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Manlio Del Giudice - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A multiple buyer–supplier relationship in the context of SMEs’ digital supply chain management*
    Production Planning and Control, 2017
    Co-Authors: Veronica Scuotto, Manuel Villasalero, Francesco Caputo, Manlio Del Giudice
    Abstract:

    © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. By underlining the relevance of the use of ICTs, knowledge sharing and electronic markets for SMEs, it emerges the need for stimulating a debate on Digitisation Process of supply chain management (SCM). Electronic infrastructure in the service sector are reducing each kind of cost and improving multiply buyer–supplier relationships, facilitating negotiations and transactions. However, since the coordination costs are still high, the use of ICTs is limited. This phenomenon thus attracts the interests of scholars and practitioners. Although it still needs to further investigate. Especially, the optimal use of ICTs within SMEs’ SCM have not been studied yet. Therefore, by leveraging on four proxies: ICTs specialised human resources, knowledge sharing activities, buyer–supplier relationships, adoption of electronic markets this optimal was analysed via structural equation modelling based on a sample of 1254 SMEs operating in the service sector in Italy.

Abubaker Haddud - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the Digitisation of procurement and supply chains
    Business Process Management Journal, 2018
    Co-Authors: Florian Bienhaus, Abubaker Haddud
    Abstract:

    While Digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital transformation. The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of Digitisation on procurement and its role within the area of supply chain management. The research will also explore potential barriers to digitising procurement and supply chains and ways to overcome them. Finally, the significance of potential enabling technologies to the Digitisation will also be examined.,A quantitative approached utilising an online survey was used to collect the primary data for this study. Data were collected from 414 participants directly involved with procurement or related business functions and work for different organisations in different industries. The survey included eight items about the impact of Digitisation on organisational performance in the area of procurement and supply chains; ten items related to key barriers to Digitisation of organisations and ways to overcome them; and seven items about enabling technologies to leverage procurement procedures and Processes Digitisation. All of these items utilised the Likert five-point level of agreement scale.,The findings indicate that Digitisation of procurement Process can yield several benefits including: supporting daily business and administrative tasks, supporting complex decision-making Processes, procurement will become more focussed on strategic decisions and activities, procurement will become a strategic interface to support organisational efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability, and supporting the creation of new business models, products, and services. The authors were also able to confirm that there are barriers to digitising procurement Process and supply chains and such barriers found in existing procedures, Processes, capacities, and capabilities. Finally, the significance of a number of enabling technologies to the Digitisation Process was revealed.,To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind with participants located world-wide. Industry 4.0 as a topic had been explored within different business areas and functions but very limited research specifically explored potential impact, barriers, and enabling technologies of procurement 4.0. The results can be beneficial for organisations already implemented Industry 4.0 or planning to do so. The study can also benefit academic scholars interested in the researched topic, business professionals, organisations within different sectors, and any other party interested in understanding more the concept of procurement 4.0.

  • Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the Digitisation of procurement and supply chains
    Business Process Management Journal, 2018
    Co-Authors: Florian Bienhaus, Abubaker Haddud
    Abstract:

    While Digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital transformation. The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of Digitisation on procurement and its role within the area of supply chain management. The research will also explore potential barriers to digitising procurement and supply chains and ways to overcome them. Finally, the significance of potential enabling technologies to the Digitisation will also be examined. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative approached utilising an online survey was used to collect the primary data for this study. Data were collected from 414 participants directly involved with procurement or related business functions and work for different organisations in different industries. The survey included eight items about the impact of Digitisation on organisational performance in the area of procurement and supply chains; ten items related to key barriers to Digitisation of organisations and ways to overcome them; and seven items about enabling technologies to leverage procurement procedures and Processes Digitisation. All of these items utilised the Likert five-point level of agreement scale. Findings – The findings indicate that Digitisation of procurement Process can yield several benefits including: supporting daily business and administrative tasks, supporting complex decision-making Processes, procurement will become more focussed on strategic decisions and activities, procurement will become a strategic interface to support organisational efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability, and supporting the creation of new business models, products, and services. The authors were also able to confirm that there are barriers to digitising procurement Process and supply chains and such barriers found in existing procedures, Processes, capacities, and capabilities. Finally, the significance of a number of enabling technologies to the Digitisation Process was revealed. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind with participants located world-wide. Industry 4.0 as a topic had been explored within different business areas and functions but very limited research specifically explored potential impact, barriers, and enabling technologies of procurement 4.0. The results can be beneficial for organisations already implemented Industry 4.0 or planning to do so. The study can also benefit academic scholars interested in the researched topic, business professionals, organisations within different sectors, and any other party interested in understanding more the concept of procurement 4.0.

