This study examined how student achievement data are used to guide the development of curriculum documents in public school districts and within a commercial curriculum supplier. Two research questions guided this study: (a) How do public school districts in Central Texas use formative and summative assessment data to inform the written curriculum, and (b) how do commercially produced curricular programs use formative and summative assessment data to inform the written curriculum? A qualitative multiple-case study included curriculum developers from public school districts and a commercial entity. Data included semistructured interviews with curriculum developers from each organization as well as an extensive document review from each entity. The data were coded according to first-level coding and pattern coding. These themes were then analyzed through pattern matching and cross-case analysis. The research revealed that formative and summative assessment data were used to guide the development of the written curriculum in terms of guiding vertical alignment, determining the scope and sequence of the curricular content, adding specificity to the curriculum documents, identifying and correcting curriculum gaps, guiding development of formative assessment, and adapting to state and national change. In addition, the organizations utilized available resources in curriculum development and created a culture of data-rich dialogue. Findings also revealed that the ability of curriculum developers to use assessment data to inform the written curriculum is impacted greatly by organizational size and capacity. Sustainability of organizations to maintain a comprehensive, aligned curriculum is influenced by the rate of change coming from the state and national level. In conclusion, districts need to develop or obtain a guaranteed and viable curriculum that is strategically planned, comprehensive and aligned, as well as shaped by assessment data. The research reinforced that how data are created, presented, and used is important. Data sources need to be valid and reliable and shared in a risk-free culture that allows educators to move beyond elementary data uses to use data to inform the written curriculum as an integral part of school improvement. / text

This thesis is focused on the proces management of the purchasing department. The aim of this thesis is to describe the purchasing process in the selected company, in puding its evaluation and subsequent optimization, whose changes would lead to more efficient and better use in the purchasing department. In order to achieve this result,it was necessary to obtain the necessary data that were obtained through interview with the purchasing staff and thein own experience in the purchasing department. The theoretical part presents a general introduction to the chosentopic. The purchase process, goals, and purchase objects are graphically shown and explained in detail in this part. Further more, the koncept of process is characterized, including the mapping of processes and characters needed to create the process map. The next charter is for suppliers, which also includes supplier selection and evaluation. After the theoretical part, the practical part follows. The first part of the practical work deals with the description of the chosen organization, where the organizational structure is also presented. This company can be proud of it is long history not only regarding the Czech market, but also abroad. The second part is aimed at the employees of the purchasing department, including adescription of the work contents. Then, it summarizes the current analysis of the purchasing process, which also includes a process map. The next section deals with supplier selection and subsequent evaluation. The last part proposes an optimization solution for the purchasing process, which concerns the efficiency of the informatik system. This improvement is also reflected in the developer process map using "Microsoft Visio" program. The proposed results were given to the employees of the company for subsequent assessment.

In the highlands of the Northern Philippines, a model of long-term relationships between potato farmers and their preferred seed suppliers is proposed. In the absence of any certified seed system that might provide some guarantee of seed quality, farmers prefer to transact with those seed suppliers with whom they have had some favourable prior experience. Such suppliers provide both the best quality seed and, since most farmers must borrow the capital to purchase the seed, the most favourable terms of repayment. As there is much uncertainty in the exchange, the farmer's relationship with their preferred seed supplier is based on trust. However, since the farmer's satisfaction with the exchange cannot be ascertained until after purchase, trust is antecedent to satisfaction. As satisfaction is derived from the economic benefits the farmer obtains, satisfaction will lead to the farmer's desire to maintain the relationship. Satisfaction is enhanced both by the seed supplier's willingness to extend credit and to provide information. As there is much variation between alternative seed supplier's offer quality, satisfaction will result in the farmer becoming more dependent upon that seed supplier who makes the best offer. Furthermore, having provided the farmer with financial assistance, seed suppliers will find that they have constrained their opportunities to use coercive influence strategies, for in the absence of any formal contract, farmer's may readily default on the loan. The use of coercive influence strategies will reduce both the farmer's trust in their preferred seed supplier and the farmer's desire to maintain the relationship. / While trust is more important in the transitional economies, critical problems emerge with the use of standardised item measures and scales developed in the industrial countries. Cultural specific adjustments are necessary to ensure social constructs such a trust are functionally equivalent. However, in the context of long-term relationships where satisfaction is also cumulative, introducing measures of both economic and social satisfaction have the potential to overlap with the generally accepted measures of trust.

