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Baier, Christian. "The alignment performance link in purchasing and supply management : performance implications of fit between business strategy, purchasing strategy, and purchasing practices /." Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988007525/04.
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Lind, Linnea. "Advancing Purchasing Performance in Medium Sized Manufacturing Companies." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-20511.
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Background and research problem: In more recent years, the purchasing function has been given more attention as it has come to play a bigger role in improving and maintaining company performance. One of the underlying reasons for this could be the trend of increased outsourcing which implies that costs that used to be internal in form of wages and production costs are now external in the form of purchased items. This development therefore enhances the strategic importance of purchasing and the need for managing the relations with external sources. Currently available research in the area of purchasing management is mostly based on large companies and puts forward general guidelines for increasing purchasing effectiveness. From my observations of previous research I have concluded that there is a need for gaining a better understanding of how purchasing performance can be advanced in medium sized companies in particular. Currently available theory also show that the techniques and tools that provide for operational effectiveness and efficiency in purchasing also differs dependent on the industry and the relative position of the company in the value chain. Through studying purchasing for companies of this specific size segment with a similar position in the value chain the objective to be able to generate solutions for improving the purchasing function that are better fitted to this company segment.
Research purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate what measures can be taken to improve the purchasing function in medium sized manufacturing companies.
Method: The study is based on a qualitative research design and has been conducted by the use of semi-structured interviews. Five medium sized manufacturing companies participated in the study.
Theoretical perspective: Literature relating to competitive strategy, the construct and process of the purchasing function and theories concerning improvements of the same is overviewed.
Conclusions: The main obstacles to improving purchasing performance in medium sized companies are cooperation, information and costs. By improving organizational coordination and knowledge about internal processes, medium sized manufacturing companies could also have a better ability to identify separate issues specific to their company that is causing ineffectiveness in the purchasing function. Information about costs and complete cost calculations are also of essence for being able to correctly evaluated alternatives and to make well informed choices.
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PEREIRA, RODRIGO THIAGO SOARES. "DESIGNING A GENERAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR PURCHASING." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=32747@1.
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O setor de compras tem se destacado como estratégico devido principalmente a sua capacidade de reduzir custos. Com a evolução do setor ao longo do tempo, este agregou valor à cadeia de suprimentos e trouxe vantagens competitivas como a interface e integração com outros atores da cadeia de suprimentos, inovação de produtos, melhoria de processo e informações tanto internamente quanto externamente. Porém, as empresas ainda carecem de encontrar indicadores para o setor de compras que quantifiquem a qualidade e eficiência das práticas adotadas diariamente com o alinhamento de estratégia adotada. O presente estudo tem por objetivo avaliar como os indicadores de performance dos setores de compras da indústria de construção brasileira refletem os seus objetivos e estratégias, além de propor e aplicar um modelo de avaliação de compras através de um estudo de caso. Os resultados empíricos obtidos permitem analisar a eficiência do modelo proposto, correlacionando as práticas sugeridas pela academia e as aplicadas na indústria.Purchasing has gained strategic role mostly for its capacity for cost reduction. With its evolution overtime, purchase has aggregated value to the supply chain and brought competitive advantages, such as interface and integration with other actors of the supply chain, innovation of products, process and information improvement. Although, companies still have difficulties to produce performance indicators for purchasing capable of quantify the efficiency of the daily practices of purchase and evaluate the alignment of metrics with the company s strategy. The objective of the present study is to evaluate how the purchasing performance indicators of Brazilians construction industry influences into their objectives and strategies, also, to propose and apply a performance measurement system (PMS) through a case study. The empirical findings allow us to correlate the practices suggested by the academy and the practices adopted by the industry.
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Warnock, Stuart H. (Stuart Hamilton). "Just-In-Time Purchasing and the Buyer-Supplier Relationship: Purchasing Performance Implications Using a Transaction Cost Analytic Framework." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278318/.
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The just-in-time purchasing literature resoundingly endorses long-term, cooperative buyer-supplier relationships. Significant anecdotal and descriptive evidence indicates that such relationships are rare in practice, raising questions as to the performance consequences of this gulf between theory and practice. Using an accepted theoretical model of the buyer-supplier relationship, transaction cost economics, this study examined the purchasing performance implications of the nature of the buyer-supplier relationship under just-in-time exchange. The focal purpose of the study was to examine the performance consequences of crafting long-term, cooperative relationships. The research design employed was a cross-sectional field study, involving a static-group comparison, implemented through the use of a mail survey. A dual-stage cluster sample of eight hundred purchasing managers and professionals employed in the two digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 36, Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, was provided by the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM). The questionnaire was pretested and the substantive validity of the measurement scales assessed. Scales were purified via correlational and reliability analyses. Criterion-related and construct validity were established via correlational, exploratory factor, and confirmatory factor analyses. The three hypotheses of the study, involving extant tests of the association between the nature of the buyer-supplier relationship and purchasing performance (i.e., as reflected by transaction costs), were tested via analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) models. All three hypotheses were supported by the data to varying degrees. The confirmation of the theoretical model of the study provides empirical evidence to researchers and practitioners as to the superiority, in exchange efficiency terms, of cooperative relationships under conditions of just-in-time exchange. It may not be presumed, however, that cooperative exchange will enhance efficiency in all exchange environments.
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Cardenas, Victor Erik Vincent. "Applying Purchasing Category Management on a purchasing department to increase its performances : A case study with a luxury automotive manufacturer." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-301271.
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Nowadays, manufacturing companies compete as much with their products as with their supply-chain. Within the overarching stages of supply-chain, purchasing is a process that responds to the organizations needs of acquiring raw materials, components and semi-finished products in order to enable the execution of operations. Purchasing is an important aspect of an organization, having a big influence on its competitive positioning. In order to achieve better organizational performance, companies spendings are often separated into discrete groups of products and services, using a combination of supplier-relationship management, category-specific strategies and cross-functional teams. This segmentation is called purchasing category management, and is expected in many cases to improve the overall purchasing performance. Therefore, a case study was conducted with the purpose of investigating how PCM could help a luxury automotive manufacturer facing purchasing problems to improve its operational performance. This thesis presents a framework built on previous studies exposing what factors are linked to purchasing performance and explaining the concept of purchasing category management. The framework shows the importance of purchasing expertise, cross-functional work, clear organizational structures, strategic purchasing and monitoring of performance. The study identifies the problems the case company is experiencing: Lack of cooperation between departments; a troublesome purchasing structure leading to duplicated work and insufficient technical knowledge; a conflictual cross-functional cooperation between purchasers and engineers and lastly a lack of monitoring of the performance of purchasers and suppliers. At last, a discussion is held of how these problems could be mitigated by guidelines found in the literature and the use of category management. This study identifies a gap in research on the topic of purchasing category management. This gap was compensated through the use of complementary literature on the topics of purchasing and purchasing performance.Numera konkurrerar tillverkningsföretag lika mycket med deras produkter som med deras leveranskedja. Inom de övergripande stadierna i leveranskedjan är inköp en process som svarar på organisationens behov av att skaffa råvaror, komponenter och halvfabrikat för att möjliggöra genomförandet av verksamhetens funktioner. Inköp är en viktig aspekt av en organisation och har stort inflytande på dess konkurrensposition. För att uppnå bättre organisatoriska resultat delas företagens utgifter ofta i diskreta grupper av produkter och tjänster, med en kombination av hantering av leverantörsrelationer, kategorispecifika strategier och tvärfunktionella team. Denna segmentering kallas för Purchasing Category Management (PCM) och förväntas i många fall förbättra den totala inköpsprestandan. Här genomförs en fallstudie med syftet att undersöka hur PCM kan kan hjälpa ett företag som står inför inköpsproblem för att förbättra den operativa prestationen. Denna avhandling presenterar ett ramverk som bygger på tidigare studier som visar vilka faktorer som är kopplade till inköpsprestanda och förklarar begreppet inköpskategorihantering. Ramverket visar vikten av inköpsexpertis, tvärfunktionellt arbete, tydliga organisationsstrukturer, strategisk inköp och prestationsövervakning. Undersökningen identifierar de problem som fallföretaget har: Brist på samarbete mellan avdelningar; en besvärlig inköpsstruktur som leder till duplicerat arbete och otillräcklig teknisk kunskap; ett konfliktövergripande tvärfunktionellt samarbete mellan inköpare och ingenjörer och slutligen brist på övervakning av inköparnas och leverantörernas resultat. Äntligen diskuteras hur dessa problem kan mildras genom riktlinjer som finns i litteraturen och användningen av kategorihantering. Denna studie identifierar ett gap i forskning om ämnet PCM. Denna klyfta kompenserades genom användning av kompletterande litteratur om ämnena inköp och inköpsprestanda.
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Kulik, Stephanie. "Purchasing practice in SMEs : Practical Impressions about the Purchasing Activities of Small and Medium sized Enterprises in the Manufacturing Industry." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-12327.
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Small and medium sized companies are important to the European economy and considered as the true backbone of the European economy, being primarily responsible for wealth and economic growth. Further, the purchasing function of small and medium sized companies had become more and more important to firms within the creating of competitive advantages. Additional, former research emphasizes the need of companies to engage in closer relationships in order to survive in nowadays business environments.
These three issues, - SMEs, its purchasing performance and the relationships the small and medium sized firms are engaged with are interrelated and therefore the essences of the thesis. The thesis is limited to the manufacturing industry due to the potential wide area of small and medium sized companies.
The purpose of the thesis is to examine the purchasing practices of small and medium sized enterprises with a focus on strategic considerations and supplier relationships.
The research project is developed with four single case studies. Participating companies were two small sized manufacturing companies and two medium sized manufacturing companies, defined according to the definition of the European Commission.
The study is built on a critical review of former literature and research findings within the purchasing area and the area of small and medium sized companies. The findings from literature review (frame of references) and the findings from the empirical study were connected in order to fulfill the purpose of the thesis as well as the developed research questions.
In the analysis, the characteristics of SMEs purchasing process were outlined. Evidence for strategic consideration were found and the characteristics of the companies relationships where established.
Small and medium sized enterprises have developed its purchasing performance positively in the comparison to former research findings. By using business technology systems, strategic planning and deliberations and finally through building close and long-term relationships, manufacturing SMEs found a suitable ways to perform its purchasing activities successful and found its place in sophisticated supply chains.
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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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Malm, Brice. "Caractérisation et modélisation de la performance achats dans les collectivités territoriales." Thesis, Pau, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PAUU2055.
