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Fu, Qi. "Portfolio procurement management /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202007%20FU.
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Distinto, Isabella. "Legal Ontologies for Public Procurement Management." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6118/.
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The thesis explores ways to formalize the legal knowledge concerning the public procurement domain by means of ontological patterns suitable, on one hand, to support awarding authorities in conducting procurement procedures and, on the other hand, to help citizens and economic operators in accessing procurement's notices and data.
Such an investigation on the making up of conceptual models for the public procurement domain, in turn, inspires and motivates a reflection on the role of legal ontologies nowadays, as in the past, retracing the steps of the ``ontological legal thinking'' from Roman Law up to now. I try, at the same time, to forecast the impact, in terms of benefits, challenges and critical issues, of the application of computational models of Law in future e-Governance scenarios.
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Tallis, Deborah. "Corporate responses to management consultancy procurement." Thesis, University of Bath, 2008. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512278.
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This study examines the variance in methodologies employed by executives and Procurement professionals to engage management consultancy services. The exclusion of Procurement from specific categories of consultancy expenditure is then viewed in the context of its aspirations to be a strategic function. The conclusion drawn is that such aspirations are flawed. Literature in the areas of services marketing, consultancy, value choice, and sourcing are examined. It is noted that the services and consultancy literature refers to the subjective approach of the individual to assess value. In addition, literature that stresses the role of individual contingency in value choices concludes that individuals will not necessarily refer to price when making such assessments. In contrast, the sourcing literature adopts objective organisational approaches to value. This dissonance is reflected in the research data which concludes that senior executives procuring strategy consultancy or ‘coaching’ services tend to use subjective value constructs to make selection decisions. This situation is problematic for procurement professionals who refer almost exclusively to objective value constructs that are specifically designed to produce benefits at an organisational level. This situation makes unlikely the full integration of procurement at a strategic level within the organisation. The choice of a subjective approach to the research using ideographic methodology produced rich and complex data. Semi-structured interviews with senior executives and an extended observation of a consultancy engagement were used. Access of this nature would normally be problematic due to the time constraints under which executives work and the sensitivity of the material. A rare opportunity, however, was presented by the status of the researcher as employee and this was exploited to gain privileged insights into executive behaviour.
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Olsha, Maya (Olsha-Yehiav). "High performance in Procurement Risk Management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59262.
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Thesis (S.M. in System Design and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Research on Procurement Risk Management has been conducted by Accenture and MIT in order to identify the best practices used to manage commodity price volatility and supplier risk. In today's increasingly turbulent market it is crucial for companies to have their procurement risk management capabilities developed. Risk Management becomes imperative for buyers in order to make the best business decisions and continue to drive their performance up. Risk Management is now becoming a major requirement for Procurement departments, and while most companies have risk-management expertise within their finance departments, only a few formally extend this capacity into the procurement department. Excellence in managing risks will be a key differentiator for procurement departments in the near future. The main risk categories today are suppliers and price risks. These risks can be managed by different sets of capabilities in an effort to reduce a possible impact. The risk management process contains three main stages; risk anticipation, risk identification and monitoring, and risk mitigation. As all stages are important to master, some capabilities have shown clearer correlation than others. By conducting an extended literature review, procurement top management personnel interviews, and brainstorming sessions with Accenture, a set of hypotheses were formed. This set of hypotheses was verified against the results of a survey. The survey contained an extended set of questions that revolved around each hypothesis. This survey was answered by 122 companies from various industries. The main conclusions are based on observations and detailed analysis of survey results. A lack of impact measuring and a lack of use of technology for the purpose of risk assessment were observed. It is believed that improving these capabilities will promote profitability, and prevent impact as a result of risky events. Based on the results analysis, the procurement performance level is heavily dependant on risk management measures, and that excelling at the procurement level can be reflected further on the overall success of the company.
by Maya Olsha.
S.M.in System Design and Management
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Klevensparr, Johan. "Public Procurement: A performance management perspective." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31104.
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Purpose - The purpose of this thesis is to explore what performance indicators that exist within public procurement in defence sector context and how such performance indicators can be categorized. Methodology - For the purpose of this thesis, an abductive approach was applied. This thesis is characterized as an exploratory multimethod qualitative research, which emphasize a single case study and a comprehensive research literature review. The empirical data was collected using semi-structured interviews, observations and documentary. The empirical data was analyzed using a data display and analysis, whereas a descriptive and content analysis was used for the research literature review. Findings - Initially, a comparison between the conducted research literature review and the empirical study resulted in 117 performance indicators were abled to be identified. Furthermore, with support from the research literature review, the empirical study and the frame of reference, categorizations of performance indicators were possible. Through research literature review, the author were able to identify eight dimensions cost, quality, time, flexibility, sustainability, innovation, risk and compliance, all of which can be aligned to public procurement. Through the empirical study, seven elements were identified as categories. These elements include business strategy and development, operations management, category management, supplier management, customer management, procurement and expert and system support, all of which with aligned performance indicators. Through the frame of reference, three decision-levels were used as categorization of performance indicators. The decision-levels could either be strategic, tactical or operational. Finally, a merger of decision-making levels and elements resulted in a conceptual model, visualizing how elements with aligning performance indicators within public procurement could be organized and structured. Research limitations - At first, this thesis uses only one database for the research literature review, limiting the search result of publications concerning the research topic of this thesis. Secondly, single cases study within the defece sector, which limits the amount of information and may prevent transferability possibilities for other public procurement organizations. Future research - From the result of this thesis, several potential research opportunities has been discovered. First, following-up and measure PIs in public procurement in order to justify the “real” compliance to rules and regulation. Another one is possible challenges with implementing PIs in public procurement organizations. Lastly, measuring process maturity in public organization would allow benchmarking possibilities among public organizations and defece sector procurement.
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Mahanama, Dissanayaka Sunil. "Comparing procurement and non-procurement related contributors to project performance." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20666913.
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Engel, Andreas R. "Essays on risk management in procurement auctions." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=977679675.
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Shields, M. Dale. "An examination of the importance of purchase planning and decision management activities in industrial firms." Connect to resource, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1263049285.
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Jacunski, Walter W. "Achieving quality in procurement through automation." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA241897.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Haga, William J. Second Reader: McCaffrey, Martin J. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on March 30, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Quality Control, Management Planning And Control, Military Procurement, Quality, Management, Automation, TQM(Total Quality Management), Quality Management, TQM, Total Quality Management, Theses. Author(s) subject terms: Procurement Quality, Total Quality Management. Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45). Also available in print.
