This research departed from the contention that, in contrast with an increased adoption of purchasing
portfolio approaches by academics, little is known about their actual use. The most popular and
widespread approach, i.e. Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio, merely provides general guidelines for the
development of purchasing and supplier strategies. The main objective of our research was to identify
and describe the experieces of a leading edge company, which should have considerable experience
with working with this approach. Our findings suggest that the portfolio-approach indeed is very
helpful in positioning commodities and suppliers in the different segments. However, its value
predominantly seems to reside in the fact that it helps purchasing practitioners to move commodities
and suppliers around specific segments in the portfolio in such a way that the dependence on specific
suppliers is reduced.
Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio seems to be an effective tool for discussing, visualizing and illustrating
the possibilities of differentiated purchasing and supplier strategies. Next, it seems a powerful tool for
coordinating purchasing and supplier strategies among various, fairly autonomous business units.
Ofcourse, we are aware of the limitiations of this study. First, the findings are based on a single case
study. Generalization of findings is obviously not possible. Second, the study is conducted in a large
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industrial company that operates on very competitive, global markets. Additional research in different
types of companies could reveal other and similar advanced purchasing portfolio practices. The
comparison with other companies could identify differences, to be explained by company specificfactors,
such as company size, organizationals structure, technology, customers, network position,
organisational culture. Third, the results may be biased because the information was collected from a
limited number of key respondents. To conclude however, we feel that the study, be it to a limited
extent, has contributed to a better understanding of the possibilities and an advanced use of a portfolio
approach in purchasing and supply management.
This research departed from the contention that, in contrast with an increased adoption of purchasingportfolio approaches by academics, little is known about their actual use. The most popular andwidespread approach, i.e. Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio, merely provides general guidelines for thedevelopment of purchasing and supplier strategies. The main objective of our research was to identifyand describe the experieces of a leading edge company, which should have considerable experiencewith working with this approach. Our findings suggest that the portfolio-approach indeed is veryhelpful in positioning commodities and suppliers in the different segments. However, its valuepredominantly seems to reside in the fact that it helps purchasing practitioners to move commoditiesand suppliers around specific segments in the portfolio in such a way that the dependence on specificsuppliers is reduced.Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio seems to be an effective tool for discussing, visualizing and illustratingthe possibilities of differentiated purchasing and supplier strategies. Next, it seems a powerful tool forcoordinating purchasing and supplier strategies among various, fairly autonomous business units.Ofcourse, we are aware of the limitiations of this study. First, the findings are based on a single casestudy. Generalization of findings is obviously not possible. Second, the study is conducted in a large11industrial company that operates on very competitive, global markets. Additional research in differenttypes of companies could reveal other and similar advanced purchasing portfolio practices. Thecomparison with other companies could identify differences, to be explained by company specificfactors,such as company size, organizationals structure, technology, customers, network position,organisational culture. Third, the results may be biased because the information was collected from alimited number of key respondents. To conclude however, we feel that the study, be it to a limitedextent, has contributed to a better understanding of the possibilities and an advanced use of a portfolioapproach in purchasing and supply management.
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This research departed from the contention that, in contrast with an increased adoption of purchasing
portfolio approaches by academics, little is known about their actual use. The most popular and
widespread approach, i.e. Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio, merely provides general guidelines for the
development of purchasing and supplier strategies. The main objective of our research was to identify
and describe the experieces of a leading edge company, which should have considerable experience
with working with this approach. Our findings suggest that the portfolio-approach indeed is very
helpful in positioning commodities and suppliers in the different segments. However, its value
predominantly seems to reside in the fact that it helps purchasing practitioners to move commodities
and suppliers around specific segments in the portfolio in such a way that the dependence on specific
suppliers is reduced.
Kraljic’s purchasing portfolio seems to be an effective tool for discussing, visualizing and illustrating
the possibilities of differentiated purchasing and supplier strategies. Next, it seems a powerful tool for
coordinating purchasing and supplier strategies among various, fairly autonomous business units.
Ofcourse, we are aware of the limitiations of this study. First, the findings are based on a single case
study. Generalization of findings is obviously not possible. Second, the study is conducted in a large
11
industrial company that operates on very competitive, global markets. Additional research in different
types of companies could reveal other and similar advanced purchasing portfolio practices. The
comparison with other companies could identify differences, to be explained by company specificfactors,
such as company size, organizationals structure, technology, customers, network position,
organisational culture. Third, the results may be biased because the information was collected from a
limited number of key respondents. To conclude however, we feel that the study, be it to a limited
extent, has contributed to a better understanding of the possibilities and an advanced use of a portfolio
approach in purchasing and supply management.
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