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La maitrise de la dépense publique locale constitue un enjeu majeur actuel, notamment face à la baisse des dotations de l’Etat vers les collectivités locales. Dans ce contexte, les achats publics locaux représentent un levier d’action important pour agir sur la baisse des dépenses de fonctionnement. Ainsi, plusieurs collectivités locales ont engagé des processus d’optimisation de leurs organisations et pratiques achats. Ces avancées demeurent pourtant isolées et, surtout, hétérogènes, dans la mesure où ces pratiques apparaissent peu cadrées de manière instrumentale et méthodologique.La présente thèse étudie ainsi les dimensions de la performance achats dans les collectivités locales, dans le contexte français. Elle vise en effet à caractériser les pratiques actuelles en termes d’outils et de modes d’organisation, pour aboutir à la définition de leviers d’optimisation. Suivant la démarche préconisée par Churchill (1979), cette recherche doctorale nous permet ainsi de proposer un modèle d’évaluation de la performance achats des collectivités locales, structuré autour de 9 dimensions constitutives, sur la base de la perception des acheteurs publics locaux. Une fois défini, ce modèle nous permet non seulement d’analyser le niveau actuel de maturité des collectivités locales en matière de performance achats, mais aussi de proposer des recommandations, pour s’engager dans un processus d’amélioration de la performance achats au niveau localThe control of local public expenditure is a major challenge today, especially in the face of declining state allocations to local authorities. In this context, local public procurement is an important lever for action to reduce operating costs. Thus, several local authorities have initiated processes to optimize their organizations and purchasing practices. These advances, however, remain isolated and, above all, heterogeneous, insofar as these practices are not framed in an instrumental and methodological manner.This thesis examines the dimensions of purchasing performance in local authorities, in the French context. It aims to characterize current practices in terms of tools and modes of organization, to arrive at the definition of levers of optimization. Following the approach advocated by Churchill (1979), this doctoral research allows us to propose a model for evaluating the purchasing performance of local authorities, structured around 9 constituent dimensions, based on the perception of local public purchasers. Once defined, this model allows us not only to analyze the current level of maturity of local authorities in terms of purchasing performance, but also to propose recommendations, to commit themselves in a process of improvement of purchasing performance at the level of local authorities
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Lo, Tsuen-ying, and 盧轉英. "Purchasing performance measures and benchmarking: a case study of a lift company." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3126816X.
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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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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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Ahzan, Fzeela Jameel. "Impact of strategic procurement orientation on competitive advantage and corporate performance (empirical evidence from UK based automobile manufacturing industry)." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366695.
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Fang, Sjöberg Ina. "Exploring the portfolio approach in purchasing and supply management : - the result of an international survey." Thesis, University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7473.
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Although many scholars assert that portfolio approach can facilitate purchasing to live up to its strategic importance and contribute to company performance; and practitioners have applied portfolio approach in various purchasing activities, there are still limited empirical researches to confirm that portfolio can actually create the benefits. The purpose of the study is to explore the usefulness of portfolio approach as well as why companies decide to apply portfolio approach in purchasing and supply management.
Based on an international survey carried on a large number of European and North American manufacturing companies, the findings of the study provide strong evidence on the significant impact that the purchasing portfolio approach has on the business results, and also shed lights on the strategic importance of purchasing as a direct explanation to the application of the approach by companies. The empirical study confirms that the competency of the purchasing professionals plays a prominent role on the path of transforming the strategic importance of purchasing, with the help of portfolio approach, to the success of improved purchasing performance. A cross-discipline theoretical study reveals that different models share a common theoretical foundation and consist of similar basic elements in their construct.
The results of this study fill the research gap in analyzing the causes of the application of portfolio approach; provide quantitative empirical proof on the usefulness of portfolio approach in the industrial companies and thus give support to the existing theories. The study contributes to a growing research stream on how to improve purchasing business performance, reflecting the increasing strategic role that purchasing is given. The results send useful messages to company managements and provide valuable insights on an important tool for improving purchasing business performance.
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O'Sullivan, Daniel. "What model should be used to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of a field contracting office." View thesis, 2003. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/03Jun%5FOSullivan.pdf.
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Jönsson, Johanna, and Melinda Luong. "Reducing Supplier Lead Time : - A case study on Supplier Lead Time at purchasing companies." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-48474.
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Title: Reducing Supplier Lead time – a case study on Supplier Lead Time at purchasing companies Authors: Johanna Jönsson and Melinda Luong Tutor: Dr. Åsa Gustavsson Examiner: Dr. Lars-Olof Rask Course code: 4FE06E - Master Thesis _________________________________________________________________________ Research questions: ● How are companies working with and defining Supplier Lead Time? ● What activities are included to reduce Supplier Lead Time? ● How can companies further develop their work to reduce Supplier Lead Time? Purpose: The purpose of this Master Thesis is to describe and explain how purchasing companies are working to reduce Supplier Lead Time, in order to maintain or achieve an efficient and flexible supply chain. Moreover the study aims to recommend what approaches companies could further use to reduce Supplier Lead time. Method: To answer these research questions the authors have done two case studies. The theoretical material has been collected and processed, which has formed the basis for the semi-structured interview guide that was answered by the interviewees. The authors also attended meetings to get other inputs about the subject. Conclusion: IKEA Components are today taking different actions to improve the SLT but can improve their volume agreements (AGV) by aligning all involved parts and have a functional leader that makes sure that they follow it up. At IKEA IMS the authors recommend them to work with volume commitments with suppliers and develop a clearer structure for who is responsible for improving the SLT and evaluating it. Keywords Supply chain management, Supplier Lead Time, Reducing Supplier Lead Time, Organization management, Performance evaluation
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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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Giannakis, Mihalis. "The role of purchasing in the management and performance of supplier relationships : an empirical investigation in service organisations." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2004. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1213/.
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This thesis investigates the role of purchasing managers (and departments) in supplier relationships( SRs) and assesses the impact of their role on SRs' performance. Driven by the importance of outsourcing in organisations, there is an intense interest in academia in the study of SRs and an increased awareness that purchasing has an important role to play in their management. In the literature however there appears to be an incoherent view of the actual role of purchasing in SRs, which is limited to anecdotal accounts that take the vague assumption that purchasing managers and departments, by virtue of their position in organisations, manage the SRs. The aim of this thesis is to push theory forward by exploring this role in a systematic way and to investigate whether and how it varies across SRs that involve the exchange of products/services with certain structural characteristics.I n that way it generates insights about how the purchasing function can be leveraged to better manage SRs. A multiple case study research design is employed in order to achieve a deeper and greater understanding of the processes that define the actual role of purchasing. Empirical research is conducted in two large service organisations in the UK (a financial organisation and an airport operator), examining seven diverse SRs that involve the exchange of products and services with different levels of asset specificity and criticality. An integrated framework of various activities that purchasing managers are involved in for the management of SRs is developed initially. The way that purchasing managers conduct these activities in the different SRs is then examined to generate insights about the actual role of purchasing in the individual SRs that is defined in terms of four variables (level of contribution to the development of trust in the SR, level of power in the SRs, level of involvement in the SR and level of contribution to the development of commitment in the SR). With the use of a gap analysis model to assess the performance of the individual SRs, the impact of the role of purchasing on SRs performance is finally extrapolated. The results provide support for the following primary conclusion. The widely held assumption that purchasing managers are in effect supply chain managers is tempered by the findings of this research, which observed a far more limited role for purchasing managers (and a negative impact) in the management of SRs relating to products/services which have high levels of criticality and asset specificity. Their negative impact in such SRs was also observed to have implications for the dyadic relationship of the purchasing department with the internal (customer) departments, which under certain conditions can create problems of coordination in the organisations. From a managerial point of view this thesis demonstrates in a systematic way the contribution and role of purchasing to SRs. The framework of activities that is developed may provide a useful reference point for the auditing and improvement initiatives of purchasing professionals in SRs. From this, guidance about the types of situation in which certain activities may be more important than others will provide a useful guide to how purchasing departments may be involved in an effective and efficient way. Academically, this thesis utilises an innovative conceptual method in evaluating SRs by incorporating two major theoretical frameworks and provides with insights in delineating the actual role of the purchasing function in SRs. Finally, the thesis contributes to the ongoing debate of the establishment of a contiguous Supply Chain Management discipline, by investigating its problem domain.
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GORDOS, PYGMALION-ALEXANDROS, and JONAS BULOVAS. "The importance of supplier information quality in purchasing of transport services." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-236510.
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An important prerequisite for successful supply chain integration is the ability to convert data into information combined with structured storing and sharing processes. The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate potential relation between supplier data quality and performance of purchasing of transport services. The output of the thesis generates evidence about the imperative to emphasize on the supplier data quality throughout the supplier selection process. A supplier data quality assessment framework consisting of 4 dimensions - ease of manipulation, accessibility, accuracy and completeness, is developed as the core product of this research project. The weights of these dimensions were assigned specifically for the case company - Cramo, to determine the quality score for a selected sample of carriers. A coefficient k1 representing the ratio of transport expenditure over sales was introduced to facilitate the identification of relation between supplier data quality and transport expenditure. Business units served by transport companies with higher quality data displayed a lower k1, consequently, paying less for the transport services in comparison to their revenue than business units served by carriers with lower data quality score. The framework developed is adaptable - dimensions and metrics can be added or excluded according to situational factors and case peculiarities. The application of the supplier data quality assessment framework allows for a more objective and streamlined supplier selection. It stresses on the overall costs experienced during the period of cooperation. The finding regarding the importance of supplier data quality in purchasing of transport services can be nonetheless generalized for other cases when companies strive for achieving better informed strategic decisions.En viktig förutsättning för framgångsrik integration av leverantörskedjor ligger i förmågan att omvandla data till information, kombinerat med en strukturerad lagrings- och delningsprocess. Syftet med denna masteruppsats är att undersöka potentiell relation mellan leverantörers datakvalitet och hur effektivt inköpet av transporttjänsterna är. Utfallet av uppsatsen understryker vikten av att beakta leverantörers datakvalitet i alla delar av en upphandling. Som produkt av denna uppsats har en utvärderingsmall för leverantörers datakvalitet utvecklats. Den består av fyra dimensioner – Hanterbarhet, tillgänglighet, noggrannhet samt fullständighet. De olika dimensionerna är viktade specifikt för det studerade företaget – Cramo, för att fastslå kvalitetsindex för ett urval av deras transportörer. En koefficient - k1- infördes för att representera förhållandet mellan transportkostnad och försäljning. Detta för att underlätta identifieringen av potentiell relation mellan datakvalitet och transportkostnad. Depåer vars transportörer kunde uppvisa en högre datakvalitet hade ett lägre koefficientvärde (k1). Alltså fanns ett samband mellan hög datakvalitet och lägre transportkostnad i förhållande till försäljning. Den utvecklade bedömningsmallen är anpassningsbar – dimensioner och mått kan enkelt adderas eller elimineras utifrån rådande omständigheter i varje fall. Bedömningsmallen ger möjlighet till en mer objektiv och harmoniserad leverantörsbedömning. Mallen understryker även vikten av att beakta den totala kostnaden under avtalstiden. Kunskapen från denna uppsats kring vikten av datakvalitet gällande just transportinköp kan även generaliseras till andra fall där företag strävar mot bättre informerade strategiska beslut.
