O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar uma proposta de Qualificação de Fornecedores passível de aplicação no âmbito dos Laboratórios Oficiais, e de alguma forma contribuir para a produção nacional, agregando qualidade aos insumos adquiridos e por conseqüência aos medicamentos produzidos pela Rede Pública, enriquecendo e qualificando o Parque Industrial Nacional e o Patrimônio Público. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida no Laboratório Oficial da Fundação Ezequiel Dias em Belo Horizonte (FUNED), MG, tendo sido reunidas informações dos Setores de Compras, Almoxarifado de Recebimento de Insumos, Planejamento de Produção, Garantia da Qualidade, Controle de Qualidade e Produção de Medicamentos. A pesquisa foi delineada através da Análise Documental dos registros que remeteram ao histórico de aquisição de insumos no ano de 2007. Foram analisadas AF (Autorizações de Fornecimento), AR (Autorizações de Recebimento), Check List de Recebimento de Insumos, Boletins da Divisão de Controle de Qualidade com registros de Análise Físico-Química de Matérias Primas, Relatórios de Não conformidade de Produto Acabado e de Matéria Prima. Houve revisão e adaptação do Método de Petrus para Qualificação de Fornecedores, especificamente para o Setor Farmacêutico. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram de forma positiva que a utilização da adaptação do Método de Petrus pode auxiliar na qualificação de insumos farmacêuticos, mas também demonstrou algumas dificuldades que remeteram a pesquisa à importância da Pré-Qualificação de Fornecedores na busca da Certificação e da Garantia da Qualidade dos medicamentos produzidos pelos Laboratórios Oficiais. / The aim of this study was to analyse a proposal of qualification of suppliers which could be applied in official laboratories, and somehow contribute for the national production, adding quality to purchased inputs and thus the drugs produced by the Brazilian governmental industry. These would enrich and qualify the national industry and public patrimony. This research was developed at Fundaçao Ezequiel Dias – FUNED’s Official Laboratory, in Belo Horizonte, MG. It was used information by Purchase, Warehouses, Production Planning, Quality Guaranties, Quality Control and Drug’s Production Departments. This study was designed by documentary analysis of records which recalled the historic acquisition in 2007. SA (supply authorizations), RA (receipt authorization), receipt of supply checklist, bulletins from the division of quality control with records of physic-chemical analysis of raw material, reports non-conformity of finished products and of raw materials were analysed. The Petrus’ Method for supplier’s qualification was revised and adapted, specifically for the pharmaceutical sector. The results showed that the use of the adaptation of Petrus’ Method can help qualify the pharmaceutical supplies but it also demonstrated some difficulties which pointed out the importance of pre-qualification of suppliers when aiming for the certification and quality guarantee for the produced drugs by official laboratories

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar uma proposta de Qualificação de Fornecedores passível de aplicação no âmbito dos Laboratórios Oficiais, e de alguma forma contribuir para a produção nacional, agregando qualidade aos insumos adquiridos e por conseqüência aos medicamentos produzidos pela Rede Pública, enriquecendo e qualificando o Parque Industrial Nacional e o Patrimônio Público. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida no Laboratório Oficial da Fundação Ezequiel Dias em Belo Horizonte (FUNED), MG, tendo sido reunidas informações dos Setores de Compras, Almoxarifado de Recebimento de Insumos, Planejamento de Produção, Garantia da Qualidade, Controle de Qualidade e Produção de Medicamentos. A pesquisa foi delineada através da Análise Documental dos registros que remeteram ao histórico de aquisição de insumos no ano de 2007. Foram analisadas AF (Autorizações de Fornecimento), AR (Autorizações de Recebimento), Check List de Recebimento de Insumos, Boletins da Divisão de Controle de Qualidade com registros de Análise Físico-Química de Matérias Primas, Relatórios de Não conformidade de Produto Acabado e de Matéria Prima. Houve revisão e adaptação do Método de Petrus para Qualificação de Fornecedores, especificamente para o Setor Farmacêutico. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram de forma positiva que a utilização da adaptação do Método de Petrus pode auxiliar na qualificação de insumos farmacêuticos, mas também demonstrou algumas dificuldades que remeteram a pesquisa à importância da Pré-Qualificação de Fornecedores na busca da Certificação e da Garantia da Qualidade dos medicamentos produzidos pelos Laboratórios Oficiais. / The aim of this study was to analyse a proposal of qualification of suppliers which could be applied in official laboratories, and somehow contribute for the national production, adding quality to purchased inputs and thus the drugs produced by the Brazilian governmental industry. These would enrich and qualify the national industry and public patrimony. This research was developed at Fundaçao Ezequiel Dias – FUNED’s Official Laboratory, in Belo Horizonte, MG. It was used information by Purchase, Warehouses, Production Planning, Quality Guaranties, Quality Control and Drug’s Production Departments. This study was designed by documentary analysis of records which recalled the historic acquisition in 2007. SA (supply authorizations), RA (receipt authorization), receipt of supply checklist, bulletins from the division of quality control with records of physic-chemical analysis of raw material, reports non-conformity of finished products and of raw materials were analysed. The Petrus’ Method for supplier’s qualification was revised and adapted, specifically for the pharmaceutical sector. The results showed that the use of the adaptation of Petrus’ Method can help qualify the pharmaceutical supplies but it also demonstrated some difficulties which pointed out the importance of pre-qualification of suppliers when aiming for the certification and quality guarantee for the produced drugs by official laboratories