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Smart, Alan. "The role of e-procurement in purchasing management." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2010. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5761.
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This exposition summarises research published in several academic articles, in order
to meet the requirements of PhD by publication. The focus of the work is on the role
of electronic procurement in management of the purchasing function.
From the late 1990s a number of independent e-procurement mechanisms were
launched which offered potential benefits such as increased order accuracy,
transaction efficiency and greater integration between trading partners. At the outset
of this programme of research, e-procurement was therefore an emerging
phenomenon with little academic research and presented an opportunity to
investigate a largely unexplored area. Edmondson and McManus (2007) suggest that
for nascent, as opposed to mature areas of research, where few formal constructs or
measures exist, an exploratory, qualitative approach is required. This research
followed such an approach through the use of case studies, involving observation,
participation and interviews with key organisational actors. Each paper makes use of
several cases in order to compare and contrast results from different organisations
and to draw conclusions from multi-case analysis.
The published articles focus on the impact of core applications within e-procurement,
including online reverse auctions, electronic marketplaces, online catalogue sites,
and buying systems covering the ‘requisition to pay’ cycle. The findings from the
papers address a number of core themes in purchasing management. In considering
buyer-supplier relationships, it was observed that such dyads are driven by traditional
buyer negotiation factors such as segmentation, power and price and that use of eprocurement
applications tended to enforce such traditional behaviours. In relation to
the potential for integration, the study found that integration between firms was barely
affected, as the concept of integration was neither an objective nor a business case
driver for e-procurement adoption. This situation reflects the finding that procurement
managers pursue functional targets rather than supply chain-level objectives.
However, other significant effects from e-procurement adoption were noted such as
the tendency by buyers to reduce supplier numbers and a move to re-engineer the
procurement function in buying firms, through automating transactional processes.
The research finds that e-procurement does not have a deterministic impact on
purchasing management, and that it acts as an enabler to more effective
management of the function though the way its different mechanisms are deployed.
The exposition establishes that e-procurement is used in relation to supply conditions
which are characterised by both ‘markets’ and ‘hierarchies’, but that it is the predefined
purchasing strategy of the firm, rather than available technology solutions,
which determines when markets and hierarchies are used. Additionally, an original
model is introduced, focusing on developing an e-procurement policy which can
support strategic purchasing goals. This model extrapolates findings from stages in
the research, and marries together elements from various papers and frameworks
therein, to produce some guidelines for adoption of this technology.
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Rahman, Md Motiar. "Revitalising construction project procurement through joint risk management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31244695.
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Aucamp, Abram Carel. "Strategic high performance business development : sustainable procurement." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21523.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2008.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The role of the traditional purchasing department has evolved significantly over the last decade into a competitive value adding procurement function within an organisation’s lean supply chain model. It has become a necessity to work with the suppliers to provide flexible, accurate, effective and cost effective goods and/or services (Barla, 2003; Ellram, 2002). In addition organisations are developing and utilising new business models geared towards improving both the balance sheet and the income statement to respond to external forces and new market opportunities. The change in business model places additional emphasis on leveraging increased innovation from suppliers, thus having a vast impact on supply management to such an extent that organisations are creating strategic relationships (Carter et al., 2007). In this paper, the supplier relationship management model will be studied under lean philosophy as to address the focal point – sustainable procurement. The paper will consist of three main areas: Supplier relationship management – Literature study Supplier relationship management – Case study Supplier relationship management – Operational tool Supplier relationship management – Literature study will address the theoretical methodologies, best practices, benefits and advantages, etc. Supplier relationship management – Case study will showcase a South African multi-national FMCG1 manufacturer’s methodology as well as the benefits of utilising a supplier relationship management approach to procurement. Supplier relationship management – Operational tool will be a practical tool developed for evaluating and facilitating supplier relationship management in an African context. The end result of the paper should be a feasible solution to prolonging the impact of procurement, thus increasing sustainability in the maturity stage of procurement’s life span in the typical product life cycle model (Canny Buyer, 2007). 1 Fast Moving Consumer Goods (“FMCG”) are products that have a quick turnover and relatively low cost (Wikipedia, 2007a).
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die tradisionele rol van die aankope department binne ‘n organisasie het oor die laaste dekade merkwaardig verander en word nou bedryf as ‘n kompeterende waardetoevoegende skakel binne die organisasie se voorsieningsketting. Terselfdetyd het dit noodsaaklik vir leweransiers en organisasies geword om op ’n geïntegreerde wyse te werk te gaan om meer akkurate en koste-effektiewe goedere en/of dienste te lewer (Barla, 2003; Ellram, 2002). Organsisasies is ook genoodsaak om nuwe innoverende besigheidsmodelle te ontwikkel om ten beste eksterne besigheidsfaktore en nuwe markgeleenthede aan te spreek ten einde beide die balanstaat sowel as die inkomste staat positief te impakteer. Hierdie kardinale veranderinge in die besigheidsmodel van organisasies lei daar toe dat addisionele druk op leweransiers geplaas word om met innovasie navore te kom. Op sy beurt plaas dit verdere druk op die voorsieningsketting, selfs tot so ’n mate dat dit die organisasie noop om na die moontlikhede van strategiese vennootskappe te ondersoek (Carter et al., 2007). Die skryfstuk gaan leweransiers verhoudingsbestuurmodelle evalueer en bestudeer binne ‘n voorsieningsketting om sodoende die vraag na volhoubare verkryging te beantwoord. Die skryfstuk sal uit drie fokusareas bestaan, naamlik: Leweransiers Verhoudingsbestuur – Literatuurstudie Leweransiers Verhoudingsbestuur – Gevallestudie Leweransiers Verhoudingsbestuur – Bedrysmodel Leweransiers Verhoudingsbestuur – Literatuurstudie sal die teoretiese metodologie, die vooren nadele van leweransiers verhoudingsbestuur aanspreek. Leweransiers Verhoudingsbestuur – Gevallestudie sal ‘n studie loots binne die verhoudingswerkinge binne ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse multi-nationale maatskapy wat in die vinnige verbruikersgoederemark betrokke is. Leweransiers Verhoudingsbestuur – Bedrysmodel sal ’n praktiese voorstel vorendag bring om ’n leweransiersverhouding meer doeltreffende te bestuur in Afrika. Die eindresultaat van die skryfstuk sal dus ’n lewens vatbare oplossing wees om die volhoubare impak van verkrying te verleng in die volwasse stadium van ‘n produk se lewensiklus (Canny Buyer, 2007).
