EFFECT OF SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT ON PURCHASING RISK, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE - CASE OF ECOLOGICAL INDUSTRY

摘要

Along with the development of Just-in-time (JIT) purchasing, supplier management, and rapid response as well as the fiercely competitive environment for enterprises, purchasing is regarded as the most frequent and important part in supply chain. In addition to the consideration of competitive cost advantage, an enterprise has to effectively apply supplier management to reduce purchasing risks and promote technological capacity and performance. Taking department supervisors in ecological industry in China as the research objects, total 248 valid copies of questionnaire are retrieved in this study. Using linear structural model for testing research hypotheses and model fit, the effects of behaviour-based management, buffer-oriented management, and information technology management on purchasing risks, technological capacity, and performance are discussed. It is discovered that behaviour-based management or buffer-oriented management could reduce purchasing risks and affect performance, but could not enhance technological capacity. From the empirical results, it is realised that the establishment of supplier management presents critical effects on the risk management, technological capacity, and performance of an enterprise in the purchasing process.