Veronica Scuotto - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A multiple buyer – supplier relationship in the context of SMEs’ digital supply chain management*
    Production Planning & Control, 2017
    Co-Authors: Veronica Scuotto, Manuel Villasalero, Francesco Caputo, Manlio Del Giudice
    Abstract:

    AbstractBy underlining the relevance of the use of ICTs, knowledge sharing and electronic markets for SMEs, it emerges the need for stimulating a debate on Digitisation Process of supply chain management (SCM). Electronic infrastructure in the service sector are reducing each kind of cost and improving multiply buyer–supplier relationships, facilitating negotiations and transactions. However, since the coordination costs are still high, the use of ICTs is limited. This phenomenon thus attracts the interests of scholars and practitioners. Although it still needs to further investigate. Especially, the optimal use of ICTs within SMEs’ SCM have not been studied yet. Therefore, by leveraging on four proxies: ICTs specialised human resources, knowledge sharing activities, buyer–supplier relationships, adoption of electronic markets this optimal was analysed via structural equation modelling based on a sample of 1254 SMEs operating in the service sector in Italy.

  • A multiple buyer–supplier relationship in the context of SMEs’ digital supply chain management*
    Production Planning and Control, 2017
    Co-Authors: Veronica Scuotto, Manuel Villasalero, Francesco Caputo, Manlio Del Giudice
    Abstract:

    © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. By underlining the relevance of the use of ICTs, knowledge sharing and electronic markets for SMEs, it emerges the need for stimulating a debate on Digitisation Process of supply chain management (SCM). Electronic infrastructure in the service sector are reducing each kind of cost and improving multiply buyer–supplier relationships, facilitating negotiations and transactions. However, since the coordination costs are still high, the use of ICTs is limited. This phenomenon thus attracts the interests of scholars and practitioners. Although it still needs to further investigate. Especially, the optimal use of ICTs within SMEs’ SCM have not been studied yet. Therefore, by leveraging on four proxies: ICTs specialised human resources, knowledge sharing activities, buyer–supplier relationships, adoption of electronic markets this optimal was analysed via structural equation modelling based on a sample of 1254 SMEs operating in the service sector in Italy.

Florian Bienhaus - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the Digitisation of procurement and supply chains
    Business Process Management Journal, 2018
    Co-Authors: Florian Bienhaus, Abubaker Haddud
    Abstract:

    While Digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital transformation. The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of Digitisation on procurement and its role within the area of supply chain management. The research will also explore potential barriers to digitising procurement and supply chains and ways to overcome them. Finally, the significance of potential enabling technologies to the Digitisation will also be examined.,A quantitative approached utilising an online survey was used to collect the primary data for this study. Data were collected from 414 participants directly involved with procurement or related business functions and work for different organisations in different industries. The survey included eight items about the impact of Digitisation on organisational performance in the area of procurement and supply chains; ten items related to key barriers to Digitisation of organisations and ways to overcome them; and seven items about enabling technologies to leverage procurement procedures and Processes Digitisation. All of these items utilised the Likert five-point level of agreement scale.,The findings indicate that Digitisation of procurement Process can yield several benefits including: supporting daily business and administrative tasks, supporting complex decision-making Processes, procurement will become more focussed on strategic decisions and activities, procurement will become a strategic interface to support organisational efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability, and supporting the creation of new business models, products, and services. The authors were also able to confirm that there are barriers to digitising procurement Process and supply chains and such barriers found in existing procedures, Processes, capacities, and capabilities. Finally, the significance of a number of enabling technologies to the Digitisation Process was revealed.,To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind with participants located world-wide. Industry 4.0 as a topic had been explored within different business areas and functions but very limited research specifically explored potential impact, barriers, and enabling technologies of procurement 4.0. The results can be beneficial for organisations already implemented Industry 4.0 or planning to do so. The study can also benefit academic scholars interested in the researched topic, business professionals, organisations within different sectors, and any other party interested in understanding more the concept of procurement 4.0.

  • Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the Digitisation of procurement and supply chains
    Business Process Management Journal, 2018
    Co-Authors: Florian Bienhaus, Abubaker Haddud
    Abstract:

    While Digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital transformation. The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of Digitisation on procurement and its role within the area of supply chain management. The research will also explore potential barriers to digitising procurement and supply chains and ways to overcome them. Finally, the significance of potential enabling technologies to the Digitisation will also be examined. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative approached utilising an online survey was used to collect the primary data for this study. Data were collected from 414 participants directly involved with procurement or related business functions and work for different organisations in different industries. The survey included eight items about the impact of Digitisation on organisational performance in the area of procurement and supply chains; ten items related to key barriers to Digitisation of organisations and ways to overcome them; and seven items about enabling technologies to leverage procurement procedures and Processes Digitisation. All of these items utilised the Likert five-point level of agreement scale. Findings – The findings indicate that Digitisation of procurement Process can yield several benefits including: supporting daily business and administrative tasks, supporting complex decision-making Processes, procurement will become more focussed on strategic decisions and activities, procurement will become a strategic interface to support organisational efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability, and supporting the creation of new business models, products, and services. The authors were also able to confirm that there are barriers to digitising procurement Process and supply chains and such barriers found in existing procedures, Processes, capacities, and capabilities. Finally, the significance of a number of enabling technologies to the Digitisation Process was revealed. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind with participants located world-wide. Industry 4.0 as a topic had been explored within different business areas and functions but very limited research specifically explored potential impact, barriers, and enabling technologies of procurement 4.0. The results can be beneficial for organisations already implemented Industry 4.0 or planning to do so. The study can also benefit academic scholars interested in the researched topic, business professionals, organisations within different sectors, and any other party interested in understanding more the concept of procurement 4.0.

Manuel Villasalero - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A multiple buyer – supplier relationship in the context of SMEs’ digital supply chain management*
    Production Planning & Control, 2017
    Co-Authors: Veronica Scuotto, Manuel Villasalero, Francesco Caputo, Manlio Del Giudice
    Abstract:

    AbstractBy underlining the relevance of the use of ICTs, knowledge sharing and electronic markets for SMEs, it emerges the need for stimulating a debate on Digitisation Process of supply chain management (SCM). Electronic infrastructure in the service sector are reducing each kind of cost and improving multiply buyer–supplier relationships, facilitating negotiations and transactions. However, since the coordination costs are still high, the use of ICTs is limited. This phenomenon thus attracts the interests of scholars and practitioners. Although it still needs to further investigate. Especially, the optimal use of ICTs within SMEs’ SCM have not been studied yet. Therefore, by leveraging on four proxies: ICTs specialised human resources, knowledge sharing activities, buyer–supplier relationships, adoption of electronic markets this optimal was analysed via structural equation modelling based on a sample of 1254 SMEs operating in the service sector in Italy.

  • A multiple buyer–supplier relationship in the context of SMEs’ digital supply chain management*
    Production Planning and Control, 2017
    Co-Authors: Veronica Scuotto, Manuel Villasalero, Francesco Caputo, Manlio Del Giudice
    Abstract:

    © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. By underlining the relevance of the use of ICTs, knowledge sharing and electronic markets for SMEs, it emerges the need for stimulating a debate on Digitisation Process of supply chain management (SCM). Electronic infrastructure in the service sector are reducing each kind of cost and improving multiply buyer–supplier relationships, facilitating negotiations and transactions. However, since the coordination costs are still high, the use of ICTs is limited. This phenomenon thus attracts the interests of scholars and practitioners. Although it still needs to further investigate. Especially, the optimal use of ICTs within SMEs’ SCM have not been studied yet. Therefore, by leveraging on four proxies: ICTs specialised human resources, knowledge sharing activities, buyer–supplier relationships, adoption of electronic markets this optimal was analysed via structural equation modelling based on a sample of 1254 SMEs operating in the service sector in Italy.