Essays about: "Strategic Sourcing"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 78 essays containing the words Strategic Sourcing.

  1. 36. Chasing the Tail : Why does it exist when it should not?

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : ANDREAS KALLIN; Filip Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Maverick Buying; Purchasing; Strategic Purchasing; Procurement; Supply Base Management; Category Sourcing; Sourcing;

    Abstract : Purchasing has gone from an administrative task to a strategic activity. As such, firms adopt purchasing as a corporate function to set up rules and processes in order to standardize how purchasing is to be carried out by business units. READ MORE

  3. 37. Strategic Sourcing A Supplier Selection Framework for the Swedish Installation Industry

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : EMMY GERVARD; INGRID JOHANSSON; [2017]
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  4. 38. Designing a Socially Sustainable Impact Sourcing Model for Integrating Immigrants in Sweden

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

    Author : Ahmad Allouh; Robert Maurer; Fiona Walker; Rebecca Heather Wilcox Gwynne; [2017]
    Keywords : Immigration; impact sourcing; integration; low cost domestic outsourcing; social sustainability; strategic sustainable development;

    Abstract : This research proposes a socially sustainable impact sourcing model (SSISM), pertinent to the field of socially responsible outsourcing and offers recommendations for integrating immigrants in Sweden by using this model. The model brings businesses, communities and people together to create benefits for all stakeholders in a sustainable way. READ MORE

  5. 39. The interplay of regional dynamics, firm characteristics, and knowledge bases in establishing global innovation networks – A case study of the video game cluster in the Skåne region of Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : James McKeever; [2017]
    Keywords : Economic geography; global innovation networks; regional innovation systems; industrial knowledge base; social network analysis; Sweden; innovation; and spatial dynamics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the spatial distribution of different knowledge sourcing mechanisms by a network of video game developers in the Skåne region of Sweden. The video game industry has evolved considerably since its inception; transforming from a localized niche industry to one of the fastest growing media industries in the world. READ MORE

  6. 40. Quadratic Programming Models in Strategic Sourcing Optimization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Daniel Ahlbom; [2017]
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    Abstract : Strategic sourcing allows for optimizing purchases on a large scale.Depending on the requirements of the client and the offers provided forthem, finding an optimal or even a near-optimal solution can become computationally hard. READ MORE