Commodity-Procurement Strategies of Food Companies: A Case Study

Kraig M. Jones, Kellie Raper, Judith M. Whipple, Diane A. Mollenkopf and H. Christopher Peterson

Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2007, vol. 38, issue 3, 17

Abstract: This research evaluates the main characteristics considered in commodity-procurement decisions made by food manufacturers. Procurement characteristics are examined and a framework is developed which classifies procurement characteristics into three categories: product constraints, company constraints, and service constraints. A case-study approach is used to determine the importance of various procurement characteristics and their impact on the buyer’s procurement-mechanism choice. The research also examines the strategic role that a commodity-procurement department plays within a corporation and how that role relates to the three commodity-procurement decision classifications.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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