Essays about: "Procurement outsourcing"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words Procurement outsourcing.

  1. 11. Pricing from a 4PL perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

    Author : Maria Björholt; Louise Kjellberg; [2011]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Title Pricing from a 4PL perspective Authors Louise Kjellberg and Maria Björholt, master students at Industrial Engineering and Management, Lund university Supervisors Jenny Sjöholm, Logistics Developer, Schenker Dedicated Services AB Dr. Andreas Norrman, Professor in Engineering Logistics, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University Problem discussion and purpose The interest for outsourcing of logistics services has grown in the last decades, and therefore the fourth‐party logistics market (4PL) is expected to grow significantly. READ MORE

  3. 12. Outsourcing public sector activities - How is quality maintained when public health care services are subject to contracting out?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emelie Högberg; [2010]
    Keywords : public procurement; transaction cost; principal-agent; health care; Region Skåne; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent years outsourcing of public health care activities has increased in Sweden. Outsourcing of public health care activities involves possibilities of innovation and improvement according to many, but there are difficulties with how to maintain and control quality in the outsourced activities. READ MORE

  4. 13. Advancing Purchasing Performance in Medium Sized Manufacturing Companies

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Linnea Lind; [2009]
    Keywords : purchasing; procurement;

    Abstract :   Background and research problem: In more recent years, the purchasing function has been given more attention as it has come to play a bigger role in improving and maintaining company performance. One of the underlying reasons for this could be the trend of increased outsourcing which implies that costs that used to be internal in form of wages and production costs are now external in the form of purchased items. READ MORE

  5. 14. Why do Swedish clothing firms choose single or multiple sourcing?

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Löfgren; Mikael Weinholtz; [2008]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the Swedish clothing industry and their production sourcing strategies in China, why they chose between single or multiple sourcing and the factors behind the choice. Further on this thesis take up theory about supply chain, procurement, outsourcing and the different sourcing strategies. READ MORE

  6. 15. Public Private Partnerships : As a public infrastructure optimizer

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsteknik

    Author : Karim Bakhteyari; [2008]
    Keywords : PPP; PFI; consortium; infrastructure; outsourcing; construction; private financing.;

    Abstract : A public private partnership is an alternative to procurement of the facility by the public sector, using funding from tax revenues or public borrowing. In a typical public sector procurement, the public authority sets out the specifications and design of the facility, calls for bids on the basis if this detailed design, and pays for construction of the facility by a private sector contractor. READ MORE