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Benguigui, Geitzholz Karene. "Performance des achats responsables et performance financière de l'entreprise : le rôle des ressources intangibles." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0248.
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Le concept des achats responsables occupe, avec les nouvelles réglementations, une place centrale dans la mise en œuvre des stratégies responsables de l’entreprise. Toutefois, vingt ans de recherches n’ont pas permis de proposer une mesure globale de sa performance. L’impact des actions responsables aux achats sur la performance financière reste donc à explorer. Ce travail met en perspective dans un même modèle les deux performances, et étudie le rôle médiateur de trois ressources intangibles (le capital humain, l’innovation et la réputation) entre les ressources tangibles de l’entreprise et la performance des achats responsables. Les résultats de ce travail – suite à l’analyse de 1918 observations, dans 18 pays européens, de 2011 à 2017, issues des principales bases de données (Vigeo Eiris, Institute Réputation, Infinancials, et Thomson Reuters) - confirment l’hypothèse selon laquelle les ressources – notamment le capital humain – contribuent à améliorer la performance des achats responsables, qui impacte à son tour la performance financière de l’entrepriseThe concept of responsible purchasing takes up, alongside new regulations, a central place in the setting up of companies responsible strategy. However, twenty years of research, no overall measure of its performance is proposed. The impact of responsible actions in purchasing on financial performance remains to be explored. This work puts the two performances in perspective in the same model, and examines the mediating role of three intangible resources (human capital, innovation and reputation) between the tangible resources of the company and the performance of responsible purchasing. The results of this work – following the analysis of 1918 observations, in 18 European countries, from 2011 to 2017, from the main databases (Vigeo Eiris, Institute reputation, Infinancials, and Thomson Reuters)- confirm the hypothesis that resources — including human capital — contribute to improving the performance of responsible purchasing, which in turn impacts the corporate financial performance
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Marques, Ana Sofia Peseiro. "Relação entre práticas internas de sustentabilidade e a performance sustentável : influência da certificação ISO 14001." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/16476.
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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia IndustrialCom o aumento da concorrência e pressão para uma maior sustentabilidade ambiental é cada vez mais importante recorrer a práticas internas de forma a obter reconhecimento no mercado e uma performance mais sustentável. O presente estudo pretende analisar a relação entre as práticas internas de sustentabilidade e a performance sustentável, medida de acordo com as três dimensões do modelo de Triple bottom line (TBL), a performance ambiental, económica e social. Adicionalmente, o estudo avalia como é que a certificação pela norma ISO 14001 afeta estas relações. As práticas internas analisadas foram as compras ecológicas, o design ecológico e a produção sustentável. De forma a testar o modelo conceptual proposto foi desenvolvido e aplicado um questionário online, enviado por email para as empresas de manufatura em Portugal. Foram consideradas 222 respostas de empresas com 50 ou mais colaboradores, das quais 75 respostas foram obtidas de empresas certificadas e 147 respostas de empresas não certificadas pela ISO 14001. Os resultados deste estudo demostraram que a gestão ambiental interna tem uma relação positiva e significativa com as práticas internas de sustentabilidade. Das três práticas internas de sustentabilidade consideradas as compras ecológicas e a produção sustentável mostraram uma relação positiva e significativa com a performance sustentável. No entanto, o efeito do design ecológico na performance sustentável não é significativo. Relativamente à certificação pela ISO 14001, é percetível que apenas existe influência da certificação na relação entre a gestão ambiental interna e as compras ecológicas. Para as restantes relações não foram identificadas diferenças significativas.
With increasing competition and pressure for greater environmental sustainability, it is increasingly important to use internal practices in order to gain market recognition and a more sustainable performance. This study intends to analyze the relationship between the internal practices of sustainability and the sustainable performance measured, according to the three dimensions of the Triple bottom line (TBL) model, environmental, economic and social performance. Additionally, the present study assesses how ISO 14001 certification affects these relationships. The internal practices analyzed in this study were ecological purchases, ecological design and sustainable production. In order to test the proposed conceptual model, an online questionnaire was developed and applied, then to the manufacturing companies in Portugal. In total 222 responses were considered from companies with 50 or more employees, of which 75 answers were from certified companies and 147 responses from companies not certified by ISO 14001. The results of this study demonstrated that internal environmental management has a positive and significant relationship with internal sustainability practices. Of the three internal sustainability practices considered, the green purchases and sustainable production showed a positive and significant relationship with sustainable performance. However, the effect of eco-design in sustainable performance it is not significant. Regarding the certification by ISO 14001, it is noticeable that there is only an influence of the certification on the relationship between internal environmental management and green purchases. For all other relationships there is no significant differences.
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Belliere-Lottier, Raphaël. "Comment la professionnalisation de la fonction achat au travers du marketing achat, de l'Innovation et la conduite du changement, contribue-t-elle à la compétitivité de l'entreprise ? : une étude exploratoire." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01E023.
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Aujourd’hui, la quête de compétitivité est devenue une préoccupation quotidienne des entreprises car elle permet de maintenir et de gagner des parts de marché. Ce défi est complexe à relever pour la firme qui navigue dans un environnement en perpétuelle évolution, que ce soit au niveau des besoins de ses clients, de la concurrence, des transformations technologiques et des changements de modes de fonctionnement. L’essor des opérations de recentrage tactique des firmes sur leurs activités cœur de métier entraine de fait une augmentation significative de la part achetée dans le chiffre d’affaires, installant ainsi les directions achats comme contributrices clés au chiffre d’affaires et à la rentabilité. Cependant ce phénomène engendre des changements initiés et subis par l’acheteur qu’il doit piloter dans leurs déploiements. La fonction achat a donc dû s’adapter, se muer afin de répondre à ces nouveaux enjeux, pour se faire, elle a mis en œuvre une démarche de professionnalisation adaptée. Au travers de son évolution, elle est devenue une interface privilégiée entre l’entreprise et les marchés fournisseurs permettant ainsi une meilleure qualification de ces derniers en fonction des besoins (marketing achat), en leur procurant de nouveaux leviers de compétitivité comme l’innovation et en développant le «capital fournisseurs». Néanmoins la fonction achat globalement n’a pas encore atteint son niveau de maturité le plus élevé dans tous les secteurs d’activité. La vocation de notre recherche est donc de déterminer et comprendre de façon exploratoire le rôle de la professionnalisation de la fonction et plus particulièrement du marketing achat, de l’innovation et de la conduite du changement dans la compétitivité de l’entreprise. Pour cela, notre étude s’est appuyée sur un modèle conceptuel et des hypothèses via une analyse mixte auprès d’une population de 174 personnes issues majoritairement de la fonction achat. Nos apports viennent enrichir le corps théorique du management de la fonction achat, de la professionnalisation, du marketing achat, de la conduite du changement, de l’innovation, et de la compétitivité. D’un point de vue managérial, notre recherche constitue une incitation à reconsidérer le management de la fonction achat pour bénéficier de tout son potentiel de création de valeurVocation of our research, is to determine and understand in an exploratory way the role of the professionalization of the function and more particularly of purchasing marketing, innovation and change management on companies’ competitiveness. To proceed, our study was based on a conceptual model and assumptions via a mixed analysis to a population of 174 people mainly from the purchasing function. Our contributions come to enrich the theoretical corpus by management from the purchasing function, the professionalization, purchasing marketing, change management, innovation, and competitiveness. From a managerial point of view, our research establishes an incentive to reconsider the management of the purchasing function to take benefit of all its value creation potential
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Buika, Kyle Joseph. "Essays in Applied Microeconomics." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3317.
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Thesis advisor: Julie MortimerEssays on the effects of health policy payment systems in long-term care and end-of-life care institutions are studied. In the arena of long-term care, state Medicaid agencies have recently implemented pay-for-performance (P4P) programs to address poor quality of care in nursing homes. Using facility-quarter level data from 2003 to 2010, we evaluate the effects of Medicaid nursing home P4P programs on clinical quality measures, relying on variation in the timing of P4P implementation across states. Further, we exploit variation in the structure of states' programs to investigate whether programs that reward certain dimensions of quality are associated with larger improvements. We find P4P decreases the incidence of adverse clinical outcomes by as much as 8%, and the improvements are concentrated among the measures that experienced an increase in their relative returns and share strong commonalities in production. In the Hospice industry, changes to the current reimbursement system are mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The motivation stems from noticeable hospice utilization changes since the Medicare Hospice Benefit (MHB) introduced a per-diem reimbursement in 1983. This research analyzes the abilities of a multi-tiered payment system, and a simpler two-part pricing system, to accurately match Medicare payments with hospice patient costs. Both systems improve on the current payment mechanism, while two-part pricing is the only system to maintain access to care for all MHB eligible patients. In addition, consumer disutility incurred by driving to airports is estimated and used to define air travel markets. Though an accurate definition of an economic market is important for any study of industry, there is no rule governing what exactly constitutes a market. To define a market we must ask the question ``between which products do consumers substitute,'' knowing that the answer to this question will depend on how ``close'' products are to one another in product space, as well as how close they are to one another, and to consumers, in geographic space. We estimate a discrete choice model of air travel demand that uses known information about the locations of products and consumers, which allows us to study substitution patterns among air travel products at different airports. We evaluate the commonly used city-pair and airport-pair definitions of a market for air travel, and conclude that a city-pair is the appropriate definition. We also employ the Hypothetical Monopolist test for antitrust market definition, as defined by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, and conclude that the relevant geographic market for antitrust analysis is frequently more narrowly defined as an airport-pair
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Economics
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Kaynak, Hale 1956. "The Relationship between Just-in-Time Purchasing and Total Quality Management and Their Effects on the Performance of Firms Operating in the U.S.: an Empirical Investigation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277695/.