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Savasaneril, Secil. "Collaborative Procurement and Due Date Management in Supply Chains." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4884.
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In this thesis we analyze the procurement process of buyers and supply decisions of manufacturers. Companies are looking for ways to decrease their procurement costs, which account for a large percentage of the supply chain costs. We study the effects of demand aggregation and collaborative procurement on buyers' profitability. First, we make a high-level analysis and consider a market with multiple buyers and suppliers where multi-unit transactions for multiple items take place. The procurement costs are effected by economies of scale in the suppliers' production costs and by economies of scope in transportation. We design buyer strategies that model different collaboration levels and assess the role of collaboration under varying market conditions. Next, we analyze the procurement process at a lower level and identify benefits of inter-firm collaboration among buyers who are potential competitors in the end market. We adopt a game-theoretic approach to explore the economics of the basic mechanism underlying collaborative procurement, and determine the conditions that makes it beneficial for the participants.
Besides low procurement costs, important considerations in supplier selection are responsiveness and the reliability of the suppliers in meeting demand. Hence, manufacturers face the pressure for quoting short and reliable lead times. We cover several aspects of the manufacturer's problem, such as quoting reliable due-dates based on current workload in the system, maximizing profit considering the lateness cost incurred due to late deliveries, and deciding on the level of inventory to increase responsiveness. We employ a model where demand arrival and manufacturing processes are stochastic, and obtain insights on the optimal due-date quotation policy and on the optimal inventory level.
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Nesper, Steffen. "Procurement of a Client Management System (CMS) for Haaland." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB10952960.
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Xu, Suxiu, and 徐素秀. "Truthful, efficient auctions for transportation procurement." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206443.
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Transportation procurement problem (TPP) is the problem of setting transportation service prices, delivery timing and quantity, and controlling costs and capacity to reduce empty movements and improve market efficiency. The purchase of transportation service is traditionally achieved using a request for proposal and long-term contracts. However, as business relationships become ever more flexible and dynamic, there has been an increasing need to hedge the risks of traditional transportation procurement such as entrance of new carriers and sudden drop in fuel price. This thesis proposes a holistic aution-based solution for the TPP.
Four typical scenarios are investigated. The first scenario incorporates bilateral bidding into auction mechanism design for multi-unit TPP. This scenario considers one-sided Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (O-VCG) combinatorial auctions for a complex transportation marketplace with multiple lanes. This scenario then designs three alternative multi-unit trade reduction (MTR) mechanisms for the bilateral exchange transportation marketplace where all the lanes are partitioned into distinct markets. Proposed mechanisms ensure incentive compatibility, individual rationality, budget balance and asymptotical efficiency.
The second scenario presents a double auction model for the TPP in a dynamic single-lane transportation environment. This scenario first addresses the TPP in a transportation spot market with stochastic but balanced or “symmetric” demand and supply. A periodic sealed double auction (PSDA) is proposed. This scenario then devises a modified PSDA (M-PSDA) to address the TPP with “asymmetric” demand and supply. The auctioneer is likely to gain higher profits from setting a relatively short auction length. However, it is optimal to run the auction (either PSDA or MPSDA) with a relatively large auction length, when maximizing either the social welfare or the utility of shippers and carriers (agents). When the degree of supply-demand imbalance is low, the auctioneer’s myopic optimal expected profit under supply-demand imbalance is larger than that under symmetric demand and supply.
This third scenario presents an auction-based model for the TPP in make-toorder systems. The optimality of dynamic base-stock type (S(x)-like policy) is established. The optimal allocation can be achieved by running an O-VCG auction or a first-price auction with closed-form reserve prices. By mild technical modifications, the results derived in the infinite horizon case can all be extended to the finite horizon case.
The fourth scenario proposes allocatively efficient auction mechanisms for the distributed transportation procurement problem (DTPP), which is generally the problem of matching demands and supplies over a transportation network. This scenario constructs an O-VCG combinatorial auction for the DTPP where carriers are allowed to bid on bundles of lanes. To simplify the execution of auction, this scenario next proposes a primal-dual Vickrey (PDV) auction based on insights from the known Ausubel auctions and the primal-dual algorithm. The PDV auction realizes VCG payments and truthful bidding under the condition of seller-submodularity, which implies that the effect of each individual carrier is decreasing when the coalition increases.published_or_final_version
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Messner, Stephan. "Procurement strategies in the health sector: how advanced are procurement processes in portuguese hospitals." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10279.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsApplying advanced strategies for procurement can save hospitals substantial amounts of money. Many different strategies exist which fulfil different aims. Group purchasing organizations, the use of a consignment stock and supplier performance management are especially suited to improve the hospitals’ procurement. Based on focus interviews with procurement managers of Portuguese hospitals it became clear that there is enormous room to improve the general way how procurement is done but also the application of the three strategies mentioned. Given the overall importance of hospital logistics, the hospitals’ performance could make substantial progress when improving the hospitals’ procurement processes.
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Illikainen, M. (Markus). "Cross-country standardization of operational procurement process." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201705031647.
