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Intensity and Managerial Scope of Supplier Integration
Author(s) -
Wagner Stephan M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of supply chain management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1523-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.2003.tb00160.x
Subject(s) - business , scope (computer science) , purchasing , industrial organization , process management , supplier relationship management , phase (matter) , product (mathematics) , marketing , supply chain management , supply chain , computer science , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry , programming language
SUMMARY Traditionally, research into antecedents, characteristics, and outcomes of supplier integration has mainly focused on integrating suppliers into new product development. What is urgently needed is a more comprehensive analysis of supplier integration activities. This research, which is based on responses from 173 industrial firms as well as supplementary interviews with purchasing executives, develops the notion of a phase‐differentiated approach toward supplier integration. It further provides insights into supplier integration in the development phase and supplier integration in the industrialization phase with respect to, for example, the degree of integration, the distinct managerial approaches, and the benefits sought by the buyer and the supplier. Additionally, results of an industry‐level analysis examine how various industries approach supplier integration.