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U.S. companies have implemented just-in-time purchasing (JITP) and total quality management (TQM) techniques to improve their global competitive position. The lack of empirical research on these techniques with firm's performance is the reason to explain further their strategic values as management innovations in different types and sizes of organizations. From a theoretical foundation on the relations between innovation, strategy and performance, the following research questions were generated: (1) Are JITP and TQM positively related to the firm's performance?, (2) Do the combination/sequence of implementing JITP and TQM have a relation with the firm's performance?, and (3) Is the relationship between JITP and TQM to the firm's performance moderated by any of industry type, firm size,firm type and/or duration of JITP and TQM techniques? A model is developed and hypotheses are proposed. A survey is mailed to firms operating in the U.S. that have implemented one or both techniques. Questionnaire items measuring JITP, TQM, performance, and moderating variables - industry type, firm size,firm type, and duration of JIT purchasing and TQM techniques— are either developed or borrowed from other studies. From rosters of the American Society for Quality Control and the National Association of Purchasing Management, 1884 target respondents result in a 20.3 percent response rate. Reliability and factor analysis of the constructs are established. The research model is tested by canonical correlation analyses before a separate hierarchical regression analysis of sets is run for each of the three performance factors: financial and market, time-based quality and material productivity. The extent of JITP and TQM implementation positively and significantly relate with firm's performance. Furthermore, the relation between JITP and financial and market performance is higher in industries that face high foreign competition. Firm size, firm type and duration of JITP and TQM techniques are nonsignificant moderators. An improved research model is offered.
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Tiedemann, Fredrik. "Strategic lead-times and their implications on financial performance." Licentiate thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34804.
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The overall goal for manufacturing companies is to earn profit and increase shareholders’ value. To ensure that companies in fact are profitable, managers usually evaluate the company’s resources based on both financial and operational performance, to analyse if the resources are contributing with a financial return. One of the most critical resources and competitive advantages that manufacturing companies have is time. Time, however, is an intangible resource and challenging to measure financially. There are, therefore, few practical instruments available to support managers’ decisions when it comes to linking lead-time with financial performance, assisting managers to prioritize the lead-times that are of strategic value (i.e. strategic lead-times). The purpose of this research was, therefore, to analyse strategic lead-times within new product development, purchasing, and production, as well as the implications that strategic lead-times have on manufacturing companies’ financial performance. To fulfil this purpose, the following two research objectives were formulated: (1) to analyse strategic lead-times within new product development, purchasing, and production, and (2) to analyse the implications of strategic lead-times on manufacturing companies’ financial performance. The research presented in this thesis has been conducted within a research project (KOPtimera). To fulfil the research objectives and the research purpose, a combination of conceptual analytical research and case study research was used, utilizing a number of data collection techniques: literature reviews, interviews, focus groups, workshops, document studies, and observations. In general, it is concluded that strategic lead-times, as defined in the research, have high implications for manufacturing companies’ financial performance and that the length of the strategic lead-times will impact who owns the risk in the manufacturing system, who controls the system and where variants are possible to create. The research further presents the implications that strategic lead-times have on financial performance, as well as indicates that it is possible to evaluate lead-time performance through financial performance, using readily available and accepted financial performance measures. Based on the implications identified, also a framework (the FinaSt framework) was developed. This FinaSt framework takes into consideration that not only the extension, but also the existence of strategic lead-times has implications for manufacturing companies’ financial performance, and that these implications can be either direct or indirect. The results contribute to the literature focused on valuing lead-times and provide useful knowledge for managers, allowing them to gain a better understanding for strategic lead-times’ implications on manufacturing companies’ financial performance, thus allowing for better decision support when evaluating supply chain designs and prioritizing alternatives based on profitability (i.e. return on investment).Tillverkande företags övergripande mål är att vara lönsamma genom att skapa vinst till sina ägare. För att säkerställa att företagen är lönsamma brukar företagsledare utvärdera företagets resurser baserat på deras finansiella och operationella resultat, och således undersöka om resurserna bidrar med en ekonomisk avkastning. En av tillverkande företags mest kritiska resurs och konkurrensfördel är ledtid. Ledtid är emellertid en immateriell resurs och utmanande att mäta finansiellt, vilket är en bidragande orsak till att det finns få praktiska verktyg och beslutsstöd för att värdera ledtid finansiellt och underlätta för företagsledare att prioritera de ledtider som är av strategisk betydelse för företaget (d.v.s. strategiska ledtider). Syftet med denna forskning var således att analysera strategiska ledtider inom produktutveckling, inköp och produktion, samt de implikationer som strategiska ledtider har på tillverkande företags finansiella resultat. För att uppfylla detta syfte formulerades följande två forskningsmål: (1) att analysera strategiska ledtider inom produktutveckling, inköp och produktion, och (2) att analysera de implikationer som strategiska ledtider har på tillverkande företags finansiella resultat. Forskningen som presenteras i denna licentiatuppsats har genomförts i ett forskningsprojekt (KOPtimera). För att uppfylla forskningsmålen och syftet har en kombination av analytisk konceptuell forskning och fallstudier använts, där litteraturstudier, intervjuer, fokusgrupper, arbetsmöten (workshops), dokumentstudier och observationer använts för datainsamling. Slutsatserna är att strategiska ledtider, som de definieras i denna forskning, i hög grad påverkar tillverkande företags finansiella resultat, och att längden på strategiska ledtider påverkar riskfördelningen och styrbarheten i tillverkningssystemet samt var varianter skapas. Forskningsresultatet visar på de implikationer som strategiska ledtider har på tillverkande företags finansiella resultat och indikerar att det är möjligt att värdera ledtidsprestation genom redan tillgängliga finansiella nyckeltal. Baserat på de identifierade implikationerna utvecklades ett ramverk (FinaSt-ramverket). Detta ramverk tar i beaktning att inte enbart längden på strategiska ledtider utan också själva förekomsten av strategiska ledtider har implikationer för tillverkande företags finansiella resultat, och att dessa implikationer kan vara direkta eller indirekta. Resultatet bygger vidare på och bidrar till den litteratur som fokuserar på att värdera ledtid samt tillhandahåller kunskap för en ökad förståelse för strategiska ledtider och den betydelse som strategiska ledtider har på tillverkande företags finansiella resultat. Resultatet kan således bidra till bättre beslutsstöd vid utvärdering och prioritering av olika försörjningskedjealternativ, genom att tillhandahålla stöd för att basera beslutet på lönsamhet.
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Pavlovic, Anica, and Sara Johnsson. "Kalkylmodellering : En studie om hur en kalkylmodell kan konstrueras för att göra ett lagerkostnadsindex användbart i företag med geografiskt spridda lager." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45211.
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Bakgrund: Globalisering har skapat ett ökat behov för företag att förbli konkurrenskraftiga. Att hantera kostnader effektivt blir allt viktigare i organisationer. Medutgångspunkt i ett fallföretag så har problem kring mätning och jämförbarhetmellan hanteringen av lagerkostnader i geografiskt spridda lager identifierats. I nuläget finns det ingen metod som jämför hur väl hanteringen av lagerkostnader görs i olika länder. De landspecifika egenskaperna skapar olikheter och för att åstadkomma en jämförbarhet så krävs anpassad ekonomistyrning. Syfte: Syftet är att utveckla en kalkylmodell som möjliggör en homogen mätning för olika länders hantering av lagerkostnader. Detta ska kunna skapa en jämförbarhet mellan geografiskt spridda lager. Studien ska utveckla ett komplement till rådande beslutsunderlag som avser stödja en organisations beslutsprocess för lageroptimering. Metod: Här motiveras vilka metodologiska val som gjorts under studiens gång. För att studien ska uppnå sitt syfte så har vi först utvärderat det befintliga styrmedlet för att sen genomföra modellutvecklingen i förhållande till uppställda kriterier för innehålls- och processegenskaper. Materialet för studien har samlats in via det multinationella företaget och genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med tre respondenter inom företaget. Avsnittet motiverar valet av teori och empiri som används och huruvida utvecklingen av modellen i analysdelen ska leda till studiens slutsats. Slutsats: Organisationer har sedan tidigare använt prestationsmätningar för att genom ekonomistyrning kontrollera sina lagerkostnader. Den ökade globalisering har försvårat jämförbarheten givet landsspecifika variabler som påverkar kostnaderna. Genom en kalkylmodellering har ett lagerkostnadsindex utvecklats vilket representerar en standardiserad varukorg. Kapitalstrukturerna neutraliseras och en intern benchmarking möjliggör på så vis att samtliga lagerlokaler kan introduceras att hantera sina lagerkostnader på bästa sätt.Background: Globalization has created a growing need for companies to remain competitive. It’s becoming more important to manage costs effectively in organizations. Based on a case company problems regarding measurement and comparability of management in warehouse costs between geographically dispersed countries has been identified. Currently there’s no method available for comparison of cost-efficiency of warehouse costs in different countries. The country-specific characteristics create differences. In order to achieve comparability adapted financial control is needed. Purpose: The purpose is to develop a model that enables a homogeneous measurement for management of warehouse costs in different countries. With the intention to make possible comparability between geographically dispersed warehouses. The case study will develop a complement to the existing decision-making. With the aim to support the organization’s decision-making process for warehouse optimization. Method: A motivation for methodological choices made during the study will be presented here. We have first evaluated the existing instrument and then implemented the model in relation to criteria for content- and process characteristics, in order to achieve the aims of the study. Material for the study was collected through the multinational company and by semi-structured interviews with three employees from the company. The section justifies the choice of theory and empirical content used. In the analysis a justification for whether the development of the model leads to the study’s conclusion. Conclusion: Organizations have previously used performance measurements for their financial control of warehouse costs. The increased globalization has complicated the comparability due to country-specific variables that affect costs. Warehouse cost indexes have been developed through a model that takes into account a standardized basket of goods that are relatable to warehouse costs. The capital structure becomes neutralized and internal benchmarking enables such that all warehouse costs can be compared in order to how cost-efficient each and every are.
