The SKF group - publié le 17/05/2009
Tutorials/exercises - 110 pages - Business strategy
The SKF Group is the leading global supplier of products, customer solutions, and services in the business of rolling bearings and seals. SKF Group's main competencies include technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training. The Group also holds an...
Developing supply chain management focus through ISO 9000: An empirical assessment
Thesis - 14 pages - Management
The ISO 9000 quality management (QM) standard, a key approach to implementing QM in organizations, also has many supply chain management (SCM) concepts associated with it. In this paper, we assess the extent to which organizations can use the standard to develop a SCM focus. Specifically, we...
The Sourcing and Procurement Strategy of Sanofi- Aventis - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
Sanofi Aventis, a multi-national pharmaceutical company, uses purchasing structures and procedures that aim to cover all activities and all types of purchasing. The structure is based on placing the purchasing responsibility on entities and business units, under the supervision of a central team....
MAN Diesel and Turbo case
Thesis - 14 pages - Business strategy
Founded in 1758, the MAN Group is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment. The head office is situated in Augsburg Germany. This German group is divided into two main strategic business areas: Our project focuses solely on...
The Sourcing and Procurement Strategy of Sanofi- Aventis
Case study - 29 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
Sanofi Aventis, a multi-national pharmaceutical company, uses purchasing structures and procedures that aim to cover all activities and all types of purchasing. The structure is based on placing the purchasing responsibility on entities and business units, under the supervision of a central team....
Strategic procurement and commercial relationship
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
‘Supplier relationship' is an expression that, it can be argued, has positive connotations, indicating as it does that a relationship between buyer and supplier exists and that it is such that both sides derive benefit from it. However, this has not always been the case, since,...
Strategic procurement and commercial relationship - published: 16/01/2009
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
‘Supplier relationship' is an expression that, it can be argued, has positive connotations, indicating as it does that a relationship between buyer and supplier exists and that it is such that both sides derive benefit from it. However, this has not always been the case, since,...
The French motor industry in the world
Essay - 37 pages - Economy general
Since more than half a century, the motor industry has represented, in most of industrialized countries a floret of the industry. In spite of the expansion of the service sector, the French motor industry occupies a very great place in our country. The manpower mass has decreased (in France this...
The SKF group
Case study - 115 pages - Business strategy
The SKF Group is the leading global supplier of products, customer solutions, and services in the business of rolling bearings and seals. SKF Group's main competencies include technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training. The Group also holds an...
Managing the global supply chain: A risk measurement perspective
Dissertation - 43 pages - Management
The end of the last millennium and the beginning of the new millennium has seen supply chain management emerge as a new management paradigm and a source of competitive advantage. This is especially true in a global marketplace where "getting the right goods at the right place at the right time...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: How WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analyzing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the business to...
Logistics Process Services (LPS) Firm Report
Case study - 5 pages - Logistics
LPS firm has transformed in a tremendous way in the transport sector. Its ways of approach to development of transport and integrated logistics is a sign of reshaping of its trade flows. The step this company has taken is yet to make a great contribution to its transport sector. The main aim of...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: How WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain - published: 14/12/2006
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analysing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the western and now...
The French motor industry in the world - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 37 pages - Economy general
Since more than half a century, the motor industry has represented, in most of industrialized countries a floret of the industry. In spite of the expansion of the service sector, the French motor industry occupies a very great place in our country. The manpower mass has decreased (in France this...
Management advice for relocating the production facilities
Case study - 50 pages - International economy
We are going to explore the possibility of shifting the production from Germany to a country either in ASEAN, NAFTA or MERCOSUR region, in order to reduce the cost of production. The countries that have been chosen are Brazil, Singapore and Mexico. Brazil has the highest GDP of Latin America and...
Applied Memory: The Role of Strategic Outsourcing in Supply Chain Management
Thesis - 45 pages - Logistics
The current political and economic scenario presents tremendous opportunity for companies to benefit from a higher growth potential in international markets due to economic globalization and hyper-liberalization of trade. World trade has multiplied through a series of economic agreements and...
Global Logistics: Ikea's global supply chain model
Case study - 28 pages - Logistics
The decisions regarding the supply chain design highly depends of the kind of products or services a company is dealing with. Issues such as the sourcing location or the distribution method will be affected by a whole range of requirements given by the nature of the products. In the first part...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: how WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analyzing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the business to...
Global Logistics: Ikea's global supply chain model - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 17 pages - Logistics
The decisions regarding the supply chain design highly depends of the kind of products or services a company is dealing with. Issues such as the sourcing location or the distribution method will be affected by a whole range of requirements given by the nature of the products. In the first part...
The Volkswagen Group : A study - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 31 pages - Business strategy
As the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and 5th in the whole world, the Volkswagen Group focuses on the automotive market and offers products and services along with an entire automotive value chain. With nine independent brands, the Group provides a unique range of models from the...
Developing a supply chain for the service industry
Dissertation - 41 pages - Management
Historically we have moved from physical distribution to logistics management to supply chain management. The major difference seems to be that supply chain management is the preferred name for the actualization of “integrated logistics”. With IT (Information Technology) acting as an...
Buyer interview
Case study - 6 pages - Clients and users behaviour
To conduct my buyer interview, I have contacted a French company named Alimentation Fine de France (AFF), which means French Fine Food. My contact was Marie-Dominique X, the key buyer of the company. I asked her a few questions about her company, the general buying process, and the people who...
Research Project - Effects of Procurement Ethical Practices on Performance of Procurement Department At Adc In Kitale Town
Diploma Thesis - 12 pages - Management
Ethical practices mean being in accordance with rules or standards for right conduct or practices. Procurement codes of ethics in public institutions in Kenya are associated with fairness, understanding of unbiased treatment to suppliers, integrity, due diligence, confidentiality of...
Electronic business system: Tabou case study
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
Electronic business system; the Tabou case study: TABOU is a newly created company and operates a mail order business which launches a new on-line service. This company offers to women the possibility of buying several ranges of famous brands underwear or to customize their underwear themselves....
Gabriel's customer relationship on the Chinese market
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
This report will focus on the customer relationship on the Chinese market due to the high growth. The revenue growth is accounted for 60% in 2010/2011 in Gabriel China. Gabriel's customer rela-tionship on the European market was also investigated because differences between these two mar-kets...
Buyer interview - publié le 15/01/2009
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
To conduct my buyer interview, I have contacted a French company named Alimentation Fine de France (AFF), which means French Fine Food. My contact was Marie-Dominique X, the key buyer of the company. I asked her a few questions about her company, the general buying process, and the people who...
The French energy market - publié le 30/09/2009
Thesis - 8 pages - Economy general
On July 2007 started the last step of the opening up of the energy market in France, i.e., of the electricity and gas markets. This process started in 1996 when the European Union decided to open up its market and liberalize it, in order to create one single market without monopoly. It was a big...
The French energy market
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
On July 2007 started the last step of the opening up of the energy market in France, i.e., of the electricity and gas markets. This process started in 1996 when the European Union decided to open up its market and liberalize it, in order to create one single market without monopoly. It was a big...
The Volkswagen Group : A study
Case study - 31 pages - Automotive marketing
As the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and 5th in the whole world, the Volkswagen Group focuses on the automotive market and offers products and services along with an entire automotive value chain. With nine independent brands, the Group provides a unique range of models from the...
The relevance of Michael Porter's 5 forces model to modern day business
Essay - 9 pages - Marketing theories
In 1979, a new model was developed for the industry analysis and for the business strategy development: Porter's 5 Forces model. This framework is named after its creator Michael Porter who is a university professor specialized in strategy at Harvard Business School. The model was published for...
