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dc.contributor.authorMugurusi, Godfrey
dc.contributor.authorDe Boer, Luitzen
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-07T07:49:22Z
dc.date.available2020-04-07T07:49:22Z
dc.date.created2019-03-07T13:10:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationSystemic Practice and Action Research. 2019, 32 (3), 239-272.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1094-429X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2650584
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an account of the coordination of purchasing activities in a firm that offshored their manufacturing operations that later turned problematic. Empirical data is drawn from a single in-depth case study within a large multinational company which was involved in production offshoring in 2009. The paper draws on the viable systems model (VSM) as the main theoretical lens. First, our findings suggest that purchasing coordination is a loose construct; one in which the role and types of information aggregation in the purchasing process is loosely defined compared to the aggregation of volumes and the effectiveness of sourcing teams. This finding partly explains why many cross-functional sourcing problems occur. Second, that organizational and functional contextual differences can no longer be sidelined in discussions of purchasing coordination because they define how the system’s functions interface and therefore are one of the most essential considerations for better purchasing coordination and ultimately organizational viability.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.titleAre You Receiving Me? A Viable System Model (VSM) Analysis of Purchasing Coordination in a Firm Engaged in Offshoring of Manufacturing Activitiesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber239-272en_US
dc.source.volume32en_US
dc.source.journalSystemic Practice and Action Researchen_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11213-019-09483-y
dc.identifier.cristin1682911
dc.description.localcodeThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11213-019-09483-yen_US
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