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Flyckt, Sara, Hanna Holmgren, and Amanda Werner. "The Value of Personal Communication VS Performance in Supplier Relationships in a Digital Era : A Multiple Case Study Explaining the Online Organizational Buying Behaviour in Sweden & UK when Purchasing Display Material." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44106.
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Problem: The increasing online operations of the B2B market has led to companies being able to operate all over the world, making them exposed to various markets with different preferences of supplier relationships. For that reason, it is important for companies to consider aspects such as digitalization, culture and buyer-seller relationships when conducting business with foreign companies. One industry that has been reluctant towards this online shift is the display materials industry. However, during recent years display material suppliers operating online have become more successful. Therefore, understanding companies purchasing process when buying display material online is necessary. Purpose: This thesis aims to explain and investigate the online organizational buying behavior of British and Swedish organizations while purchasing display materials and several factors that influence it, such as culture, digitalization and buyer-seller relationships are examined. Method: A qualitative approach with semi-structured interview was used to conduct this research. Eight participants from British and Swedish organizations who are customers of the display material company SignMax were interviewed. The data collected has been analyzed together with literature on online organizational buying behavior and the influencing factors. Results: The findings of this research showed that the level of product involvement and national culture decides and forms the importance of the purchase, the purchasing process and the type of supplier-relationship desired. Additionally, the attitude towards digitalization and the experience of online purchases determine the level of personal contact and support. Based on the empirical analysis the findings showed that for the cases of UK and Sweden, UK was more performance-oriented in their supplier relationships and highly valued ease of use and a smooth purchasing process. Sweden on the other hand, focused more on soft-values such as personal contact and support.
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Wood, III John. "The Influence of Emergency Department Wait Times on Inpatient Satisfaction." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609108/.
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Patient satisfaction dimensions have a wide ranging and significant impact on organizational performance in the healthcare industry. In addition, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Value Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program links patient satisfaction to Medicare reimbursement, putting millions of dollars at risk for health systems. A gap in the literature exists in the exploration of how a patient's experience in the emergency department affects their satisfaction with inpatient services. In a multiple regression analysis, the relationship between HVBP Patient Experience of Care and hospital level factors including emergency department wait times are explored. Results indicate a statistically significant relationship between hospital level factors and standardized measure of patient satisfaction with a moderate adjusted effect size (p= <.0001, R2 adjusted= 0.184). Emergency department wait times post physician admit orders were most salient in predicting patient satisfaction scores (rs2= 0.434, β= -0.334, p= <.001). Recommendations to improve emergency department wait times include focusing on key decision points and implementation of electronic systems to support the movement of admitted patients out of the emergency department as quickly as possible.
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Fikar, Jakub. "Studie řízení hodnocení dodavatelů vybraného podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-399653.
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Diploma thesis deals with the current suppliers rating methodology at the company IMI Precision Engineering, focusing on the rating of specific suppliers and their groups. The aim of this thesis is to improve the existing suppliers output evaluation process and to suggest potential improvements of supplier-customer relationships in general.
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Bismarchi, Luis Felipe. "Sustentabilidade e inovação no setor brasileiro da contrução civil: um estudo exploratório sobre a implantação da política pública baseada em desempenho." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/90/90131/tde-05082011-215056/.
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O objetivo principal deste trabalho é identificar quais são os possíveis impactos que a adoção de um novo modelo de contratação de empreendimentos populares pela Caixa Econômica Federal (CAIXA) tem sobre a promoção da inovação e da sustentabilidade na cadeia brasileira da construção civil. Apesar de possuir diversas definições, o conceito mais aceito de sustentabilidade é a capacidade de atender as necessidades do presente sem impedir que as futuras gerações satisfaçam suas necessidades. O movimento em prol da sustentabilidade vem se fortalecendo rapidamente no mundo no início deste século XXI, instigando a sociedade civil a repensar seu comportamento de consumo, impactando diretamente sobre o comportamento de produção das empresas. Neste processo de mudança, a capacidade de inovar, isto é, de produzir novos conhecimentos ou aplicar de maneira diferentes conhecimentos existentes, é estratégica para que as empresas possam se adaptar a este novo contexto em que a sustentabilidade é requisito de participação no mercado. Um modelo de compra estratégica de empreendimentos populares baseado em desempenho, ao modificar a metodologia de seleção, contratação e acompanhamento das construtoras se apresenta como uma maneira do Estado influenciar o setor brasileiro da construção civil em direção à sustentabilidade. Através de uma pesquisa exploratória teórica, apresentamos uma forma de aplicação do modelo de compra estratégica baseada em desempenho desenvolvida nos Estados Unidos no início dos anos 1990 e identificamos seu potencial em estimular a sustentabilidade, devido principalmente à maneira como são descritas as características dos empreendimentos a serem construídos, e a inovação, devido à maneira como se dá a relação entre proponentes e a CAIXA durante o processo de seleção dos empreendimentos. A principal conclusão desta pesquisa é que o modelo apresentado tem um potencial muito maior que o atual em promover a inovação e a sustentabilidade no setor brasileiro da construção civil, uma vez que apresenta novos papéis e uma nova dinâmica de relacionamento entre todos os agentes envolvidos na implantação da política pública de habitação.The main purpose of this research is to identify the possible impacts the adoption of a new purchasing model of popular buildings by Caixa Econômica Federal (CAIXA) has on the promotion of innovation and sustainability in the Brazilian building chain. Despite several definitions, the most accepted concept of sustainable development is the development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The sustainability movement is quickly getting stronger in the beginning of the 21st century, urging civil society to rethink its consumption pattern. This has a direct impact over companies production pattern. On this change process, the ability to innovate, that is, to develop new knowledge or apply in different matters the existing knowledge, is strategic to companies adapt to this new context where sustainability is a condition to keep in market. A performance-based procurement model of popular housing, once it modifies the methodology of selection, award and monitoring building companies, becomes a way to the State promote the Brazilian building sector towards sustainability. Through a theoretical exploratory research, we present a model of performance-based procurement developed in the USA in the 1990´s and we identify its potential to promote sustainability and innovation, mainly due to the way the request for proposal is done. The main finding of this research is that the presented model has a greater potential than the actual one to foster innovation and sustainability in the Brazilian building sector, once it presents new roles and a new relationship dynamics among all agents involved in the implementation of the public housing policy.
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Lindner, Ana Paula. "Modelo multicritério construtivista para avaliação de desempenho em compras públicas: estudo de caso na UTFPR-Câmpus Pato Branco." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2018. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/3197.
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As instituições públicas, em geral, enfrentam dificuldades para realizar a avaliação de desempenho organizacional das compras públicas. Assim sendo, a presente pesquisa objetivou desenvolver um modelo de avaliação de desempenho construtivista para a Divisão de Compras da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Câmpus Pato Branco. Para alcançar o objetivo, primeiramente foi realizada a revisão sistemática da literatura utilizando o instrumento de intervenção ProKnow-C. Posteriormente, utilizou-se o instrumento de intervenção denominado Metodologia Multicritério de Apoio à Decisão Construtivista (MCDA-C), com o propósito de desenvolver o modelo de avaliação de desempenho para a Divisão de Compras da UTFPR-Câmpus Pato Branco. A revisão sistemática da literatura apontou diversas lacunas, tais como: (i) os modelos de avaliação de desempenho propostos não são singulares ao contexto decisório; (ii) os modelos desenvolvidos não permitem a construção do conhecimento no decisor do contexto decisório; (iii) a mensuração realizada não permite a integração dos critérios de avaliação; e, (iv) os modelos desenvolvidos não permitem gerar ações de aperfeiçoamento. Os principais resultados do modelo construído são: (i) 30 elementos primários de avaliação; (ii) 85 conceitos orientados a ação; (iii) identificadas duas grandes dimensões como áreas de preocupação do decisor, Gestão e Planejamento; (iv) desenvolvidos seis mapas cognitivos para melhor compreender os objetivos do contexto decisório; (v) construídos 53 indicadores de desempenho; e, (vi) geradas diversas ações para aperfeiçoamento do desempenho da Divisão de Compras. A partir do cotejamento da literatura com o modelo construído foi possível concluir que poucos indicadores encontrados na literatura tinham alguma semelhança com os indicadores do modelo desenvolvido, sendo que isso permite concluir sobre a necessidade dos modelos serem singulares. Conclui-se que o presente trabalho preencheu algumas lacunas identificadas na literatura, tais como: (i) propor um modelo de avaliação de desempenho singular ao decisor e ao contexto; (ii) propor um modelo em que preocupou-se em gerar conhecimento no decisor; (iii) propor um modelo em que a mensuração realizada permitiu a integração dos critérios; e, (iv) propor um modelo que permitiu gerar ações de aperfeiçoamento.Public institutions, in general, face difficulties in carrying out the organizational performance assessment of public purchases. Therefore, the present research aimed to develop a constructivist performance evaluation model for the Purchasing Division of the Federal Technological University of Paraná - Pato Branco Campus. To achieve the purpose, it was first conducted a systematic review of the literature using ProKnow-C intervention instrument. Subsequently, the Methodology Multicriteria Decision Aid – Constructivist (MCDA-C) intervention instrument was used, with the purpose of developing the performance evaluation model for the Purchasing Division of UTFPR- Pato Branco Campus. The systematic review of the literature pointed to several gaps, such as: (i) the proposed performance evaluation models are not unique to the decision context; (ii) the models developed do not allow the construction of knowledge in the decision-maker of the decision-making context; (iii) the measurement performed does not allow the integration of the evaluation criteria; and, (iv) the models developed do not allow to generate improvement actions. The main results of the constructed model are: (i) 30 primary elements of evaluation; (ii) 85 action-oriented concepts; (iii) two major dimensions were identified as areas of concern for decision makers, Management and Planning; (iv) six cognitive maps have been developed to better understand decision-making objectives; (v) 53 performance indicators were constructed; and, (vi) several actions have been generated to improve the performance of the Purchasing Division. From the comparison of the literature with the constructed model, it was possible to conclude that few indicators found in the literature had some similarity with the indicators of the developed model, being that this allows to conclude on the necessity of the models to be singular. It was possible to conclude the present work filled some gaps identified in the literature, such as: (i) to propose a unique performance evaluation model to the decision maker and the context; (ii) to propose a model in which it was concerned to generate knowledge in the decision maker; (iii) to propose a model in which the measurement made possible the criteria integration; and, (iv) to propose a model that allowed to generate improvement actions.
