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Towards a process framework for sub-supplier management
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2016-08-08
Author(s)
Abstract
Literature increasingly addresses the supply chain beyond the direct supplier level, partially arguing that buying organizations need to extend their attention to those organizations involved further upstream in the supply chain: to sub-suppliers. Sub-suppliers are determined by their organizational distance to the buying organization with direct suppliers necessarily acting as middleman. In such settings, selecting or knowing sub-suppliers, monitoring their performance and influencing them requires different processes than when dealing with direct suppliers. Practical experience managing sub-suppliers is largely limited to resolving immediate availability or sustainability problems. Academic literature on managing sub-suppliers is scarce and scattered. This paper is based on fourteen case studies and six workshops with industry experts. It presents a typology of the various constellations of collaboration between buying organizations and sub-suppliers, proposes a sub-supplier management framework, and suggests a set of business processes for sub-supplier management. This process framework can serve as the basis for much needed future research in managing sub-suppliers.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Event Title
Academy of Management
Event Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Event Date
5.-9. August 2016
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Eprints ID
248689