Supplier Selection and Business Process Improvement

While prior research provides considerable evidence for the existence of a relationship between supplier selection and Business Process Improvement (BPI), it yields little insight into the level of the relationship. By examining the level of the relationship between supplier selection and BPI practices, the present study contributes to the body of knowledge in both fields through identifying and examining the linkages between two topics based on a developed conceptual model, which explicates the interrelationships between supplier selection and BPI constructs, and providing the results of an empirical test of the model at different divisional levels of large firms operating in different industries in London (United Kingdom). We conclude by considering the implications for both research and practice and provide recommendations for broadening the scope of future research of supplier selection and BPI. This book is intended mostly for leaders, managers, planners, employees and other stakeholders of public and private organizations involved in Supply Chain Management and Business Process Management.