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The increased competition has forced companies to understand the strategic importance of their business processes such as procurement processes. In order to ensure operational excellence, competitiveness and cost-effectiveness of their processes, many companies are standardizing their business processes. Previous researches indicate that companies can achieve many kinds of benefits by conducting Business Process Standardization (BPS). Still, it is useful and often necessary to maintain also some variability in business processes. The optimal trade-off between uniformity and variability determines the extent of standardization and depends on the internal and external environment. This research has been conducted in a case company that has recently merged with another company. In order to gain synergy benefits also at process level, case company’s Operational Procurement is aiming at standardizing working methods and practices related to purchase-to-payment (P2P) process and purchasing methods. As a part of simultaneous P2P process review, this research focuses on cross-country standardization of working methods and practices. The research has been carried out using constructive approach. At the beginning of research, previous literature concerning Business Process Management (BPM), BPS and managing of operational procurement process is presented. Then, based on the workshops, recap meetings, interviews and quantitative analysis, the most important cross-country differences in working methods and practices are recognized. By applying and combining the findings of literature research with empirical data, this research analyses identified differences further and determines the appropriate extent of standardization. In order to achieve desired level of standardization, this research proposes concrete standardization activities that should be conducted in case organization. During empirical research, a great number of cross-country differences were identified. Thus, as a result of this research, many recommendations for actions are presented for case company. By conducting recommended standardization activities, case company’s Operational Procurement is able to eliminate three kinds of deficiencies: process waste, lack of systematic procedures and guidelines, and limited utilization of ERP systems. Three kinds of recommendations were given: proposals for changing the way of working or thinking, proposals for making changes in the ERP systems, and proposals for conducting more detailed researches. By utilizing the results and recommendations of this thesis, case organization can standardize its operational procurement process and improve the process performance for instance in terms of efficiency, quality, transparency, uniformity and consistency. Since the internal and external environment has a great influence on appropriate extent of standardization, the findings of this research are not generalizable as such. However, the basic structure of this study can be applied in other organizations that are aiming at standardizing their business processesLisääntynyt kilpailu on pakottanut yritykset ymmärtämään liiketoimintaprosessiensa kuten hankintaprosessien strategisen merkittävyyden. Varmistaakseen prosessiensa operatiivisen erinomaisuuden, kilpailukyvyn ja kustannustehokkuuden, monet yritykset standardoivat liiketoimintaprosessejaan. Aikaisemmat tutkimukset osoittavat, että liiketoimintaprosessien standardoimisella voidaan saavuttaa monenlaisia hyötyjä. Kaikesta huolimatta on hyödyllistä ja usein välttämätöntä säilyttää myös jonkin verran vaihtelevuutta liiketoimintaprosesseissa. Optimaalinen kompromissi yhdenmukaisuuden ja vaihtelevuuden välillä määrittää standardoinnin laajuuden ja riippuu organisaation ulkoisesta ja sisäisestä ympäristöstä. Tämä tutkimus on toteutettu kohdeyrityksessä, joka on vastikään fuusioitunut toisen yrityksen kanssa. Saavuttaakseen synergiahyötyjä myös prosessitasolla, kohdeyrityksen operatiivinen hankinta pyrkii standardoimaan työskentelymenetelmiään ja -käytäntöjään P2P (purchase-to-payment) prosessiin ja hankintamenetelmiin liittyen. Osana samanaikaisesti toteutettavaa P2P prosessin tarkastelua, tämä tutkimus keskittyy työskentelymenetelmien ja -käytäntöjen standardoimiseen maiden välillä. Tutkimus on toteutettu konstruktiivisen tutkimusotteen avulla. Tutkimuksen alussa esitellään aiempaa kirjallisuutta, jossa käsitellään liiketoimintaprosessien johtamista ja standardoimista sekä erikseen operatiivisen hankintaprosessin johtamista. Tämän jälkeen hyödynnetään työpajojen, yhteenvetopalaverien, haastattelujen ja kvantitatiivisen analyysin avulla kerättyjä tietoja ja tunnistetaan merkittävimpiä maiden välisiä eroja työskentelymenetelmissä ja -käytännöissä. Soveltamalla ja yhdistelemällä kirjallisuustutkimuksen löydöksiä empiiriseen aineistoon, tunnistettuja eroja analysoidaan pidemmälle ja määritellään asianmukainen standardoinnin laajuus. Halutun standardointitason saavuttamiseksi tämä tutkimus antaa suosituksia konkreettisista toimenpiteistä, jotka tulisi toteuttaa kohdeorganisaatiossa. Empiirisen tutkimuksen aikana tunnistettiin suuri määrä maiden välisiä eroavaisuuksia. Tämän vuoksi myös tutkimuksen tuloksena kohdeyritykselle esitettäviä toimenpide-ehdotuksia on lukuisia. Toteuttamalla suositellut standardointitoimenpiteet, kohdeyrityksen operatiivinen hankintatoimi voi poistaa kolmenlaista vajavaisuutta: prosessin hukkaa, systemaattisten menettelytapojen ja ohjeistusten puutetta, sekä ERP järjestelmien riittämätöntä hyödyntämistä. Kohdeyritykselle annetaan kolmenlaisia suosituksia: suosituksia työskentely- ja ajattelutapojen muuttamiseksi, suosituksia ERP järjestelmään kohdistuvista muutoksista, sekä suosituksia tarkempien tutkimusten toteuttamisesta. Hyödyntämällä tämän tutkimuksen tuloksia ja annettuja suosituksia, kohdeorganisaatio voi standardoida operatiivista hankintaprosessiaan ja parantaa prosessin suorituskykyä esimerkiksi tehokkuuden, laadun, läpinäkyvyyden, yhtäläisyyden ja johdonmukaisuuden suhteen. Koska organisaation sisäisellä ja ulkoisella ympäristöllä on suuri vaikutus asianmukaiseen standardoinnin laajuuteen, tämän tutkimuksen tuloksia ei voida yleistää sellaisenaan muihin organisaatioihin. Tutkimuksen perusrakenne on kuitenkin sovellettavissa muissa organisaatioissa, jotka pyrkivät standardoimaan liiketoimintaprosessejaan
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Yun, Sungho. "Essays on information management and supervisory opportunism /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7474.
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Hall, Jeremy Kent. "Reducing environmental impacts through the procurement chain." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287268.
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Stevens, Merieke. "Buyer-supplier relationship management : towards a multidimensional and dynamic approach." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609817.
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Alege, Emmanuel Korede. "Procurement Strategies in Nigerian Ceramics Manufacturing." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5965.
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Some developing nations struggle with a diminishing manufacturing output market share because of a lack of appropriate procurement strategies. The purpose of this single case study was to explore the procurement strategies that managers successfully developed and deployed to improve company performance. The strategic alignment model was the conceptual framework for the study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews of 6 members of a Nigerian ceramics manufacturing company, as well as from a review of publicly available documents related to the performance of the company. A thematic analysis of the data was conducted to identify codes, extract subthemes and themes from the codes, and develop a thematic map. The 5 themes that emerged from data analysis included the procurement strategies needed for cross-functional collaboration, emergencies and downturns, alternatives and competition, applications of information technologies in procurement functions, and control of stock level and vendors' performance. The results of the data analysis confirmed empirical evidence that linked strategic procurement alignment to organizational performance. The implementation of the findings of this study may be beneficial to individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, and society through employment creation, costs savings, waste reduction, value creation, crime reduction, and local development.
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Udeaja, Chika Emmanuel. "A decision support framework for construction material supply chain management using multi-agent systems." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271804.
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Held, Christopher M. "Evaluation of strategies for repeat procurement." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43740.
