Vendor-managed inventory in fresh-food supply chains
Post, Roel
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10.33612/diss.130028783
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Vendor-managed inventory in
fresh-food supply chains
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. C. Wijmenga
and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on
Thursday 27 August 2020 at 18:00 hours
by
Roelof Michiel Post
born on 1 November 1989 in Woerden, The Netherlands
Assessment committee
Prof. J. Holmstr ¨om Prof. R.A. Zuidwijk Prof. K.J. Roodbergen
Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Control and ownership of inventory in a supply chain . . . 3
1.2 The theoretical mechanisms of VMI and consignment inventory . . . . 5
1.2.1 Information transfer component . . . 6
1.2.2 Decision transfer component . . . 7
1.2.3 Inventory position transfer component . . . 8
1.2.4 Ownership transfer component . . . 9
1.3 The state of current empirical research on VMI . . . 9
1.4 Research approach and contribution of this thesis . . . 12
1.4.1 Research objective . . . 12
1.4.2 Research setting . . . 13
1.4.3 Research approach . . . 14
2 The performance effects of retailer driven Vendor-Managed Inventory with Consignment 17 2.1 Introduction . . . 18 2.2 Background . . . 20 2.3 Research context . . . 23 2.4 Data . . . 26 2.5 Measures . . . 27
2.5.1 Dependent variables: supply chain performance measures . . . 28
2.5.2 Independent variables: weeks to or from VMI transition . . . . 29
2.5.3 Controls . . . 30
2.6.2 Robustness checks . . . 38
2.7 Discussion and conclusion . . . 41
2.8 Limitations and recommendations for future research . . . 44
2.9 Appendix A: supplier-survey questions and results . . . 45
2.10 Appendix B: estimation tables . . . 46
3 Two mechanisms through which vendor-Managed inventory can improve supply chain performance 49 3.1 Introduction . . . 50
3.2 Conceptual development and hypotheses . . . 53
3.2.1 Mediating effect of channel inventory . . . 54
3.2.2 Moderating effect of product-related mechanisms . . . 56
3.3 Methodology . . . 60
3.3.1 Case description and data collection . . . 60
3.3.2 Dependent and Independent Variables . . . 61
3.3.3 Moderators . . . 62
3.3.4 Controls . . . 62
3.3.5 Analytic models for moderated Mediated Regression . . . 63
3.4 Estimation results . . . 66
3.4.1 Effect of VMI on stockout levels and the mediating effect of channel inventory . . . 66
3.4.2 Effect of VMI including product moderation . . . 67
3.5 Discussion and conclusion . . . 70
3.6 Appendix: Robustness checks . . . 74
4 A cooperation and coordination perspective on supply chain collaboration dynamics 79 4.1 Introduction . . . 80
4.2 Theoretical Background . . . 82
Contents iii
4.2.2 Cooperation and coordination perspectives . . . 85
4.3 Research design and methodology . . . 86
4.3.1 Empirical context . . . 86
4.3.2 Theoretical sampling of dyads . . . 87
4.3.3 Data collection . . . 89
4.3.4 Data analysis . . . 90
4.4 Results . . . 91
4.4.1 Cooperation perspective . . . 95
4.4.2 Coordination perspective . . . 97
4.4.3 The interaction between cooperation and coordination over time 99 4.4.4 Performance dips . . . 100
4.4.5 The role of uncertainty . . . 101
4.5 Discussion . . . 102
4.5.1 Collaboration dynamics . . . 102
4.5.2 Information availability vs information use . . . 107
4.5.3 Limitations and future research . . . 107
4.6 Conclusion . . . 108
5 Conclusion and discussion 109 5.1 Main findings and contributions . . . 109
5.2 Limitations and generalizability of the research findings . . . 114
5.3 Directions for future research . . . 116
Bibliography 119
Academic summary 131 Nederlandse samenvatting 135
