%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Alignment of the Purchasing Strategy to the Business Strategy: An Empirical Study on a Harbour Cranes Company
%+ GLOBOPE Research and Consulting [San Sebastián]
%+ Jönköping University [Sweden]
%+ University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza]
%A Martínez, Sandra
%A Mediavilla, Miguel
%A Bäckstrand, Jenny
%A Bernardos, Carolina
%Z Part 1: Knowledge-Based Performance Improvement
%< avec comité de lecture
%( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
%B IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS)
%C Ajaccio, France
%Y Bernard Grabot
%Y Bruno Vallespir
%Y Samuel Gomes
%Y Abdelaziz Bouras
%Y Dimitris Kiritsis
%I Springer
%3 Advances in Production Management Systems. Innovative and Knowledge-Based Production Management in a Global-Local World
%V AICT-440
%N Part III
%P 51-58
%8 2014-09-20
%D 2014
%R 10.1007/978-3-662-44733-8_7
%K Purchasing function
%K purchasing strategy
%K category management
%K business strategy
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X The purchasing function is assuming an increasingly relevant role within companies in the last decades. This is due to a fact that purchasing strategy can contribute to develop competitive advantages. Therefore, it is important to align the purchasing strategy with the company business strategy. On the other hand, category management can be used as the basic unit of strategic purchasing analysis, which measures the competitive improvement in purchasing management. It its known that a differentiated purchasing strategy involves managing suppliers within the different categories, so that, it is considered that there should be a leadership to level category by purchasing managers to improve the company competitiveness. Hence, this paper contributes by presenting how aligned business and purchasing strategies and product categorization leads to increased competitiveness –by presenting an empirical study on a harbor cranes company.
%G English
%Z TC 5
%Z WG 5.7
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01387146/document
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01387146/file/978-3-662-44733-8_7_Chapter.pdf
%L hal-01387146
%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-01387146
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