Strategic Sourcing: An Empirical Investigation of the Concept and Its Practices in U.S. Manufacturing Firms
通过文献回顾和140家美国制造企业的数据分析，揭示了战略采购的关键要素及其相互关系，指出战略采购依赖于采购职能地位、内部协调、信息共享和供应商发展。
SUMMARY The purpose of this study is to enhance understanding of strategic sourcing and to discuss the challenges in adopting strategic sourcing. First, a literature review is undertaken to identify the key, characterizing elements of strategic sourcing. This is followed by an analysis of the relationships between different elements of strategic sourcing using data from 140 U.S. manufacturing companies. Results indicate that strategic sourcing is based on the status of the purchasing function within the firm, the level of internal coordination of purchasing with other functions within the firm, information sharing with key suppliers and development of key suppliers.