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For the past several decades, there has been a fundamental dispute between the appropriate mechanism for repeat procurement. On one hand, the supporters of Porter (1979) advocate a competitive setting where short-term contracts are used to increase buyer power and lower supplier prices. On the other hand, the supporters of Deming (1986) advocate the idea of long-term contracts to align buyer and supplier incentives. This trade-off between long-term and short-term contracts has fundamentally affected the practice of procurement, with most suppliers opting for hybrid strategies such as Incumbent Biasing: a strategy characterized by short-term contracts with frequent rebidding with an advantage given to the incumbent. This work examines this hybrid strategy to determine its effectiveness. First, we create an empirical model that identifies and measures the trade-offs between the Porter and Deming strategies. Using this model, we find that Incumbent Biasing has an impact on procurement performance via two mechanisms: first, Incumbent Biasing decreases bidding competitiveness in repeat procurement bidding, which decreases performance; second, Incumbent Biasing has a moderating effect where it improves incentive alignment between the buyer and supplier and improves procurement performance. We show that depending on the current contract design, the net effect of Incumbent Biasing on overall procurement performance can be either positive or negative. This is first work to empirically test the impact of Incumbent Biasing on procurement performance and the first to identify the positive and negative mechanisms by which this impact occurs. Using this research, managers will be able to identify their firm's position with regards to incentive alignment with their supplier to determine if Incumbent Biasing has a net positive effect for their firm.
After identifying the impact of Incumbent Biasing on procurement performance, we contribute to the literature by testing this analysis through two additional extensions. First, using secondary data analysis we show that our construct for procurement performance is correlated with firm performance. We do this by comparing the answers to our procurement performance construct items to the change in gross margin of the publicly traded respondents in our study over time. This shows that our construct is not only reliable, but that procurement performance has a positive impact on overall firm performance. This is the first work to provide an empirical construct for procurement performance that is validated via secondary data analysis of firm performance. Second, we test a competing theory to Incumbent Biasing which is Multi-Sourcing: the strategy of spreading a contract to multiple suppliers to maintain competitiveness in bidding. Approximately $46\%$ of our sample identify as using both strategies simultaneously and we test for an impact between the two. We show that the two strategies to not impact each other and can be viewed independently. Subsequently, we test two Multi-Sourcing constructs in our model and find that there is no significant impact on bidding competitiveness from Multi-Sourcing.
Subsequently, we examine the impact of repeatedly awarding a contract to a pool of bidders. In our model, one contract is bid repeatedly over time, resulting in bidders gaining information about their competitors' cost. The academic literature is mixed on how a buyer should approach this type of contract bidding interaction. On one hand, it is argued that establishing an awarding structure that favors the incumbent decreases the frequency of switching, and thus cost. On the other hand, it is argued that an awarding structure that favors the non-incumbent (entrant) bidders places competitive pressure on the incumbent and generates low margin bids. This issue is further complicated by the practice cited in the academic literature of ``defection', where entrant firms either perceive a bias or believe that their cost is uncompetitive and will not bid in future stages.
We create a framework that explores the apparent contradictions in these recommendations and gives conditions when biasing toward the incumbent or entrant should be implemented. We first characterize bidders based on their effort to bid and their cost to supply the contract. We then show that in the case of low effort to bid and high cost for the entrant, entrant biasing is optimal; when the reverse is true incumbent biasing is optimal. Using the results from our analysis, we provide guidance to buyers facing a repeated procurement
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Prescher, Finnvid. "Seed orchards - genetic considerations on function, management and seed procurement /." Umeå : Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200775.pdf.
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Xu, Yihua. "Procurement risk management using commodity futures a multistage stochastic programming approach /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37823413.
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Chiang, Jerry Kao. "Reducing government proposal procurement process complexity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90774.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 73).
US Aerospace Defense Vehicle Manufacturer (UADVM) sells Assembled Complex Equipment to the US Government through multi-year contracts. According to the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), such government defense contracts require cost and pricing data as well as supporting documentation, known as material substantiation, to justify pricing and supplier selection. In order to comply with these government regulations, UADVM needed to estimate material costs provided by its supply chain, in a process known as multi-year procurement process. At UADVM, this process involved substantial time, effort, and rework. Through interviews and surveys, total administrative effort to manage the Multi-Year X (MYX) Procurement Process is estimated to be about 41 full-time equivalents (FTEs) per year for three years, translating to an estimated fully loaded cost of $17.3 million. In order to significantly improve the current process, a key area of opportunity is to reduce the complexity of the entire process through 1) reducing the number of inputs, including the number of parts and bids sent out as well as suppliers and price points solicited, and 2) improving the design of the bid strategy, the determination of which parts are bid out to which suppliers, how to group these suppliers and parts into bids, and who should manage these bids in the most efficient and effective manner. Through the analysis of UADVM's MYX data, input reduction can potentially reduce the number of price points solicited by 99.2% and the number of interactions, also known as the number of unique combinations between parts, bids, and suppliers, by approximately 94%. These efforts can be complemented by an improved bid strategy through the use of a data-driven mixed integer linear programming optimization model, which, in tests on a sub-portion of the data, reduces the number of packages by 43%. These methods and analyses for complexity reduction can be generalized beyond current applications at UADVM, aerospace companies, and government proposals; they may be applied to any procurement process where multiple parts, suppliers, and bids are involved.
by Jerry Kao Chiang.
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DiGiacomo, Joseph. "Implementing knowledge management as a strategic initiative." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FDeGoacomo.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Contract Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003.Thesis advisor(s): David V. Lamm, Donald Summers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). Also available online.
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Kafile, Masithembe. "Effects of procurement processes on project execution in a project management company in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2706.
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Thesis (MTech (Project Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.The purpose of this study was to unearth the challenges that occur in procurement processes and the effects these challenges have on project execution. Project procurement management is the production of associations with outside merchants and providers for merchandise and enterprises expected to finish a task. This process encompasses five stages: initiating and planning, selecting, contract writing, monitoring, and lastly, closing the deal. To clearly illustrate the magnitude of challenges faced in procurement processes, a project management company in Cape Town, South Africa, has been chosen as the subject of study. This study identified that procurement challenges were rooted in the company’s method of execution which comprises supplier-related issues, strategy selection issues, cost reduction and savings achievement factors, data accuracy issues and stakeholder management concerns. The aforementioned challenges resonate with various theoretical connotations by authorities who maintained that challenges in procurement could be narrowed to four areas: cost reduction, ‘going digital’, risk mitigation and supplier relationships. This study adopted a mixed research methodology incorporating both qualitative and quantitative research techniques and relied on field research conducted both through a survey of administered questionnaires as well as structured interviews. The information gathered in field research has been used to augment and corroborate theoretical information existing in literature and to proffer solutions through pragmatic recommendations for improving procurement processes with the intent of enhancing project execution efficacy and effectiveness. This study further aimed to add input to the existing body of knowledge concerning the effects of procurement processes on project execution in project management and also to contribute to the existing literature in procurement management.
