Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-102).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-232).

The thesis is focused of finding a suitable space for set up and apply a new form of electronic auction and introduction a system of suppliers evaluation to the company UPC Czech republic, Ltd. These touls should lead to optimize the whole purchasing process of the company. The thesis included performance of methods and techniques to successfully management of selected activities in the organization and contains the description of all the current purchasing process.

Modeindustrin karaktäriseras idag av fluktuerande efterfrågan och snabbt växlande trender, vilket gör att modeföretagens effektivitet ständigt sätts på sin spets för att möta marknadens förändringar. Förmågan att ta snabba beslut och anpassa sig till marknaden är idag avgörande för att vara konkurrenskraftig. Detta har bidragit till stora förändringar, inte enbart inom produktion och logistik, utan även inom inköp vilket har fått en allt mer viktig roll. Inköp och Supply Management är idag en vedertagen term i modeindustrin, inte bara på grund av sin finansiella inverkan utan även sin ökade strategiska roll i företaget. Enligt tidigare forskning kan en integrering av strategiskt inköp leda till konkurrensfördelar. Däremot har en brist i litteraturen gällande strategiskt inköp i fast fashion-företag identifierats. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka inköpsfunktionens strategiska roll i svenska fast fashion-företag idag. Studien använder en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och resultatet baseras på empirisk data insamlad genom intervjuer. Intervjuerna har genomförts hos tre svenska fast fashion-företag med respektive fem respondenter vilka har omfattande kunskap och förståelse för företagets inköpsfunktion. Baserat på en analys av den empiriska datan gentemot insamlad sekundärdata från tidigare forskning drog slutsatsen att inköpsavdelningen i svenska fast fashion-företag har en viktig roll både ekonomiskt och strategiskt. Detta eftersom inköparnas beslut påverkar och kräver en kommunikation med stora delar av företaget. Vidare tyder studiens resultat på att strategiskt inköp faktiskt förekommer hos svenska fast fashion-företag, dock inte i sin helhet. Detta beror delvis på att strategiskt inköp såsom det definieras i litteraturen inte är ett vedertaget koncept hos de tre företagen. Avslutningsvis konstateras det att den tilltagande relevansen av strategiskt inköp kombinerat med den ökande globala konkurrensen tyder på att inköpsfunktionens strategiska roll kommer fortsätta växa. / Today’s fashion apparel industry is characterized by a volatile demand and fast trends. These toughened conditions have resulted in fashion companies constantly being put on their edge in order to follow the market changes. The ability to make quick decisions and adapt to the market is there fore crucial in order to stay competitive. This has led to extensive changes not only in production and logistics but also within purchasing operations, which in turn serve a more important role than ever. Purchasing and Supply management is nowadays an established termin the industry not only due to its financial effect but also its increasingly strategic role within the company. According to previous research, integrating a strategic approach towards the purchasing function might lead to competitive advantage. However, a shortage of research about strategic purchasing specifically in fast fashion companies has been identified. The purpose of this study was to examine the purchasing function’s current strategic role in Swedish fast fashion companies. The study uses a qualitative research approach and the result is based upon empirical data collected through interviews. These interviews have been conducted with five representatives of three Swedish fast fashion companies that have an extensive knowledge and understanding about the purchasing function. By analysing the empirical results in relation to secondary data obtained from previous research, it was found that the purchasing function in Swedish fast fashion companies holds an important role, both financially and strategically. This strategic importance is derived from the company wide impact of purchasers’ decision-making along with the need for communication between the purchasing function and other significant departments. Furthermore, the results indicate that strategic purchasing does in fact appear in Swedish fast fashion companies, although not to a full extent. This is partially due the fact that the concept of strategic purchasing, as the literature defines it, is not established within these three companies. At last it is concluded that the previously increased relevance of strategic purchasing combined with the cultivating globalisation indicates that the purchasing functions’ strategic role will continue to grow. The thesis is written in Swedish.

Government spending is essential for the US economy, and the amount of capital that flows from the government to US firms has increased substantially in recent years. Despite the economic importance of the corporate-government contracting relationship, we know little about the firm-level financial outcomes associated with government contracts. In this study, I investigate whether the corporate government contracting relationship affects firm-level financial reporting quality. Using a sample of 58,988 US publicly-traded firms from 2001 through 2017, I find that federal government contracting firms are associated with a lower level of discretionary accruals, lower probability of internal control material weaknesses, and lower probability of restatement and fraud as compared to non government contractors. However, this association is weaker when industry competition on government contracts are lower, and government switching costs in which the cost to find new suppliers are higher. Collectively, my empirical results suggest that having the government as a customer has a positive impact on the quality of financial reports. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

The diploma thesis decsribes the company purchasing processes. The thesis is focusing on the company purchasing functions. It defines the working methods and the processes through which the purchasing processes are coordinated. The target is to describe the complexity of the system and its complete structure. The theoretical part presents theoretical solutions to the problems related to absence of the strategic purchasing in the company. It describes the missing processes and suggests how to implement the strategic sourcing department. The practical part is focusing on presenting the solution to problems related to material procuring based on the company financial analysis. The goal is to implement missing processes in the company organization a to focus on the supplier selection and the supplier development as the key purchasing problem. The diploma thesis describes the purchasing system in its complexity. The thesis is structurized to describe every single function and process ensuring that the material procurement works effectively and efficiently.

The purpose of this research study was to explore how the purchasing department and aforwarding company together can promote more environmental friendly supply chains. To achieve this, the three following research questions had to be answered; RQ1: How couldbetter purchasing planning contribute to more environmental friendly supply chains? RQ2:How can the relationship between the purchasing department and its forwarding companycontribute to more environmental friendly supply chains?, RQ3: How can changes intransportation modes contribute to more environmental friendly supply chains? To be able to answer these questions, a single case study was conducted at two companies which already has an established business relationship.To ensure a rich data collection a mixed method was used, where interviews provided qualitative primary data, and quantitative data collection was conducted at both companies. The data was extracted and reduced, to ensure only the relevant information was considered in the research. All data was summarized in accordance with descriptive statistics to make it more comprehensive in the report. The interviews were performed as semi-structured interviews, which where voice recorded and then transcribed to ensure a fair analysis. A summarized version of the transcript is presented in the report.The research indicated that the choice of transportation mode is crucial to ensure more environmental friendly supply chains. When considering what transportation mode to use, itis not enough to merely consider the theoretical carbon dioxide emissions associated with the mode. One also have to take the length of the route and weight of the cargo into accountwhen evaluating which transportation mode is the most environmental friendly option for each shipment.The findings also showed the importance of purchasing planning, to make sure that available containers are fully utilized and reduce the number of transportations by merging differentshipments together. Purchasing planning will also make it possible to reduce the number of air shipments, which emits large amount of carbon dioxide and is mainly used as atransportation mode when there is a high level of urgency. In addition, the research made it clear that sustainable business relationships also cancontribute to more environmental friendly supply chains. By creating long lasting relationships with one or a few forwarders, it is possible to facilitate the achievement of the sustainability objectives. To be able to create sustainable business relationships, theindividual organizations has to achieve a high level of integration between their ownfunctions.

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