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Chen, Chien-Chun, and 陳建群. "The Impact of Purchasing Capacity,Purchasing Strategy and Supplier’s Management on Purchasing Performance." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47009208170512740099.
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碩士中華大學
企業管理學系碩士班
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While globalization is to be still growing, the keen competition face them. In order to increase the profit and market share of products,to advance purchasing power is the important factor which to impact the procurement performance directly and will be a magic tool of Enhancing competitiveness. In order to reform business performance and return on investment,just in time（JIT）of production theory is successful used in car manufaturing field by Toyota Japan in 1970. Its major philosophy is to reduce inventory stock cost to eliminate wastes of manufature process, and help to improve production process and efficiency. It is necessary for approaching this goal to begin from vendor management inventory（VMI）. So,the businesses have to train excellent procurement manager and have to plan a suitable purchasing strategy to increase the competitiveness of procurement &; logistic. This study would like to intergrate an influences mode of purchasing capacity, purchasing strategy and supplier’s management on purchasing performance. Hope it can reach a good sourcing effect. In summary, the purpose of this thesis is to build a conceptual structure of “capability-strategy-management-performance” by the role of procurement management. To integrate purchasing capacity, purchasing strategy, supplier’smanagement and verify the relationship on purchasing performance. The professional procurements are the object for study. To take the way of purposive sampling and out of the 141 questionnairs were sent, the valid questionairs returned were 107, resulting in a valid return rate of 76%. The statistic software of PLS structural equation modling was for the dada analysis, and the main findings of this study is presented below:(1)Procurement capability on procurement performance has a significant positive relationship.(2) Procurement strategy on procurement performance has a significant positive relationship.(3) Supplier management on procurement performance has a significant positive relationship. The study made a suggestion for business to advance fostering procurement ability, strategies flexibly used and combine the supply chain to creat a perfect procurement effect.
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Lin, Shun-Hsiang, and 林舜翔. "The Impact of Purchasing and Supply Management’s Perceived Value on Purchasing Performance." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73984869941053040701.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
會計所
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Business organizations make every effort to improve quality, reduce cost, and shorten delivery time in order to create their competitive advantages. For manufacturers, the lower purchasing cost is their first consideration for achieving the above goals, because it usually costs over half of their all expenditures. And the decrease in the purchasing cost results in the increase of gross margin. Because purchases from supplier organization are the largest single expenditure from most firms, management’s ability to control cost is critical to the organization’s financial success (Nelson, Moody, and Stenger, 2001). This study extends Zsidisin, Ellram and Ogdens’ study in 2003. They emphasize the importance of Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) and the relationship between PSM and strategic cost management. This study tries to explore the performance on purchasing by measuring the PSM’s perceived value and strategic cost management. Also, the study explores the relationship between PSM’s perceived value and its performance. This study uses total ownership cost, target costing, and value analysis as variables to measure the impact of PSM on performance in the purchasing department and the influence of PSM’s perceived value on its performance. The study uses questionnaires to collect data from business at purchasing department. This study finds the higher of PSM’s perceived value, the more activities in strategic cost management, and the more activities in strategic cost management, the increases in purchasing performance. Besides, the higher of PSM’s perceived value, the increases in its performance as well.
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Sun, Hsien-Chun, and 孫先軍. "The impact of share purchasing modes and ratios on main purchasing companies’ performance." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99654e.
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碩士中原大學
國際貿易研究所
98
Abstract Former researches on enterprise's mergers and acquisitions are mostly using the method of event study to evaluate the performance of the merge and acquisition. What makes this research different from them falls on that this paper adopts the ways and rates of the stock purchases. That is to say, we analyze how the rate and the way of the stock purchases of a main purchasing company affect the operation performance of the company. This study suggests that the stocks of a target company held by the main purchasing company are similar to holding the operation competence of the target company. Focusing on the ways of stock sharing, this paper split it into three behaviors. They are the behavior of merging, that of acquisition and that of repurchasing. Each method would lead to different stocks holding ratio which means different operation authority of the target company. Then, the paper measures a company’s performance by the five indexes of shareholders' return, return on assets, accounts receivable turnover ratio and return on equity before tax in the revenue and financial statements of each stock holding ratio to represent the indexes of the operation performance of the company. The data of stock acquisition come from global merge and acquisition data base. The data of company revenue and financial statement come from the accounts' financial statement of the public data observation from Taiwan. Empirical results from ordinary lease squares method show that different ways of stock purchasing would lead to different results to the indexes of the main purchasing company's revenue and financial statement. Besides, when the main purchasing company merge and acquire the target company, different ratio of stock purchasing would also bring difference to the performance of the target company. If the main purchasing company holds more stocks of the target company, then the performance of the main purchasing company would be better. This also explains if the main purchasing company can acquire more management authority of the target company, then the main purchasing company can take more resources from the target company and hence perform better. Keywords: M&A, Shareholding ratio, Repurchase Performance, Performance
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Li, Kuo Jung, and 郭榮豊. "Operating Performance Based Methodologyfor Purchasing Manufacturing Systems." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78012727477822432044.
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碩士明新科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士班
102
In manufacturing industry, companies need to procure manufacturing systems when producing new products, expanding systems, replacing systems, or investing in new manufacturing business. How to procure is a critical issue. This study attempts to propose a systematic method to build an effective and efficient procedure to purchase manufacturing systems. This method goes through a series of processes: 1. establishing the objective of the manufacturing system; 2 designing the manufacturing process; 3. decomposing the system into subsystems; 4. specifying the system requirements; 5. collecting vendors’ proposals and quotations; 6. building system dynamic model for each proposal; and 7. evaluating the performance of each proposal via the simulation of the model. This study introduces the heterogeneous recombination of the equipment from different vendors to avoid purchasing the expensive, inappropriate, or inefficient subsystems from the same vendor due to unbalanced information. The system proposed by each vendor could be decomposed into subsystems and merged with other subsystems. Some vendors provide only partial system equipment which also can be merged to form new proposals. Through the evaluation from the system dynamics of each proposal, decision maker can filter out the better ones for procurement. To demonstrate the applications of the method, how to purchase an IC testing system shows the details of the processes.
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Ling, Peng Shu, and 彭淑玲. "The Relationship Between Strategic Purchasing and Firm’s Performance." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97436009568051828591.
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碩士國立臺北大學
企業管理學系
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Purchasing has slowing gained visibility in the firm in 1970’s, this is due to top management’s failure to recognize the critical role of purchasing. Ammer(1974) noted that top management viewed purchasing as having a passive role in the business organization. Since the 1980, the strategic role of the purchasing function has received considerable attention in many academic and trade journals. Many firms recognized the importance of purchasing function, the purchasing function’s role changed from administrate support to strategic support company strategy to gain a unique competitive advantage. Many firms develop strategic purchasing function and link purchasing goals with cooperate strategy. Purchasing function and suppliers are integrated in the product development process, purchasing professionals need the proper purchasing skills to act strategic purchasing activities and moreover to gain firm’s performance. Reck and Long(1988) stated that top management regards a strategic purchasing function as an integral part of the firm’s competitive strategy, means the contribution of a strategic purchasing function and the status of purchasing are equal to other functions’. The main purpose of this research is to find out the impact of purchasing skills、purchasing involvement and the status of purchasing on strategic purchasing and its impact on firm’s performance. According the main theory of strategic purchasing, using model analysis and empirical examination to examine the importance of strategic purchasing. A questionnaire was developed to gather data, in order to test the hypotheses of this study. The sample is 800 memembers of 「Supply Management Institute, Taiwan」and a questionnaire was e-mailed to these memembers. By the cut-off date for responses, 166 usable responses were received. The 20.75% rate was deemed adequently for this analysis. About research method, first test the creditability and validity of each construct, then using SEM to test the hypothesis among these constructs. The results of this analysis were found: 1. Purchasing involvement affects strategic purchasing postitively. 2. Purchasing skills affects strategic purchasing postitively. 3. The status of purchasing affects strategic purchasing postitively. 4. Purchasing skills affects purchasing involvement. 5. Strategic purchasing affects firm’s performance. 6. There is no significant difference of the total scope between different company scales. Previous researches of 「Strategic purchasing」used case study or conceptual methodology, seldom use statistical analysis. This analysis use statistical analysis to support the finding of previous researches, the results indicate the importance of purchasing function , and let company think how direct the goals of purchasing function same as cooperate goals and integrate the strategy of purchasing function into cooperate strategy. Then vales the contribution of purchasing function.
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Wu, Shu-Yin, and 吳淑銀. "The relationship of human capital, knowledge sharing will, purchasing ability and purchasing performance : purchasing clerk in the hospital as an example." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8858x8.
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碩士國立中山大學
人力資源管理研究所
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The environment of medical industry in Taiwan is unprecedented rigorous. Except the finance pressure of medical expense billing and the increasing demand of the quality of medical service, recently due to the change of government health insurance policy, each medical organization strives for the rare resource and limited customer, not only start changing the type of the medical service, but also emphasis on improving the function of hospital management and controlling the cost. Formerly, purchasing simply means buying goods; but now, for the rigorous medical management environment and the rapid pace of innovation, purchasing clerk is required constant skill upgrading, such as leasing, loaning, BOT and outsourcing by contract, to obtain the use of goods and to satisfy the aim of demand. Additionally, the way to obtain the operation or ownership of goods is different from the former way. Contributed to the change, it presents its importance in business management. So, this research wants to investigate the relationship of human capital, knowledge sharing will, purchasing ability and purchasing performance. We applied exploratory and confirmatory analysis to investigate the relationship involved. The samples were purchasing clerks of hospital, including medical centers, regional hospitals and area hospitals. Out of 400 questionnaires were sent, the valid questionnaires returned were 114. Factor analysis , variable analysis, regression analysis were used to process the data acquired. The major findings of the research are summarized as follows: (1) the human capital of purchasing clerk is positive effect to purchasing ability and purchasing performance. (2) knowledge sharing will is positive effect to purchasing ability and purchasing performance (3)purchasing ability is positive effect to purchasing performance (4) purchasing ability has the mediate effect among human capital and knowledge sharing will with purchasing performance.
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SUN, NIEN-TSU, and 孫念祖. "Research in Performance of Housing Label on Purchasing Intention." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33362980993177882971.
