THE INFLUENCE OF IMPLEMENTING QUALITY MANAGEMENT TOWARDS PURCHASING PERFORMANCE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE MAKING | Harsasi | Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business 6300 10706 1 PB

Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business
Volume 25, Number 1, 2010, 17 – 28

THE INFLUENCE OF IMPLEMENTING QUALITY MANAGEMENT
TOWARDS PURCHASING PERFORMANCE AND COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE MAKING
Meirani Harsasi
Universitas Terbuka, Tangerang-Indonesia.
(rani@mail.ut.ac.id)
Fahmy Radhi
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta-Indonesia
(fahmy_radhi@yahoo.com)

ABSTRACT
This study examined the effect of quality management practices on purchasing
performance and competitive advantage. The data were collected through questionnaires
consisting of 152 manufacturing companies in West Java, by using purposive sampling
method. The hypotheses were tested by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM.)
The results indicate that quality management practices in purchasing had significant
influence on purchasing performance, while quality performance had also significant
influance on competitive advantage. Another finding was that quality management

practices in purchasing had significant influence on the quality performance mediated by
purchasing performance.
Keywords: quality management practices in purchasing, purchasing performance, quality
performance, competitive advantage