This is a literature review paper on supplier selection in strategic purchasing. Literature review suggests that the purchasing has evolved and recognised as a strategic function in many progressive entities. In order to achieve optimal fit between the corporate and functional strategies, it is important to understand how the purchasing function operates. Supplier selection process operates in a multi criteria environment and the decision criteria can exist in either the quantitative or qualitative domain. Therefore, tradeoffs amongst those decision criteria are not only unavoidable, but are also delicate tasks. There are many decision criteria identified by different researchers and their application in supplier selection may differ from product to product. In supplier selection, literature review suggests that the quality of supplier selection outcomes centres on the application of systematic decision-making techniques and processes to achieve optimal outcomes. There are many decision techniques of varying degrees of sophistication that are suitable for supplier selection decision making. / Though important, the application of systematic supplier selection technique has escaped attention from both practitioners and academics until very recent times. Literature review also suggests that the identification and selection of right decision criteria is essential for optimal operation of any decision-making technique and decision criteria can also influence the strategic orientation of a purchasing function. This paper identifies two gaps for further research: lack of application of systematic supplier selection technique decision-making technique in purchasing decision-making; and that decision-criteria have positive influence on systematic supplier selection decision making. / Thesis (DoctorateofBusinessAdministration)--University of South Australia, 2006.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/267124 |
| Creators | Chai, Khin Chung. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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