Manojkumar Vithalrao Dalvi and Ravi Kant
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of supplier development activities (SDAs) in the context of three major performance outcomes (POs), i.e. supplier performance…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of supplier development activities (SDAs) in the context of three major performance outcomes (POs), i.e. supplier performance improvement (SPI), buyer’s competitive advantage improvement (BCAI) and buyer-supplier relationship improvement (BSRI).
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted of 214 manufacturing organizations and the data were analyzed using factor analysis, correlation analysis and multiple hierarchical regression analysis.
Findings
This paper categorizes the identified 28 SDAs and 33 POs into five and three major categories of SDAs and POs, respectively. The results indicate a significant relationship between each aspect of SDAs and POs, except investment. The effect of each category of SDA is determined through a developed framework.
Research limitations/implications
This present study analyzes the SDAs and POs from the buyer’s point of view. A paired buyer and supplier data may provide some additional information about the relationship between SDAs and POs.
Practical implications
The outcome of this study will provide significant information for managers and academicians who are involved in outsourcing.
Originality/value
For the first time, the relationship and effect of each category of SDAs was analyzed in combination with three major POs, i.e. SPI, BSRI and BCAI.
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Ravi Kant and Manojkumar Vithalrao Dalvi
The purpose of this paper is to develop an instrument/questionnaire to assess the supplier evaluation (SE) criteria and supplier selection (SS) benefits with their level of…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop an instrument/questionnaire to assess the supplier evaluation (SE) criteria and supplier selection (SS) benefits with their level of importance.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper develops an instrument/questionnaire based on generally accepted principle of instrument design to assess the SE criteria and SS benefits through the responses collected from 34 automobile industries in India. The SE criteria and SS benefits were derived through extensive literature review and expert’s opinion.
Findings
The reliability, normality and validity of developed instrument/questionnaire were determined through the responses collected from the managers of 34 automobile industries in India and are found to be acceptable for most of the SE criteria and SS benefits. The criterion validity is also found to be fairly good for the developed instrument/questionnaire.
Research limitations/implications
While designing the instrument/questionnaire, SE criteria and SS benefits were considered for automobile sector in India through prequestionnaire sheet. Further, research may be required to corroborate these results from larger data sets.
Practical implications
Now a days, it is essential for organizations to rely on their suppliers for their survival and to gain competitive advantage. The well developed and validated instrument/questionnaire can be used for industry practitioners in Indian automobile industries to assess the SE criteria and SS benefits.
Originality/value
An empirically tested instrument/questionnaire is developed first time to assess the SE criteria and SS benefits for automobile sector in India.
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Manojkumar Vithalrao Dalvi and Ravi Kant
Supplier development (SD) is a kind of collaboration among a buyer and a supplier to seek constant improvement in supplier performance and capabilities to provide better quality…
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Purpose
Supplier development (SD) is a kind of collaboration among a buyer and a supplier to seek constant improvement in supplier performance and capabilities to provide better quality, on-time delivery of products and services at lower cost. The purpose of this paper is to exhibit and summarize the important aspects of SD benefits, SD criteria and SD activities.
Design/methodology/approach
The review of SD aspects is based on 72 papers published from 1991 to till date in academic databases namely Science Direct, Emerald, Springer-Link Journals and IEEE Xplore with “supplier development” and “vendor development” as keywords.
Findings
Through the literature review, this paper brings up the analysis of aforementioned aspect of SD in detail and put forth 43 SD benefits, 23 SD criteria and 9 SD activities. This paper also presents the important SD benefits, SD criteria and SD activities based on the occurrence in literature.
Research limitations/implications
The literature on practical difficulties for implementation of SD activities, and trade-off between benefits and risk associated with SD activities are seldom available.
Originality/value
This paper presents a literature review on three crucial aspects namely SD benefits, SD criteria and SD activities. The SD benefits, SD criteria and SD activities are identified according to their level of importance. The main contribution of this paper is to draw together three above mentioned important aspects of SD.