Supply Chain-Driven Innovation

As a researcher, I am interested in how supply chain management (SCM) processes can enhance the firm’s operational performance, particularly its innovation and financial performance, on functional, firm, and interfirm levels. Thus, I analyze supply chain-driven innovation processes with an emphasis on resource management practices, relationship building and integration, purchasing decision-making, and attitudinal factors affecting organizational performance.

My research uses various methods such as moderated mediation analysis, structural equation modeling, meta-analysis, secondary data analysis, grounded theory, and case study methodologies to pursue diverse research questions in supply chain management and conduct multi-method studies.

Publications

[PDF] Schmelzle, U., Pellathy, D.A., Tate, W.L. and Min, J., 2023. The conductor matters: the impact of purchasing orchestration on organizational performance. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, (in press). https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-11-2022-0114

[PDF] Schmelzle, U. and Mukandwal, P.S., 2023. The impact of supply chain relationship configurations on supplier performance: investigating buyer–supplier relations in the aerospace industry. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 34(5), pp. 1301-1321. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-12-2020-0465

[PDF] Schmelzle, U. and Tate, W.L., 2022. Purchasing orchestration practices–Introducing a purchasing-innovation framework. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 28(2), p.100756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2022.100756

[PDF] Schmelzle, U. and Tate, W.L., 2017. Integrating external knowledge: building a conceptual framework of innovation sourcing. Transportation Journal, 56(4), pp.477-512. https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.56.4.0477

[Link] Tate, W.L., Ellram, L.M. and Schmelzle, U., 2017. A little help from my friends: how purchasing gains influence in complex business-to-business services: the case of legal. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 32(2), pp.206-217. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-01-2015-0006

Teaching

ID	Course
BA5610	Operations Management
OSM3000	Operations and Supply Chain Management
OSM3150	Introduction to Supply Chain Management
OSM3600	Procurement and Supply Management
OSM4700	Logistics and Transportation Managemen

Get in touch with me at schmelzle@mtu.edu