Essays about: "product related core competencies"

Found 2 essays containing the words product related core competencies.

1. 1. Exploring the Trend of Near-Sourcing to Eastern-Europe: the Case of Swedish Manufacturers

   University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

   Author : Gunita Laursone; Emelie Domeij; [2012]
   Keywords : manufacturing outsourcing; Swedish manufacturers; offshore out-sourcing; far-sourcing; China; near-sourcing; Eastern Europe;

   Abstract : Outsourcing has been a way for firms to reduce their cost of production and enabling them to focus on their core competencies for decades. As the total costs for manufacturing in China – the most prominent outsourcing location, are increasing due to unfavourable mar-ket changes, which in turn leads to loss of the competitive advantage, European companies are more and more often realizing and pursuing the benefits of ‘near-sourcing’ their manu-facturing operations to Eastern European countries. READ MORE

3. 2. Fouth-Party Logistics : A study on modern logistics

   University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Paulo Braganca; [2008]
   Keywords : 4PL; logistics integration;

   Abstract : The business environment has changed tremendously in the last two decades. Corporations have been forced to realign their global strategies and in order to cut costs, they started to transfer activities which were previously performed in-house to the market (e.g. IT, manufacturing or logistics) focusing instead on their core competencies. READ MORE