­^¤åºK­n The purpose of this research is to study the evaluation and management system of multinational suppliers, which includes the followings. 1. To summary and compile various study and theory of supplier management and evaluation, and to analysis the infrastructure and characteristic of each method. 2. Based on previous study and cases reviewing, this study aims to study how a multinational company well management the suppliers from different countries, and how to elevate the company¡¦s benefit by building up the multinational supplier evaluation and management system. The result of the study of case company shows good effects after the establishment of SEAP system. The analysis on purchasing risk, technical ability, supplier behavior management ability, direction management ability, informatics technology management and performance on strategy, economic and technique, showed better result after the establishment and adoption of SEAP system. The study also indicated that the benefit and advantage derived from the establishment of well supplier evaluation and management system. All multinational companies should not ignore its importance. In addition, this study also suggests several important though in the management of multinational suppliers, which include: a company should well established the relationship with the suppliers with an all-directional though and well, to view the suppliers the partners to share the benefit, to establish a well rewarding system and communication mechanism, and to have a common consensus on quality management. Keyword¡GMultinational suppliers, supply chain, supplier management, supplier evaluation.

The research programme aimed to identify and investigate the tactics and strategies adopted by the car manufacturers to manage and control their dealers in the distribution channel in the UK market, and consequently deduce their effects on the manufacturer-dealer power relationships. A literature review outlining the main sources of power possessed and employed by the manufacturer combined with the information collected from initial interviews with a panel of channel players enabled to identify the main tactics of control adopted by the manufacturers over the dealers in the car industry. The dealer agreement, the training programmes, the dealer assessment procedures, the communications systems and manufacturer's general support appeared to represent the prime tactics of control possessed and employed by the car manufacturers. The first three elements were investigated separately and qualitatively analysed following a quantitative approach. They unveiled the nature of the dealers' operations controlled by the manufacturers and the techniques implemented by them to exert that control. The repressive and coercive nature of these tactics of control emphasised an imbalance of power favouring the manufacturers, and confirmed their dominant position in the marketing channel. The last two tactics of control mentioned above did not lead to any specific studies. Nevertheless, they were explored in Chapter 8 and referred to throughout the thesis. A field survey carried out with a large sample of car dealers established their perceptions to manufacturers' controls. The survey empirically confirmed that the car manufacturers highly control and influence certain business areas by setting-up some constraints, restrictions, limitations and targets to achieve, and consequently the leadership of the manufacturers was demonstrated and verified. The strategies implemented by the manufacturers, whose tactics are deduced from, enabling them to control their dealer network were analysed. The study highlighted the main strategic decisions made by the suppliers and showed how they affect the power balance between the channel participants favouring the suppliers. A lack of consistency in manufacturers' strategic approach was detected and appeared to be detrimental to dealers' welfare. In order to improve manufacturer-dealer relationships and to create a greater equilibrium between the two parties, the adoption of a partnership approach was highly recommended. As a result, the whole study of the car distribution channel enabled the researcher to conclude that a franchise arrangement tends to give a manufacturer more power over an intermediary than a non-franchise trading relationship.

