Essays about: "Supplier development elements"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the words Supplier development elements.

  1. 6. Applying a Strategic Sustainable Development Lens to Supplier Network Collaboration

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Kristina Gren; Ashkan Lotfalian; Hassibullah Ahmadi; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Supply Chain Management SSCM ; Strategic Sustainable Development SSD ; Collaboration for Sustainability CS ; Supply Chain Collaboration SCC ; Barriers; Enablers;

    Abstract : A company cannot be more sustainable than its supply chain. Given their complexity and the need for collaborative, strategic action for sustainability across supplier networks this research takes a systems perspective to answer, “How can a Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD) lens support supplier network collaboration towards sustainability?”. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring the development of a strategy and tactics to sweeten suppliers : a case study of a European sugar producer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Johanna Riecken; [2018]
    Keywords : buyer-supplier relationship; strategies; sugar beets; sugar production; Supplier Relationship Management; tactics;

    Abstract : Buyer-supplier relationships can be important sources of value for both sides. From the buyer’s perspective, suppliers can ensure the access to critical resources that the buyer needs for the production of its goods. With the EU market deregulation, the competition on the European sugar market increased, where sugar is produced from sugar beets. READ MORE

  4. 8. Doing Business in the Age of Transparency: A case study of Full Material Disclosure in the electronics sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Alexandra Wu; [2018]
    Keywords : Chemical management; green chemistry; electronics; Full Material Disclosure; case study; cleaner production; chemicals in products; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Electronic products consist of substances that can be harmful to human health and the environment if exposed or leaked during the product use and end-of-life phases. Full Material Disclosure (FMD), which usually requires suppliers to disclose on the concentrations or masses of all substances in a product, is one method of increasing supply chain transparency on chemicals in products. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Serving and the Served: Relationship between suppliers and food hubs in Swedish Alternative Food Networks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristina Korcekova; [2017]
    Keywords : alternative food distribution; civic food networks; food cooperatives; food hubs; Local food nodes; relationship marketing; Ultimat;

    Abstract : The Swedish alternative food networks landscape is underdeveloped compared to that of the US or the countries of Western Europe, however its development has sped up in recent years. The relationship between the farmer and the food hub is the first one to be built when an Alternative Food Network is being set up and therefore represents a valid starting point in the hitherto scarcely studied field of alternative food distribution in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 10. Internal benchmark of IKEA's Sourcing Assignment processes and documents across business areas and categories - A multiple case study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

    Author : Axel Heiskanen Nilsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Sourcing Assignment; Internal benchmark; Multiple-case study; Cross-case analysis; Internal best practice; Category management in purchasing; Category source sourcing plan; IKEA way of working; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: The IKEA Range & Supply organisation consists of business areas (BAs) and categories. BAs work with product development toward end-customers while the material-based categories work toward suppliers with purchasing and sourcing related tasks. READ MORE