The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance
Purpose – I aimed to obtain a deeper insight into the link between supplier involvement in product development (SIPD), supplier relationship resilience and company performance. Design/methodology/approach – To collect data, a survey among 500 Polish manufacturing companies was conducted. I used quan...
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| description | Purpose – I aimed to obtain a deeper insight into the link between supplier involvement in product development (SIPD), supplier relationship resilience and company performance. Design/methodology/approach – To collect data, a survey among 500 Polish manufacturing companies was conducted. I used quantitative methods (structural equation modeling) to test several research hypotheses referring to a single supplier–customer relationship. Thanks to the use of multi-construct measurement of SIPD and supplier relationship resilience, the study provides detailed research results on the topic. Findings – Collaborative practices implemented during SIPD increase procurement flexibility and decrease redundancy in the relationship with the involved supplier. Communication during SIPD increases supplier flexibility and procurement flexibility. Increased supplier flexibility and increased procurement flexibility in the relationship with the involved supplier as well as collaborative practices during SIPD positively impact company performance. I confirmed the indirect effect between communication during SIPD and company performance when the mediators are supplier flexibility and procurement flexibility. Decreased redundancy in relationship with involved supplier does not impact company performance. Practical implications – Supply chain managers need to rethink SIPD practice to effectively ensure supply chain resilience (SCRES), especially in the face of the contemporary global crisis and black swans affecting the supplier base. My article provides important managerial insights into drivers of SCRES and company performance. Originality/value – To the best of my knowledge, this research is among the first to conclude that SIPD does not have an unequivocally positive or direct impact on supplier relationship resilience. The research fills the gap by analyzing the impact of SIPD on two main SCRES elements. The study examines supplier relationship resilience, understood as flexibility and redundancy elements, in a single supplier–buyer relationship perspective. Thus, the presented considerations go beyond the traditional understanding of flexibility and redundancy in supplier relationship management, that is through the prism of double or multi sourcing and having back up-suppliers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4f094b1898a04c0a9d43bbecb9f95a6a2024-11-15T13:48:51ZengEmerald PublishingCentral European Management Journal2658-08452658-24302024-05-0132223326110.1108/CEMJ-02-2023-0095The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performanceGrażyna Kędzia0Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, Lodz, PolandPurpose – I aimed to obtain a deeper insight into the link between supplier involvement in product development (SIPD), supplier relationship resilience and company performance. Design/methodology/approach – To collect data, a survey among 500 Polish manufacturing companies was conducted. I used quantitative methods (structural equation modeling) to test several research hypotheses referring to a single supplier–customer relationship. Thanks to the use of multi-construct measurement of SIPD and supplier relationship resilience, the study provides detailed research results on the topic. Findings – Collaborative practices implemented during SIPD increase procurement flexibility and decrease redundancy in the relationship with the involved supplier. Communication during SIPD increases supplier flexibility and procurement flexibility. Increased supplier flexibility and increased procurement flexibility in the relationship with the involved supplier as well as collaborative practices during SIPD positively impact company performance. I confirmed the indirect effect between communication during SIPD and company performance when the mediators are supplier flexibility and procurement flexibility. Decreased redundancy in relationship with involved supplier does not impact company performance. Practical implications – Supply chain managers need to rethink SIPD practice to effectively ensure supply chain resilience (SCRES), especially in the face of the contemporary global crisis and black swans affecting the supplier base. My article provides important managerial insights into drivers of SCRES and company performance. Originality/value – To the best of my knowledge, this research is among the first to conclude that SIPD does not have an unequivocally positive or direct impact on supplier relationship resilience. The research fills the gap by analyzing the impact of SIPD on two main SCRES elements. The study examines supplier relationship resilience, understood as flexibility and redundancy elements, in a single supplier–buyer relationship perspective. Thus, the presented considerations go beyond the traditional understanding of flexibility and redundancy in supplier relationship management, that is through the prism of double or multi sourcing and having back up-suppliers.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CEMJ-02-2023-0095/full/pdfSupplier-customer relationshipJoint product developmentSupply chain resilienceSupply chain riskSupply chain flexibilityRedundancy |
| spellingShingle | Grażyna Kędzia The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance Central European Management Journal Supplier-customer relationship Joint product development Supply chain resilience Supply chain risk Supply chain flexibility Redundancy |
| title | The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance |
| title_full | The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance |
| title_fullStr | The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance |
| title_short | The ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance |
| title_sort | ambiguous impact of supplier involvement in product development on supplier relationship resilience and company performance |
| topic | Supplier-customer relationship Joint product development Supply chain resilience Supply chain risk Supply chain flexibility Redundancy |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CEMJ-02-2023-0095/full/pdf |
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