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1、ARTICLEINPRESSJournalofPurchasing&SupplyManagement15(2009)214–226ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectJournalofPurchasing&SupplyManagementjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/pursupPurchasingpracticesinsmall-tomedium-sizedenterprises:Anexaminationofstrategicpurchasingado
2、ption,supplierevaluationandsuppliercapabilitiesa,baAndrewD.Pressey,HeidiM.Winklhofer,NikolaosX.TzokasaNorwichBusinessSchool,UniversityofEastAnglia,NorwichNR47TJ,UKbNottinghamUniversityBusinessSchool,UniversityofNottingham,JubileeCampus,WollatonRoad,NottingamNG81BB,UKarticl
3、einfoabstractArticlehistory:ThebenefitsthatcanbederivedfromeffectivepurchasinghavelongbeenrecognisedintheReceived20February2008managementliterature.Despiteagrowingbodyofresearchonpurchasingpracticesinsmall-toReceivedinrevisedformmedium-sizedenterprises(SMEs),anumberofkeyissu
4、esremainunder-examined.WeinvestigateSME5March2009purchasingpracticesintermsof(1)thedegreetowhichpurchasingisregardedasa‘strategic’activityAccepted11March2009bySMEs,(2)theuseofsupplierevaluationsystemsbySMEsand(3)thesuppliercapabilitiesemphasisedbySMEbuyers.ThroughasurveyofU
5、KSMEmanagers,wefindthatpurchasingpracticesKeywords:variedgreatlyacrossSMEs.PurchasingformalityisgenerallylowwithlimitedevidenceofpurchasingSMEbeingemployedstrategicallyandwithmanyfirmsnotundertakingformalsupplierevaluations.InPurchasingtermsofsuppliercapabilities,wefindthatSME
6、sdifferinthecapabilitiestheyprioritise,withthreeStrategicpurchasingdistinctgroupsevident.Thesegroupsarelabelled‘holistic’,‘process’and‘logistics’basedonthesupplierSupplierevaluationcapabilitiestheyemphasise.ThesethreegroupsoffirmsalsodifferedintermsoftheemphasistheyCapabilit
7、iesplacedonstrategicpurchasing,supplierevaluation,technologicalfocusandhowtheycompeteintheirmainmarkets,butnotintermsoffirmsizeornumberofsuppliersutilised.Theimplicationsofthesefindingsarediscussedandareasmeritingfutureresearchareproposed.&2009ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.1.
8、IntroductionAsaconsequence,itisrelativelyunclearwhetherthebuyingpracticesofmanyoft
