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A supplier selection strategy within the Malaysian telecommunications industry
The telecommunication industry in Malaysia has grown rapidly over the last 15 years, with effective supply chain management becoming increasing important within the sector. A multitude of providers and part owned Malaysian government companies, vendors and suppliers are involved in generating and creating value-adding products and services within this sector (across wireless, wireline, broadband business and consumer lines of business). This paper describes key challenges facing a major telecoms service provider in Malaysia with regards to drivers involved in the overall procurement and supplier selection with regards to components of performance management, decision-making, selection techniques, quality and cost management, procurement policy and procurement ethics. This paper further focuses on defining and detailing research currently being undertaken to develop a framework for identifying supplier selection drivers that are inherent within the sector and suggests a research approach to investigate and develop strategies for supplier selection for the telecommunications industry in Malaysia
Socio-Economic Sourcing: Benefits of Small Business Set-Asides in Public Procurement
Purpose
Small businesses are critical to economic health and encouraged in government spending by set-asides – annual small business sourcing goals that often are not attained. Little research has explored the negative and risky stigmas associated with small business sourcing. Design/methodology/approach
This research explores reduced transaction costs of small business sourcing to government buyers. A survey of 350 government source selections reveals lower transaction costs derived from lower perceived risk of receiving a bid protest and via more efficient source selection processes. Findings
Contrary to common bias, the performance level of small businesses is no less than that of large business. Thus, small businesses engender lower transaction costs for correcting supplier’s performance. On the basis of these findings, managerial and theoretical implications are discussed
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Improving sustainability performance through supplier relationship management in the tobacco industry
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how tobacco manufacturing companies can improve their sustainability performance via effective supplier relationship management (SRM).
Design/methodology/approach: This study has adopted a single case study of an international tobacco company. The primary data involved semi-structured interviews with participants from the case company who are familiar with sustainable SRM in the tobacco industry and are engaging in various techniques to improve sustainability performance.
Findings: The drivers for sustainable SRM commonly identified in literature are observable within the case company. There is also clear evidence of integrating sustainability in its SRM processes. However, the perception of sustainability as a requirement to meet stringent regulations limits its scope and drive in pursuing sustainable SRM. It has also limited supplier sustainability evaluation and performance metrics. Furthermore, the findings of this paper reinforce the importance of a procurement team’s ability to work with other functional teams in implementing sustainable SRM. The findings also contribute to the emerging literature on the impact of sustainability on supplier segmentation and multi-tier supplier management.
Research limitations/implications: This study provides insight into the varying SRM methods used in the tobacco industry to ensure compliance and improve sustainability performance. However, further research is required to explore the generalisability of the findings of this study derived from a single case study.
Originality/value: The tobacco industry is an under-researched industry, particularly in terms of sustainable operations and supply chain management practices. The findings of this study seem to be relevant to those comparable industries with stringent regulations as well
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A supplier development service for the East Midlands feasability study
This study assesses the need for a Supplier Development Service (SDS) in the East Midlands. Research was undertaken into previous and current programmes of this type and sets out a proposed model for the service
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E-Government: An e-reverse auction case study
This paper presents the findings from an exploratory in-depth case study with regard to e-
Reverse Auctions (eRAs) in the UK public sector. These findings highlight that eRAs can
improve procurement processes, realise cost savings and reduce delivery times. The research
also notes that eRAs can produce dis-benefits, including poor buyer and supplier relationships
and social implications. The paper elicits lessons learnt from the case study analysis. These
are presented with the aim to inform theory and practice
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A supplier development service for the East Midlands feasibility study
This study assesses the need for a Supplier Development Service (SDS) in the East Midlands. Research was undertaken into previous and current programmes of this type and sets out a proposed model for the service
New technologies and procurement and negotiation process support
The aim of this work is to present innovative IT solutions which can
be widely applied in the area of procurement processes and accompanying
negotiations, thereby contributing to the assessment of their practical
applicability. Particular attention has been placed on Ariba Networks, a
platform for procurement management.
This work sources the latest literature in this field as well
as research conducted in one of the largest worldwide companies operating
in the Polish market of fast moving consumable goods.Preparation and printing funded by the National Agency for Research and Development under project “Kreator Innowacyjności – wparcie dla Przedsiębiorczości akademickiej
Managing suppliers for collection development: the UK higher education perspective
This chapter follows the adoption of the new procurement discipline by academic libraries since the demise of the NBA. It first examines the standard procurement cycle, with particular reference to libraries and book supply. It then discusses library purchasing consortia and their contribution to managing and developing the library market place for books, identifying three phases of operation. It closes with some reflections on the future prospects of collection development. Traditional collection development is seen as being turned on its head – we no longer seek to collect the huge range of works of scholars of all other institutions in order to make them available to the (relatively) small number of our own scholars; instead we collect the works of our own and make them available to all
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