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碩士中國文化大學
建築及都市設計學系碩士在職專班
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The performance of housing label is provided with intermediary's function that made consumers understand the quality of the house and building contractor corporate image. Consumers can use performance of housing label as the decision information of purchasing house. Choose the most suitable residential housing and living environment, use to improve the quality of the life. On the practice, increasingly many building trader claims to make performance of housing label, its prominent product value. In addition, in the intersection of enterprise and competitive strategy, that house verification of products, Enterprises will usually use it to create value as the competition tool. This research mainly regards consumer's manner（EKB Model） as the theoretical foundation. Use the questionnaire to understand the intensity that consumers pay attention to the performance appraisal system of the house. Use the questionnaire to understand consumer's view on the thing that the performance of housing label. And and assay analyzing with factor analysis, Understand consumers prove to the performance of the house that marks customer's value of the chapter and willing to pay. Propose the appropriate marketing suggestion on the market of house, offer the person who builds circle to consult. The result of study reveals the first six items with cognitive value of customer of ' The performance of housing label ', Successively（1）Buying has the house which performance of housing label, the risk of its quality is slowed down.（2）There are houses where performance of housing label and authorizes ,the quality has high degree of stability.（3）There are houses where performance of housing label and authorizes ,the quality service is relatively credible.（4）Compared with other products, have products whose performance marked the chapter of house, will increase the possibility to buy.（5）There are houses where performance of housing label and authorizes ,the products quality have certain guarantee.（6）There are houses where performance of housing label and authorizes ,the service is concrete. Secondly, about willing to pay, the result of study is （1）The performance of housing label and chooses to show influence in purchasing house.（2）Involve in entering the intensity and having influence because of willing to buy. （3）The values have influence on buying the willing to pay. What merits attention is, It is accepted that the persons who visit will believe the value that have ' performance of housing label ' is relatively high after assessing wholly, will buy even if a bit more expensively. Agree, accounts for 53.10%; Disagree, accounts for 46.90%. Agree the men who pay more account for 42.86%, women account for 57.14%, but 5%- 10% of willing many expenditure room rates of persons who are willing. The above, this research puts forward the suggestion with the result of study of the cognitive attitude of customer's value, for the policy of the house to review and carry out the unit relevant system to revise, with the reference of marketing of industry.
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周致中. "The Influence of Purchasing Organization's Dynamic Capabilities and Purchasing Strategies on the Purchasing Performance Research – A Case of W Company in DRAM Industry." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43266027845744900646.
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Chiang, Shen-Su, and 蔣申淑. "The Supplier Characteristics and Relational Dependence Impact on Purchasing Performance - The Moderating Effect of Purchasing Personnel Characteristics." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32471327636810345379.
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碩士淡江大學
企業管理學系碩士在職專班
100
Title of Thesis : The Supplier Characteristics and Total pages : 106 Relational Dependence Impact on Purchasing Performance – The Moderating Effect of Purchasing Personnel Characteristics Key word : Supplier Characteristics;Relational Dependence; Purchasing Performance;Purchasing Personnel Characteristics;Organization Purchasing Name of Institute: Executive Master''s Program of Business Administration (EMBA) in General Management, Tamkang University Graduate date: June, 2012 Degree conferred: Master Name of student: Chiang , Shen -Su Advisor: Huang , Man-Chin 蔣申淑 黃曼琴 Abstract： With the global environmental changes, All the enterprise face a highly competitive business environment and challenges nowadays. In order to increase the organization purchasing performance, a strategic program or process improvement is required. And this study would like to realize how the supplier characteristics and relational dependence impact on purchasing performance, and how the moderating effect of purchasing personnel characteristics will be by 207 samples. The results confirm the characteristics and relationships of the suppliers dependent on both a significant impact on purchasing performanace, But the purchasing personnel charcteristics dependent on the characteristics and relationships of the suppliers will not interfere with the role. When the the variable sub-dimensions included for the analysis results showed that: (1)、The purchasing personnel are able to recognize the quality of professional and product price from the supplier. And the awareness will affect its purchasing performance. It means the purchasing performance will be higher if the purchasing personnel are aware of supplier is more professional or the price is more competitive compared with others. (2)、The relational dependence between the purchasing personnel and the supplier will affect the purchasing performance. It means the purchasing performance will be higher if the purchsing personnel rely on the relational dependence with the supplier, especially for realational dependence of production efficiency. (3)、The purchasing personnel charcteristics dependent on the supplier characteristics will not interfere with the role or impact on the purchasing performance. (4)、 The purchasing personnel characteristics dependent on the relational dependence with supplier will not interfere with the role or impact on the purchasing performance. From the analysis of this study we found : to establish a sound system is a important strategy for the enterprise to face the trend of economic globalization. Since the purchasing personnel characteristics will not impact the purchasing performance by recognizing the supplier characteristic and relational dependence. These results also permit the importance of sound system establishment for the enterprise better than rely on the purchasing personnel. This study also found: with current globalization business environment. In order to cooperate with different customer requirement. All the enterprise have to enhance the relationship with their supplier. And It is important for the enterprise to strengthen the cooperation with their supplier chain. 表單編號：ATRX-Q03-001-FM031-01
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OU, YU-SIN, and 歐昱欣. "The Impact of Global Supply Chain Management and Green Purchasing on Purchasing Personnel Capability and Procurement Performance." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/cj4sqt.
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碩士國立高雄海洋科技大學
供應鏈管理研究所
106
The globalization of the supply chain was impacted by low wages, market size and terms of trade. Companies in Taiwan have been deeply affected by the global supply chain. In recent years, the issues of energy shortage and climate change have brought attention to everyone. The global supply chain has wide influences on the environment. Thus, to reduce the impact of environment, green supply chain management is introduced and green purchasing is put into practice to reduce the environmental damage. Under this premise, the capability of purchasing personnel has differed from the one they have in the past, which indirectly influences the procurement performance. Questionnaires were implemented in the present study to explore the relationship between global supply chain management, green purchasing, purchasing personnel capability and procurement performance, with 308 valid questionnaire samples collected. Regression analysis and structural equation model were employed for carrying an empirical analysis. This research found out that global supply chain management has a positive impact on green purchasing and purchasing personnel capability; implement green purchasing has a positive impact on purchasing personnel capability and the capability of purchasing personnel would have a positive impact on procurement performance. The result of present study implies that managers should train the purchasing personnel to acquire the knowledge of global supply chain management and green procurement so as to bring the competitiveness and enhance procurement performance for the company. The results from constructing the procurement system model provide excellent predictive value of the enterprise and serve as a reference for enterprise management decision.
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Jung-HsiangLin and 林融詳. "The Effects of personality Characteristics of Suppliers on Purchasing Officer’s Relational Management Strategy, Relationship Capital and Purchasing Performance." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94916751138716992976.
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碩士國立成功大學
高階管理碩士在職專班
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Due to the global competition, micro-profit era, dramatically domestic and international technology developments, governments and private sectors are constantly in pursuit of resource integration, resource exchange and global supply chain in order to drive the competitiveness and growth. International trade has been developing prosperously for centries because of the sacred natural resources and scientific technologies. At global village ear, procurement has been gradually moving towards internationalization and this trend brings opportunities to importing and exporting traders who can extend business. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the intra-influences effects of the personality characteristics of suppliers to relational management strategy, relationship capital and purchasing performance. 220 questionnaires were dispatched to person in charge who is responsible for procuring and selling. 200 questionnaires were returned and 184 questionnaires were valid. The data was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) including the research method of factor analysis, coefficient alpha test, descriptive statistics, ANOVA analysis, multiple regression analysis and hypotheses testing. The studying results are listed below: 1. Relational management strategy has partial influences on purchasing performance. 2. Relational management strategy has partial influences on relationship capital. 3. Relational management strategy and relationship capital have partial influences on purchasing performance. 4. Personality characteristics have disturbed effects on relational management strategy and relationship capital; it also reaches the partial significant level. 5. Personality characteristics have disturbed effects on relationship capital and purchasing performance; it also reaches the partial significant level.
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Yang, Ching-yue, and 楊清岳. "A Study on Relationship between Purchasing Personnel Characteristics and Firm Size of Procurement on Purchasing Factor and Performance." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95mk68.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the purchasing characteristics of firm scales to purchasing factors and purchasing performance. 300 questionnaires were dispatched to person in charge who is responsible for procuring and selling. 240 questionnaires were returned and were valid. The data was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) including the research method of factor analysis, coefficient alpha test, descriptive statistics, ANOVA analysis. The studying results are listed below: (1)There are many different firm scales purchasing characteristics from purchasing factors and purchasing performance.(2)There are many different on sex, ages, income, and firm scales purchasing characteristics from purchasing factors and purchasing performance.(3)Purchasing factors and purchasing performance have influenced on relationship.
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Chung, Hsin yon, and 鍾興永. "A Study on the Communication Performance between JIT Purchasing Partners." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86891351981596525910.
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碩士國立台灣工業技術學院
管理技術研究所
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The Central-satellite business system is an important method to increase the competitive advantages for both the manufacturers and suppliers. By horizontal or vertical integration, both sides can build a mutual-cooperative relation to achieve this ultimate goal. If the Just-in-time(JIT) purchasing is applied, the frequency of communications will increase a lot because a very tight delivery schedule will be demanded. Thus, the performance of communication becomes crucial to the success of JIT purchasing.Communication is an interactive process and happens everywhere. There are four dimensions of communication can be studied upon, i.e., frequency, method, content, and quality. This study concentrated our research on the communication performance of 8 selected factories in the information industry which had implemented the JIT purchasing. By interviewing their high level management, we explored their communication performance and conclude the implementing opportunity for the various existing communication methods.
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Hsu, Jing-yi, and 許靜宜. "THE IMPACT OF SCM ON MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE: JIT PURCHASING ORIENTATION." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47699748629306704904.