Dissertação(mestrado)-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, Instituto de Ciências Humanas e da Informação, 2011. / Submitted by Caroline Silva (krol_bilhar@hotmail.com) on 2012-06-26T13:46:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 POLO NAVAL DO RIO GRANDE DESAFIO A ESTRUTURAÇÃO TÉCNOPRODUTIVA.pdf: 4009878 bytes, checksum: b2ba0d76be290084eb29c2458858e2c5 (MD5) / Rejected by Sabrina Andrade(sabrinabeatriz@ibest.com.br), reason: on 2012-07-03T22:31:31Z (GMT) / Submitted by Caroline Silva (krol_bilhar@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-05T22:28:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 POLO NAVAL DO RIO GRANDE DESAFIO A ESTRUTURAÇÃO TÉCNOPRODUTIVA.pdf: 4009878 bytes, checksum: b2ba0d76be290084eb29c2458858e2c5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Bruna Vieira(bruninha_vieira@ibest.com.br) on 2012-07-28T18:01:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 POLO NAVAL DO RIO GRANDE DESAFIO A ESTRUTURAÇÃO TÉCNOPRODUTIVA.pdf: 4009878 bytes, checksum: b2ba0d76be290084eb29c2458858e2c5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-28T18:01:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 POLO NAVAL DO RIO GRANDE DESAFIO A ESTRUTURAÇÃO TÉCNOPRODUTIVA.pdf: 4009878 bytes, checksum: b2ba0d76be290084eb29c2458858e2c5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Esta dissertação tem por objetivo identificar empresas fornecedoras à indústria do petróleo, gás natural e naval localizadas no Rio Grande do Sul e, em particular, na região do COREDE Sul, inseridas na Rede Petro/RS e SEBRAE (Serviço de Apoio ás Micro e Pequenas Empresas). Para tanto, a metodologia utilizada foi o estudo de caso, com a identificação das empresas fornecedoras à indústria do petróleo, gás natural e naval no Rio Grande do Sul e, em particular no COREDE Sul, a partir de levantamentos indiretos junto à Rede Petro/RS e SEBRAE/RS, e após esta etapa foi realizado a tipificação das mesmas, através da consulta ao catálogo FIERGS, bem como aos sítios eletrônicos quando disponível. Os resultados desta dissertação evidenciam a tendência de os COREDES Metropolitano, Vale do Rio dos Sinos e Serra se consolidarem como principais fornecedores ao Polo Naval e Offshore do Rio Grande, e o COREDE Sul participando da referida cadeia com uma pequena quantidade de empresas, muitas delas prestadoras de serviços de baixo valor agregado. / This dissertation aims to identify suppliers to the petroleum industry, natural gas and naval located in Rio Grande do Sul and in particular in the region of South COREDES, inserted into Rede Petro/RS and SEBRAE (Support Service for Micro and Small Companies). For this purpose, the methodology used was case study, with the identification of suppliers to the petroleum industry, natural gas and shipbuilding in Rio Grande do Sul, particularly in South COREDES from indirect surveys by the Rede Petro/RS and SEBRAE RS, and after this step was done typing them, by consulting the catalog FIERGS as well as to their websites when available. The results of this thesis show the tendency of COREDES Metropolitan, River Valley of the Bells and Sierra are consolidated as the main suppliers to the Naval and Offshore Polo Rio Grande, and South COREDES participating in the chain with such a small number of companies, many providers services with low added value.

Supply Planning in the Automotive Industry is a vital ingredient for Supply Chain Integration. The role and function of a Supply Planner, although clearly defined in European developed methods, lacks the practical dimension. This paper describes such a practical approach that was developed for Supply Planning in the South African Automotive Industry. The framework highlights all the aspects – from a business and functional perspective - that need to be considered on a global and local scale. The framework describes the role and responsibilities of the Supply Planner as an active supply chain designer during the product/production development process. / Dissertation (MEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Industrial and Systems Engineering / unrestricted

This Master’s thesis presents a design of models which are intended for evaluation of Braintrast’s suppliers. Based on the evaluation, there is selected the most optimal supplier according to parameters. The model uses fuzzy logic theory to support decision making. The solution is designed in programs MATLAB and MS Excel.

This Master’s thesis analyses the problems connected with the selection of suitable supplier. It includes the proposal of the method of rating of suppliers. It can ensure the selection of optimal supplier for the firm.

This study surveys the theoretical literature dealing with the behavior of technology suppliers in the presence of network externalities with a focus on economies of compatibility setting and promotional pricing. Positive network externalities arise when a good is more valuable to a user because more users adopt the same good or compatible ones. There are two issues with network externalities: demand side and supply side. This paper focuses on the supply side, and it relates the way that technologies are chosen and promoted. On the supply side, product compatibility choice, technology sponsorship, penetration pricing, and product pre-announcement are the competing strategies of firms operating in a market with network externalities. Among these strategies, compatibility choice decisions and promotional pricing are presented in the two different subsections, which follows. / Master of Arts