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Xu, Yihua, and 許意華. "Procurement risk management using commodity futures: a multistage stochastic programming approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37823413.
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Werschkun, Cordula. "Resource procurement and management in Egyptian settlements of the Old Kingdom." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540038.
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The first chapter discusses why the topic and general approach of thesis was chosen. It outlines some of the problems involved in the study of the different resources as expressed in the archaeological record, addressing each resource individually. Finally, a model for the analysis of resource management is introduced. The Heit el-Ghurab settlement and various other settlement sites on the Giza Plateau are discussed. Each site is examined individually according to its project history, general features and activities concerning resource procurement and management, followed by a brief discussion. An overall discussion of the Giza sites concludes this chapter. The next three chapters discuss the settlements of Kom el-Hisn, Elephantine and Ayn Asil according to the outline developed for the chapter on the Giza Plateau. The final chapter summarises the various forms of resource procurement and management for the individual resources, before turning to discuss the economic character of the settlements studied and their interconnection. Finally, there follows a short discussion of the nature of the Old Kingdom economy on the basis of the results of the previous chapters, including a brief examination of earlier studies of the ancient Egyptian economic system
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Mvelase, Thokozile Olivia. "The impact of non-compliance with Eskom procurement policies." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/9140.
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) has an overwhelming impact on firms as it directly impacts on sales and costs. Therefore, it must be a core competency for any organization and thus SCM expertise is highly valued in organisations. Procurement of goods and services has a major impact on the successful execution of the project. Procurement can help the business, ensuring that all the goods and services they buy will be of the right quality, quantity and price, and they will be delivered ‘just in time’. The application of procurement policies and practices, using fair and open procedures, is crucial not only for attracting efficient contractors and suppliers, but also to safeguard the principle of accountability and the cost-effective use of funds. Before awarding a tender, there is a substantial amount of work to be undertaken by the project manager, contracts manager, end user, buyer, and authorising committees. Commitment from personnel involved in contract awarding is not adequate. Furthermore, the Eskom governance process sometimes contributes to delays in awarding a contract. before the enquiry and tender documentation is sent out to the suppliers on the tender list, the core team involved in the procurement process verifies that the enquiry is complete and correct. Should there be contractual or legal issues during the execution of the project in the form of say a contract that has been issued with unsuitable clauses, solving the problem becomes difficult. Contractors will sometimes use contract clauses to suit themselves, and take advantage of the employer, causing cost overruns due to the difficulties in managing the contract. Eskom’s commercial activities are governed by the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Constitution of South Africa, which states that an organisation such as Eskom should have in place “an appropriate procurement and provisioning system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive, and cost-effective.” This can eliminate irregularities in contracts, since they can have a serious economic impact, interfere with fair competition, and destroy confidence in the integrity and functioning of public administration Such irregularities may lead to costs overruns on projects where incompetent contractors are awarded a contract. Incorrect financial forecasting is a very serious issue, and needs to be addressed in order to help strengthen the cash flow and forecasting within Eskom. This research strategy is intended for quantifying observations of human behaviour, with the emphasis on exact measurements. The primary data for this study was generated through the administration of a structured questionnaire survey conducted among engineers, project managers, contract managers, and forensics personnel. The secondary data for the present study was gathered from literature in the form of open ended questionnaire from the same personnel. Poor commitment of buyers and chain approval meetings being shifted affect the delays in awarding of contracts. Lack of training of contract managers, absence of legal representative’s advice and squad checking meetings not being represented properly contributes to contracts being awarded with unsuitable clauses. Managers specifically forcing contracts to be awarded to a specific contractor, nepotism or favoritism, politics and contractor greediness, relate to irregularities in contracts. Lack of experience, revision of scope (unclarified scope), project delays, less effort being made when forecasting and unforeseen circumstances, such as strikes, and forces of nature, relate to incorrect financial forecasting. Continuous training and commitment of all personnel involved in the project environment is important, therefore Eskom personnel in the project environment should work as a team in an integrated way. Adequate time should be spent, and thorough checks made, to ensure that documents sent out for tendering conform to requirements. Involvement of all the supporting functions must be maximised. Code of ethics training and application is very crucial in the project environment, and the current governance policies should be adhered to by all stakeholders in the project.
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Moser, Roger. "Strategic purchasing and supply management a strategy-based selection of suppliers /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-5404-2.
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Lo, Tsuen-ying. "Purchasing performance measures and benchmarking : a case study of a lift company /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18835983.
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Ng, Chi-wai Vincent. "Managing power, conflict and change : an analytical model for construction contract procurement /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36845334.
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Romero, Gonzalo (Gonzalo Ignacio Romero Yáñez). "Optimization driven approaches for subsidy allocation and supply chain procurement." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108210.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184).
This thesis introduces several new models in operations management, that are motivated by practical settings. It studies these models in an optimization-driven approach, employing mathematical programming techniques to derive important structural and algorithmic insights on the corresponding problems. In the first part of the thesis, we study subsidy allocation problems under budget constraints and endogenous market response, where the central planner's objective is to maximize the market consumption of a good. We first consider co-payment subsidies, that are paid to manufacturing firms per unit sold. We focus on "uniform co-payments", in which each firm receives the same co-payment, regardless of its cost structure, or efficiency. Uniform co-payments are frequently implemented in practice. Therefore, a natural question is whether uniform co-payments are in fact the best that the central planner can do; or, more generally, how do they perform compared to the optimal co-payment allocation? Notably, we first identify relatively general sufficient conditions such that uniform co-payments are optimal, even if the firms are heterogeneous, and if the central planner is uncertain about the market response. We then complement the effectiveness of uniform co-payments, by studying a very relevant setting where they are not optimal. We show that, for any instance of this model, uniform co-payments are guaranteed to induce at least 85% of the optimal market consumption. In summary, uniform co-payments turn out to be surprisingly powerful in maximizing the market consumption of a good. We then consider lump sum subsides, which are an alternative subsidy mechanism also implemented in practice. We show that the problem of optimally allocating lump sum subsidies is NP-hard, and discuss two simple allocation policies that have good performance guarantees. In the second part of the thesis, we introduce a model to incorporate the cost of handling orders at a central distribution center, into the procurement decisions of a company. We show how structural results for this model lead to a practical method to select the best case pack size per SKU in procurement contracts, as well as to serve orders at the distribution center. Furthermore, we test this method on real data from a large utility company, finding significant total cost reductions.
by Gonzalo Romero.
