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Cross‐functional integration and functional coordination in purchasing and supply management: Antecedents and effects on purchasing and firm performance

Kai Foerstl (Institute for Supply Chain Management – Procurement and Logistics (ISCM), EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden, Germany)
Evi Hartmann (Friedrich‐Alexander‐University Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany)
Finn Wynstra (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Roger Moser (Research Institute for International Management, University of St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland)

International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN: 0144-3577

Article publication date: 17 May 2013

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to develop a set of nine hypotheses linking four purchasing and supply management (PSM) practices directly to purchasing performance and indirectly to financial performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors collected data in a global cross‐industry survey of 148 companies, combining primary interview and survey data with secondary data on firm performance, in order to minimize the impact of common method variance.

Findings

Support was found for eight of the nine hypotheses. In particular, a positive impact was found of cross‐functional integration and functional coordination on purchasing performance, and of purchasing performance on firm performance. Both talent management and performance management have a positive impact on cross‐functional integration and functional coordination. Talent management also has a direct impact on purchasing performance, in contrast to performance management.

Originality/value

The association of enhanced PSM maturity levels with financial performance metrics collected from secondary data sources provides robust empirical support for the stated but to this point largely untested positive impact of PSMmaturity on the firm's competitive position.

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Citation

Foerstl, K., Hartmann, E., Wynstra, F. and Moser, R. (2013), "Cross‐functional integration and functional coordination in purchasing and supply management: Antecedents and effects on purchasing and firm performance", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 33 No. 6, pp. 689-721. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-09-2011-0349

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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