Essays about: "case study offshoring"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the words case study offshoring.

1. 16. Establishing a Bonded Warehouse in Singapore - A case study of a company's establishment of a bonded warehouse in Singapore

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Haase; Robert Odéen; [2017-07-06]
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   Abstract : With the lion share of the world’s clothing being produced in Asia there are few who are unfamiliar with the multi-decade long trend of production offshoring to Southeast asian countries. The phenomenon known as “fast-fashion”, meaning clothing produced rapidly to mass-market consumers in response to latest trends, is putting flexibility in the supply chain under the microscope and today there is a growing realization of the benefits to be physically close to main markets. READ MORE

3. 17. Global Software Development and the Early Stages of Offshoring

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : Zoe Sanderson-Wall; [2017-06-22]
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   Abstract : Global Software Engineering (GSD) is becoming a more common practice as increasingly more companies seek to establish offshore offices. Previous studies have identified several effects that are attributed to GSD, including suggestions on how to attain the positive effects and mitigate the negative. READ MORE

4. 18. A reshoring decision framework

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS)

   Author : Sebastian Schwarz; André Eiler; [2017]
   Keywords : reshoring; offshoring; outsourcing; framework; group of factors;

   Abstract : Background An increasing number of companies in Europe are interested in reshoring the production to their home country. Advantages in other countries, such as low direct wages, do not seem to play the major role anymore. READ MORE

5. 19. Expected and Achieved Outcomes of Reshoring: A Swedish Perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Tekniska Högskolan

   Author : Alexander Vestin; Movin Sequeira Frank; [2017]
   Keywords : reshoring; manufacturing; expected outcomes; achieved outcomes;

   Abstract : Purpose: Over the last couple of decades, globalization has impacted market competition. This results in that companies heavily offshore to low-wage countries to enhance its competitiveness through lower costs. Offshoring constitutes relocation of manufacturing activities to other existing manufacturing sites in foreign countries. READ MORE

6. 20. Scrum in Global Software Development : An Ethnographic Case Study of Scrum's Mitigation Effects on Global Software Development Challenges

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Embretsen; Labib Hyder; [2017]
   Keywords : Global Software Development; Scrum; GSD; Distributed Teams;

   Abstract : The increasing technological advancement and globalization has seen a rise in offshoring of IT-development, also known as Global Software Development (GSD). One of the most common countries for offshoring has been India with its increasingly competent population. READ MORE