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Ng, Chi-wai Vincent, and 伍志偉. "Managing power, conflict and change: an analytical model for construction contract procurement." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45015594.
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Moyle, Samuel B. "A procurement policy manual for the Navy Field Contracting System (NFCS)." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA238311.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Lamm, David V. Second Reader: Evered, Roger D. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on March 19, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Naval Procurement, Contract Administration, Theses, NFCS (Navy Field Contracting System), Procurement Management, Policy Manuals, Surveys. Author(s) subject terms: Contracting, Contract Research, Contract Management, Procurement, Procurement Research, Procurement Management, Policy, Policy Research, Policy Management. Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165). Also available in print.
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Garza, de Leon Margarita. "Category-Led Supply Management with a SupplierLifecycle Approach : A Case Study." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102746.
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As companies find better ways of dealing with creating value and cost efficiencies in their Procurement areas, one key trend is the concept of Category-led Supply Management (CLSM). CLSM is a concept that takes a cross-functional team that leads a category of services and/or products towards developing sourcing strategies that comply with the corporate objectives through the logical grouping of similar expense items. Each group is driven to satisfy the unique sourcing, contract, payment, performance, and attributes of each spending category. In this process, CLSM creates a strong partnership with suppliers and an ongoing Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) that will satisfy business needs while maximizing the value delivered through the supply base. Considering that the Supplier is always one critical factor present from the start to the end of the ongoing Strategic Sourcing process, seeing the Supplier as a Lifecycle Management process can help companies recognize their suppliers as a prime source of value to the organization that plays a central row in the success of the Procurement Strategy.The following thesis will analyze, in a research method of a case study, a specific Category in a company and explore the relationship that existed between the supplier and the company to illustrate the importance of Strategic Sourcing and how it is implemented in practice by companies. The case study helped understand the importance of involving Supplier Relationships in a Strategic Sourcing process. Finally, the Case study enlightened how having a milestone-by-milestone methodology helped understand how a business operates and how procurement activity impacts upon them when capturing savings by managing a Category.
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Varnäs, Annika. "Enhancing Environmental Performance by Green Procurement : A study of environmental procurement preferences in the construction industry." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Land and Water Resources Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4766.
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In recent years, the general awareness of the environmental impacts that industrial production gives rise to has radically increased throughout the world. Finding ways to minimise these impacts has become a major concern of the authorities in many countries. In order to promote a more sustainable industrial production, different incentives can be used. Among these incentives, the consideration of environmental issues in public procurement is increasingly being emphasised.
While much attention regarding sustainable procurement has centred on the purchase of products, this thesis focuses on green procurement of construction contracts. The construction industry is a major contributor to environmental pollution. It consumes about half of all resources humans take from nature and accounts for about 25 – 40 per cent of all energy used and about 30 – 50 per cent of all waste generated in OECD countries.
In the procurement of products, the environmental impacts of the available products can be estimated and compared, for example by using tools such as life cycle assessments. When construction contracts are procured, assessing the suppliers’ environmental capabilities can be more challenging, as the contract to be procured has not yet been performed. However, at the same time, there are considerably more opportunities to steer the construction towards more environmentally friendly alternatives.
In the thesis, it is suggested that the environmental requirements and the environmental criteria for tender evaluation should be used in combination, in order to safeguard environmental performance in the construction project and at the same time stimulate a green development within the industrial sector. In addition, the role of the client in ensuring that the environmental requirements are fulfilled during construction work is emphasised.
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Dreyer, Jacqueline. "Integrating procurement tools & techniques within the project management lifecycle / Jacqueline Dreyer." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/742.
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The relationship between project management and procurement as an
organisational function is often a clash of wills. The field of project management
is ripe with stories of clashes between project managers and procurement officers
who, for whatever reason do not work well together.
There is no lack of literature on project failure and reasons why projects fail.
Available literature concludes that successful projects are defined as those
completed on time, within budget, and in ways that meet objectives. The biggest
challenge to project managers is to mitigate risk in an environment filled with
uncertainties. Marketplace forces such as unstable commodity markets and
economic fluctuations are among the competitive forces experienced by project
managers. Suppliers play an integral role within the project life cycle and
therefore it is essential to ensure that the right suppliers are selected.
The role of procurement has changed from functional to strategic and is no longer
viewed as a backroom function, which converts requests into supplier orders. The
main reason for the change is due to challenging factors such as globalisation,
inflation, technological innovations, and fluctuations in exchange rates and
commodity markets. Due to the large portion of expenditure spend by the
procurement department within the organisation the savings on purchasing costs
can have a substantial effect on the profitability of the organisation. Procurement
savings initiatives are now far more visible on the agendas of senior management.
Selection of the right suppliers is crucial for any organisation striving to achieve
the business objectives of the organisation and meet the expectations of
customers and shareholders. The procurement department apply certain tools
and techniques to select, evaluate, and measure the performance of suppliers.
Various tools and techniques are available, the focus of the study is on three of
these tools and techniques namely: negotiations, material budgets, and the
SESPA(Supplier Evaluation, Selection, and Performance Appraisal) process.
According to the literature reviewed, a project life cycle can be broken down into
four to five key phases namely: the conceptual, planning, execution, close out,
and control phases and procurement process into five steps namely: define the
requirements, select the supplier, produce an agreement, administer day-to-day
activities, and assess the performance of suppliers.
A comparison between the steps within the procurement process and the phases
within the project management life cycle reveals commonality and the potential of
benefits that the tools and techniques applied by procurement can contribute to
the project life cycle.
Thus the challenge to the procurement office is how to partner with the project
management function in a manner that will positively impact on the project
management life cycle and the project success. With these obstacles facing
most organisations, it is time for procurement and project management to focus
on cooperation instead of confrontation.
Developing a culture that sees individual projects as elements of a business plan
will require change. There is no lack of literature on resistance to change.
Change is seldom easy and old ways die hard, even when there is wide
agreement that change is needed. Therefore whatever the reason for change, it
is essential for organisations to realise that successful implementation of change
will require a systematic change implementation process.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus [i.e. Potchefstroom Campus], 2008.
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Van, Graan J. S. "Procurement of grapes for KWV from South African suppliers." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6440.
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Li, Yongquan. "Demand information in supply chain manangement [i.e. management] /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202008%20LIY.
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Genser, Bradley Philip. "Optimizing procurement and handling costs in a utility." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90758.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 111).
