Our meta-analysis paper on supply chain complexity with Robert Suurmond, Davide Luzzini and Dan Krause is one of the top cited papers in Journal of Supply Chain Management in the period of 2021-2022. We find that although supply chain complexity is detrimental for operational performance, it is beneficial for innovation and financial performance. We also …
Last week, IPSERA PSM Summer School was held at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. The summer school, organized by Finn Wynstra, consisted of both faculty presentations on key theories utilized in purchasing and supply management research and PhD student presentations. I was happy to participate as a faculty member and discuss resource-based view and dynamic …
A plethora of factors such as the uncertainties brought about by the pandemic, increases in raw material prices, sudden fluctuations in demand, and problems in international transportation have resulted in difficult-to-solve problems in cash flow and liquidity management. Although short-term practices can be a quick remedy to these problems, what organizations should aim for in …
Our editorial for the IPSERA 2022 Special Issue has been published at the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. Click here for the full text and see below the abstract ABSTRACT: In this editorial, we introduce the four best papers selected from the IPSERA 2021 conference for this special issue of the Journal. We discuss …
Last Saturday, as part of the Operations Management course in our Professional MBA program, we discussed supply chain management under times of crisis and what the future supply chains will look like. I would like to sincerely thank our panelists Tugrul Günal from TEDAR – Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi Derneği and Dr. Ismail Karakis from PwC …
The contribution of the purchasing function to the performance of organizations and providing competitive advantage is now an undeniable fact. Organizations that can implement strategic purchasing practices not only reduce their costs, but also increase the quality of their products, carry out new product development projects with their suppliers, and achieve their sustainability goals by …