The Impact of Buyer-Supplier Integration on Supplier Logistics Performance in the Hospital Sector in Tanzania: The Moderation Effect of Buyer’s Cross Functional Integration
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2016
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International journal of procurement management
Abstract
Based on the resource based view theory (RBV), this study examines the association
between buying firms’ cross functional integration, buyer-supplier integration and supplier
logistics performance in buyer-supplier relationships. RBV considers these two dimensions of
supply chain integration as strategic resources which play an important role in improving
logistics performance.
This research examines the effects of both intra-firm integration and inter-firm integration
on supplier logistics performance with survey data from key informants in the public medicine
supply system in Mainland, Tanzania. The unit of analysis is the purchasing relationship
between public health facilities and a focal supplier acting as public agent of the Medical Stores
Department (MSD).
The empirical analysis is based on data from 166 purchasing managers and demonstrates
that buyer-supplier integration improves supplier logistics performance significantly. There is
no main effect of the buying firm’s cross functional integration on supplier logistics
performance, but more extensive cross functional integration in the buying firms improves the
effect of buyer-supplier integration on supplier logistic performance significantly, and indicates
that extensive cross functional integration in the buying firms provides an administrative
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Salema, G. & Buvik, A, (In press). The Impact of Buyer-Supplier Integration on Supplier Logistics Performance in the Hospital Sector in Tanzania: The Moderation Effect of Buyer’s Cross Functional Integration. The International journal of procurement management.