We propose a novel method to quantify the cost of activities involved in the picking portion of order fulfillment. We adapt the general method of picking cost quantification to the specific situation of TP&G, a publicly held utility, to build a simulation model which calculates total cost (procurement purchasing costs + material handling costs) across TP&G's Construction Materials Supply Chain (CMSC) . We use the simulation model to demonstrate the effect of case pack quantities and various disputed (within TP&G) material handling policies on supply chain costs. Finally. we move beyond the descriptive results of the simulation model and build optimization models for a case where a single case pack quantity is held in inventory, under conditions of both deterministic and stochastic demand. We show that case pack quantity held in inventory greatly impacts supply chain costs. We also find the novel result that the optimal material picking policy for both deterministic and stochastic demand is a threshold policy whereby orders should be fulfilled with whole case packs up to the highest possible multiple of case pack quantity that does not exceed an ordered quantity. If the remainder of an order to be fulfilled exceeds a certain number of units in a case pack, that remainder should be fulfilled with a whole case pack (overfilled). This threshold can be efficiently calculated for all case pack quantities (optimal or not).
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M.B.A.
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Ebner, Ellen E. (Ellen Elizabeth). "A systems approach to procurement of automated technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98980.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2015. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2015. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 89).
Company A's Product Group B (PGB) is developing an automated system to complete final assembly of the Component, a structural member of the product that includes technology supporting two features of the product's competitive advantage. PGB contracted with an industry partner to supply the automated assembly system, which will be built and tested in 2015. Amid the wide spread perception that automation projects purchased from suppliers include schedule delays and performance deficiencies, PGB must specify the activities to verify automated assembly system performance prior to purchasing it from the Supplier. Interviews with project teams were completed to gather data about the procurement of existing automated systems at Company A. A range of success in completing project buyoff on time with no deficiencies was found with variation in buyoff results mainly associated with the presence or lack of fully-defined requirements and detailed procedures to verify and validate the system according to the requirements. The findings led to the hypothesis that automation system buyoff can be improved by applying an approach that includes development of good requirements, planning detailed procedures to verify and validate the system according to the requirements, and tracking progress towards meeting requirements to a schedule. To test the hypothesis, an approach to buyoff plan development and execution incorporating these factors was defined and then evaluated using a model. Buyoff of the automated assembly system will occur in 2015 according to the approach defined in this research. Results should be evaluated to validate the hypothesis and provide evidence for further buyoff plan improvement.
by Ellen E. Ebner.
M.B.A.
S.M.
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Shan, Jun. "Essays on sourcing strategies and inventory management : theory and empirical evidence /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202009%20SHAN.
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Marcondes, Carlos Henrique Tiezzi 1965. "E-procurement : non-production purchase : an industry analysis & an implementation plan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9148.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 104) and index.
My thesis covers the electronic procurement currently existing, mainly the nonproduction purchase part of it. Since all companies make non-production purchase, this thesis reaches different sectors of the industry. Non-production procurement includes maintenance, repair, and operation, common called MRO, as well as service and outsource purchase. This work is also recommended for those who are interested in a general e-procurement, in an integrated supply-chain management over the Internet, in a Just in Time application, in a vertical and virtual integration, and in a business-to-business e-commerce application. My main goal is to help those who are interested in using e-procurement understand what the industry is doing, what kind of technology is available, and provide a model for implementation. In order to achieve those goals this work is divided into two main parts: An Industry Analysis and an Implementation Plan. The industry analysis covers the three major software providers in the actual US market: Ariba, Commerce One, and Oracle. The work is illustrated with a case study in order to provide a better understanding of the benefits and challenges faced by those who are deploying e-procurement. The implementation plan focuses on a strategy to be followed in order to install eprocurement in the service industry. A Brazilian bank, Itau, is used as an example to develop the plan, since Itau is a large corporation with national presence in South America.
by Carlos Henrique Tiezzi Marcondes.
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Malek, Ramtin. "Lean principles application in public-private partnership project procurement." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394924437.
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OLCZEVSKI, ARIANE. "ELETRONIC GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT SYSTEM: HOW TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE - CASE STUDY OF THE INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE RIO DE JANEIRO STATE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28010@1.
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A evolução tecnológica tem proporcionado enormes oportunidades de melhorias e inovações na área de compras públicas. Impulsionados pelos resultados obtidos no mercado privado e pela busca de transparência, eficiência e redução de custos, os governos vêm desenvolvendo e aprimorando sistemas e metodologias de compras eletrônicas. Dentro desse contexto, é fundamental que a administração pública seja capaz de avaliar as suas ferramentas de compras, tanto para possibilitar a comparação com sistemas de outros governos, quanto para orientar o desenvolvimento de melhorias para alcançar maior transparência e efetividade nas contratações públicas. Esse trabalho de pesquisa tem por objetivo avaliar o sistema eletrônico de compras governamentais do estado do Rio de Janeiro, por meio de uma metodologia utilizada pela Rede Interamericana de Compras Governamentais – RICG, para identificar o nível de maturidade de sistemas de compras. A partir do resultado obtido, será apresentada uma comparação da avaliação do Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Aquisições – SIGA, com outros sistemas de compras governamentais de países da América Latina e Caribe, e também serão indicadas melhorias possíveis de serem executadas para que o sistema possa alcançar o nível máximo de maturidade proposto pela metodologia acima.The technological evolution has provided huge improvement and innovation opportunities in the public procurement area. Driven by the results obtained in the private market and in the search of transparency, efficiency, and cost reduction, governments have developed and improved e-procurement systems and methodologies. In this context, it is paramount that the public administration could be capable to assess its purchase tools, both to allow comparison with other government s systems and to orientate the development of further improvements to reach better transparency and effectiveness in the field of public procurement. This research intends to evaluate the electronic government procurement system of Rio de Janeiro state, using a methodology employed by the Inter-American Network on Government Procurement (INGP) in order to identify the maturity level of procurement systems. Taking this conclusion as a benchmark, a comparison between the avaliation of Integrated Procurement Management System (SIGA in Portuguese) and other e-procurement systems belonging to Latin America and Caribbean countries will be presented, together with possible improvements so that this system can reach the highest level of maturity set by the methodology above mentioned.
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Emerson, Kaye M. "Defence procurement in the United Kingdom which way will it go? /." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA243126.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Laurance, E. J. Second Reader: Breemer, J. S. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on March 30, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Westland Case Study, NATO Frigate Replacement-90 Case Study, European Fighter Aircraft Case Study. Author(s) subject terms: Defense Procurement, Westland Helicopter, NATO Frigate, European Fighter Aircraft. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.
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Warren, Clive M. J. "Commercial property asset management in the Australian public sector : towards best practice procurement /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU20060508.150150/index.html.
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