. First, it addresses the role of purchasing category management in organising PSM in large manufacturing companies. Second, it elaborates on purchasing categories providing integration between purchasing and other business functions, suggesting how different mechanisms are needed for different contexts.

Organisational integration

Category management

PCM

Case research

Organisation

Purchasing category management

Purchasing

Purchasing category

Cross-functional integration

Supply management

Procurement

Integration

Författare

Jussi Heikkilä

Tammerfors tekniska universitet

Riikka Kaipia

Aalto-Yliopisto

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Supply and Operations Management

Mika Ojala

Tammerfors tekniska universitet

International Journal of Procurement Management

1753-8432 (ISSN) 1753-8440 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 5 533-550

Ämneskategorier

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Annan maskinteknik

Företagsekonomi

DOI

10.1504/IJPM.2018.094350

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2019-03-19