Essays about: "PURCHASING PROFESSIONALS"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words PURCHASING PROFESSIONALS.
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1. Green is the New Black: Identifying and exploring the drivers of eco-innovation and environmentally-sustainable product development in fashion companies in Sweden and Denmark
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Growing concerns and sentiment about the negative environmental effects of the fashion industry pressure fashion companies to adopt eco-innovation and pursue more environmentally-sustainable product development. This study explores and examines the drivers of eco-innovation and environmentally-sustainable product development in small- to medium-sized fashion firms in Sweden and Denmark, with the purpose of identifying and understanding the key factors that drive eco-innovation and sustainable product development in the fashion industry. READ MORE
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2. Purchasing Assessment Tool – Assessment and benchmarking of strategic purchaser skill set
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistikAbstract : According to studies, a strategically aligned purchasing strategy can increase both purchasing and business performance. The foundation for executing a strategically aligned purchasing strategy is the fact that strategic purchasing professionals inherit the relevant competencies and that organizations have tools to track purchasing professionals' performance. READ MORE
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3. Building Resilience in the Wake of Major Disruptions : How Procurement Strategies Changed During the COVID-19 Disruption.
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Background: The pandemic disruption caused by COVID-19, which began at the end of 2019, hashad an impact on economies across the globe. A profound impact has been noticed in the Procurementfunction, which has suffered from supply disruptions. READ MORE
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4. Procurement competence and its effect on software development projects : From the perspective of software supplier professionals within the private sector
University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datateknik och informatikAbstract : Organizations that do not possess the knowledge or resources to develop IT internally must procure software development projects from external parties. The organization making the procurement is in this thesis referred to as the software customer organization (SCO) and the external party is referred to as the software vendor organization (SVO). READ MORE
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5. Sourcing in 2020: a benchmark of manufacturing companies’ source-to-contract and electronic reverse auction practices
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för teknisk ekonomi och logistikAbstract : Abstract Digital sourcing platforms were invented in the last decade of the 20th century and brought tools such as electronic reverse auctions (eRA) into the hands of purchasing professionals. The Trelleborg Group initiated a project to implement such a digital sourcing platform last year but the research in the field is outdated. READ MORE