Procurement and marketing are the main boundary-spanning functions of an organization. Some studies highlight that procurement is less likely to benefit from artificial intelligence emphasizing its potential in other functions, i.e., in marketing. A case study in the automotive industry of the...

Artificial intelligence is a key technology for procurement and its usage is still in its infancy.This work builds upon literature reviews on big data analytics in supply chain management(Min, 2010, Waller and Fawcett, 2013, Souza, 2014, Gunasekaran et al., 2017, Nguyen et al.,2017) focusing on...

Purpose: Sales and procurement are the main boundary spanning functions of an organization - each with a specific focus and partly different views and objectives. They are often considered as two sides of a coin that struggle with one another for relative competitive advantage. The...

Purpose: Sales and procurement are the main boundary spanning functions of an organization - each with a specific focus and partly different views and objectives. They are often considered as two sides of a coin that struggle with one another for relative competitive advantage. The...

Most retailers that sell perishable goods offer multiple products in a product category (e.g., fresh food or fashion). Managing the inventories of these products is especially challenging due to frequent stock-outs and resulting substitution effects within the category. Furthermore, the true...