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碩士大同大學
事業經營研究所碩士在職專班
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The intense global competition of the past decade has led many organizations to create cooperative and mutually beneficial partnerships with suppliers, distributors, retailers, and other firms within the supply chain. The objective of those partnerships has been to make more effective operation with greater design flexibility. The benefits of introducing JIT Purchasing are supported by ample literature that includes shorter lead times and improved productivity for organization. It is worth to discover and notice whether the implementation of SCM and JIT should improve buyers’ manufacturing performances. In this study, it is to clarify the relationship among Supply Chain Management, Buyer JIT Purchasing, Supplier JIT Manufacturing Performance and Buyer Manufacturing Performance in industries. To make this study more representative, it aims at the manufacturers in Taiwan whose stocks are listed or sold over-the-counter as research subjects. This study analyzes the data with descriptive statistics analysis and reliability test by SPSS 8.0 and confirmatory factor analysis & structural model analysis by AMOS 3.6. According to the results of the best fitting model, this study has the following conclusions: (1) SCM has a significant positive impact on JIT Purchasing. Therefore, the buyers will improve the JIT Purchasing implementation if they implement SCM successfully. (2) SCM has a significant positive impact on MP. Therefore, the buyers will improve the JIT Purchasing implementation if they implement SCM successfully. (3) JIT Purchasing has a significant positive impact on suppliers’ JIT supply performance. Therefore, the buyers will improve suppliers’ JIT supply performance if they implement JIT Purchasing successfully. (4) Suppliers’ JIT supply performance has a significant positive impact on buyers’ MP. Therefore, the suppliers will improve buyers’ MP if they improve JIT supply performance successfully. These practices ranked in the degrees of their factor loadings are as follows: (1) SCM practices consist of four measures: building cooperating partners relationship, good mobile and coordinated goods transportation, suppliers managements and evaluations, and information sharing. (2) Buyer’s JIT Purchasing practices consist of two measures: core JIT and facilitating JIT. (3) Suppliers’ JIT supply performances consist of three measures: quality performance, time performance, and customer’s satisfaction performance. From the perspective of implementing of SCM and JIT Purchasing when they put into practice these buyers’ performance is expected to increase.
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Huang, Sih-Yi, and 黃思翊. "Agency Theory Embedded with Dynamic Purchasing System Enhance Enterprise Performance Research." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80895318920742887044.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
資訊科學系碩士班
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To reduce procurement costs and shorten the processing times have been the direction of the electronics manufacturing industry efforts. The enterprise use the dynamic purchasing system (DPS) who can find the cheapest material cost, significantly reduce procurement cost. However, the dynamic purchasing system (DPS) can be effective, the main reason is the users used and accept for the dynamic purchasing system (DPS). In order for find out what the most important reasons are affect the users use the dynamic purchasing system (DPS).This research is according to TAM model and designed a questionnaire. Data from users returns and analyze the main factors affecting users used and accept for the dynamic purchasing system (DPS), let enterprise improve weaknesses to enhance performance.
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Koech, Roselyne Chepkoech. "The effects of perceptions of corporate social performance on individual purchasing." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29615.
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A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Economic and Business Sciences,University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgAlthough some previous research has focused on consumer behaviour with respect to corporate social performance (CSP), few empirical studies have been done, especially in the African context. In particular, a highly under-researched topic is the role that corporate social performance (CSP) plays in South Africa. Due to the increasing public awareness of CSR globally, individuals in South Africa are becoming more aware of the need for companies to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and companies have realised that fulfilling social responsibilities has a positive impact on their overall performance and sustainability. In this regard, the current study examines the effects of perceptions of CSP in South Africa. Particularly, it investigates whether the perception of CSP plays a role on individual’s purchasing decisions, in enhancing reputation of a company, and the role that a company’s reputation for social responsibility plays during a corporate crisis.The study uses the exploratory model of surplus, break-even and deficit developed by Coldwell and Joosub (2014) and a modified version of Carroll and Buchholtz’s (2000) model to measure the perceived actual CSP of companies in comparison to what individuals expect a company’s CSP to be. To measure the effects of perception of CSP in relation to actual purchasing behaviour, Carroll’s CSR framework (1991), which takes economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic responsibilities into account, was adopted. To explore whether CSP influences the reputation of a company, Fombrun's, Gardberg, & Sever (2000, p. 253) 20-items RQ grouped into six pillars “(emotional appeal, products & services, financial performance, vision & leadership, workplace environment, and social responsibility)” was used. Finally, to investigate whether CSR-derived reputational capital plays a role in sustaining a company during a crisis, crisis scenarios from Dean (2004) were adopted and modified to suit the study. A qualitative follow-up study, through face-to-face interviews, was carried out to clarify the quantitative findings. A mixed methods technique that combines questionnaires, interviews and content analysis was used to explore the effects of perceptions of CSP on individual purchasing behaviour, reputation capital and crisis management. A sample of 145 students at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa was used for a quantitative study, and a sample of 30 for a qualitative study. The findings show that a company that fulfils consumer expectations of social performance generates positive perceptions of CSP that not only lead to actual purchases of goods and services but also generate desirable returns through enhanced reputational capital that is seen to sustain a company during a crisis situation. Aspects other than CSP that also influence an individual's actual purchasing behaviour at grass roots level are also described in the study. The study extended the theoretical understanding of CSR by interrogating Carroll’s CSR framework (1991) for empirical analysis and its applicability in an African context. The findings show that CSP plays a positive though relatively minor role in individuals’ actual purchasing behaviour. This study also enhances the theoretical knowledge of individual expectations of CSP and actual CSP of companies in South Africa. Our study validates Coldwell & Joosub’s (2014) exploratory model of surplus, break-even and deficit in the relationship between actual and expected CSP. Also, the study has managerial implications in that those companies that engage in CSR are perceived favourably than those that do not hence enhancing their reputational capital; and that prior CSP reputational capital played a significant role in a crisis situation. Future research could investigate aspects like culture, political settings and the economic foundations of different African countries to confirm the findings of this study.
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Yao, Shun-Yuan, and 姚舜淵. "An Integrated of Earned Value Management on Performance of Purchasing Project." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5jy759.
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博士義守大學
工業管理學系
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There are three important management objectives of Project Management: Schedule, Performance and Cost. The success of a project involves ten knowledge Areas and five process groups, when the project is executed, comprehensive monitoring is required to truly implement the project management objectives. However, project team will report the progress of task completion to project manager in percentage way. Because of the different property of the project task, the percentage of the completion of the task is defined in different ways. Therefore, it is difficult for the project manager to control the actual progress of each project task based on the percentage. As a result, all project of schedules and progress are converted to “amounts” using the Earned Value Management (EVM). Compare with the initial budget amount to mean the actual progress of the project task. The EVM can provide an indicator for integrating assessment of schedule performance and cost performance index. But there are still several defects in practicality, such as: (1) will increase management costs. (2) The Earned Value does not provide a forecast of the success or failure for the procurement project. (3) The assessment of index cannot distinguish importance. To handle these defects, the research proposed an integrated EVM perspective which can predict the success rate of procurement projects and rank the importance of the evaluation variables. In order to verify the model of integrated EVM in this study. Introduced by the EVM to evaluation second source of raw materials into the enterprise project procurement. Exploring whether the project schedule is ahead or behind and the project budget is overrun or meets the budget and establishes countermeasures. Then it can use the Logistic Regression Analysis to build a prediction model. With the Expert Weighting Method (EWM), select and analyze the importance ranking of the five variables affecting the project procurement evaluation. The conclusion of this study that the Cost Performance Index "CPI" in the variable affect the probability of successful forecast greatly. When CPI=1 is considered separately in the material second source of evaluation of the implementation. The probability of predicting success is as high as 71.26%. The importance of impact assessment variables is most important with CPI. Purchasing experts pay more attention to CPI in the second source of material assessment. The results can be used as a catalyst for future work related to improving the performance of procurement projects.
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Yu, Tai-Han, and 余泰漢. "The Impact of Supplier Management On Original Equipment Manufacturers’ Purchasing Performance." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jz2257.
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碩士銘傳大學
管理研究所
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Manufacturing firms can greatly benenit from a good relationship with their suppliers, such as cost control, quality and on-time delivery. Purchasing has become the most important activity among firms. Effective supplier management can increase the manufacturers’ competitiveness and order winning abilities. It is the focus of this study to understand the various supplier management practices and how they affect the manufacturing firms’ purchasing performance. A survey was conducted to the electronics and information technology industries in Taiwan since they are known for their strong abilities in purchasing integration. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Models. The results show that various supplier management mechanisms do have certain effects on the transactional costs as well as the manufacturing firms’ procurement performance in cost, quality and delivery. Some managerial suggestions are provided following the analysis.
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Lin, Li-Lan, and 林麗蘭. "The Effect of Purchasing Risk and Technology Innovation on Production Performance." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80047765866998659580.
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碩士中原大學
國際貿易研究所
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The emergence of JIT purchasing , supplier management, quick response the business environment is getting more and more competitive. Purchasing has become the important activity among firms. Effective supplier management can reduce purchasing risk and increase the manufacturers’ on technology innovation and performance. A survey was conducted to the information technology industries electronics and semiconductor in Taiwan. The research data were using factor analysis and structural equation models to verify the supply management effects with data collected from 97 companies in Taiwan. This study reveals that the impact of purchasing risk and technology innovation of firm’s procurement performance have outstanding effects. Through the study, We will then be able to evaluate statistical data to further provide resources for some managerial suggestion that how to increase firm’s procurement performance. The study to understand the various supplier management practice that include behavior-oriented buffer-oriented 、information technology how they affect purchasing risk technology innovation on the performance.Through the study, We will then be able to evaluate statistical data to further provide resources for some managerial suggestion that how to increase firm’s procurement performance and following the analysis.
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khen, willy, and 陳威霖. "A Study on Relationship between Analysis of Quantity &; Material and Purchasing Personnel Characteristics on Purchasing Interests Avoidance and Performance." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18942505771806119656.
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碩士逢甲大學
經營管理碩士在職專班
102
Company must concern procurement segment, because the purchasing cost usual account for more than 60 percent of production. The value of purchasing personnel not just cost reducing or profit improving,but avoiding delivery delays, quality discrepancy, stock, returns and refund management. To be an enterprise with long term competitivity, better to reduce expense then explore new business. The purchasing department is a critical part of enterprise, without effective management, corruption used to happen; It is important that how purchasing personnel control to prevent improperate benefit transfer and it&;#39;s effect. Hence, in a perspective of science &;quot;material and labour cost research&;quot; to analysis and reduce the purchasing cost, prevent benefit transfer; further to promote procurement performance. The research method:(1)Documentary Analysis (2)Questionnaire Survey (3)Statistical Analysis. A study on relationship between analysis of quantity &; material and purchasing personnel characteristics on purchasing interests avoidance and performance. Research analysis showed that, (1) The implement of“Material &; Labour Cost Analysis” has significant influence to “purchasing interests avoidance” and “purchasing performance”. (2)“Purchasing interests avoidance”has significant influence to “purchasing performance”. (3) The &;quot;Purchasing personnel characteristics” and“purchasing interests avoidance and performance” have insignificant deviation.