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar uma proposta de Qualificação de Fornecedores passível de aplicação no âmbito dos Laboratórios Oficiais, e de alguma forma contribuir para a produção nacional, agregando qualidade aos insumos adquiridos e por conseqüência aos medicamentos produzidos pela Rede Pública, enriquecendo e qualificando o Parque Industrial Nacional e o Patrimônio Público. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida no Laboratório Oficial da Fundação Ezequiel Dias em Belo Horizonte (FUNED), MG, tendo sido reunidas informações dos Setores de Compras, Almoxarifado de Recebimento de Insumos, Planejamento de Produção, Garantia da Qualidade, Controle de Qualidade e Produção de Medicamentos. A pesquisa foi delineada através da Análise Documental dos registros que remeteram ao histórico de aquisição de insumos no ano de 2007. Foram analisadas AF (Autorizações de Fornecimento), AR (Autorizações de Recebimento), Check List de Recebimento de Insumos, Boletins da Divisão de Controle de Qualidade com registros de Análise Físico-Química de Matérias Primas, Relatórios de Não conformidade de Produto Acabado e de Matéria Prima. Houve revisão e adaptação do Método de Petrus para Qualificação de Fornecedores, especificamente para o Setor Farmacêutico. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram de forma positiva que a utilização da adaptação do Método de Petrus pode auxiliar na qualificação de insumos farmacêuticos, mas também demonstrou algumas dificuldades que remeteram a pesquisa à importância da Pré-Qualificação de Fornecedores na busca da Certificação e da Garantia da Qualidade dos medicamentos produzidos pelos Laboratórios Oficiais. / The aim of this study was to analyse a proposal of qualification of suppliers which could be applied in official laboratories, and somehow contribute for the national production, adding quality to purchased inputs and thus the drugs produced by the Brazilian governmental industry. These would enrich and qualify the national industry and public patrimony. This research was developed at Fundaçao Ezequiel Dias – FUNED’s Official Laboratory, in Belo Horizonte, MG. It was used information by Purchase, Warehouses, Production Planning, Quality Guaranties, Quality Control and Drug’s Production Departments. This study was designed by documentary analysis of records which recalled the historic acquisition in 2007. SA (supply authorizations), RA (receipt authorization), receipt of supply checklist, bulletins from the division of quality control with records of physic-chemical analysis of raw material, reports non-conformity of finished products and of raw materials were analysed. The Petrus’ Method for supplier’s qualification was revised and adapted, specifically for the pharmaceutical sector. The results showed that the use of the adaptation of Petrus’ Method can help qualify the pharmaceutical supplies but it also demonstrated some difficulties which pointed out the importance of pre-qualification of suppliers when aiming for the certification and quality guarantee for the produced drugs by official laboratories

This Master’s thesis focuses on the design the system of evaluation of suppliers in ČESTAV s. r. o. according to the requirements of the norm ISO 9001. I start from the theoretical basis and from the analysis of the current state in the company. The practical part includes design of evaluation of suppliers, design of supplier's evaluation form and proposal for concurrent evaluation of suppliers in MS Excel.

This thesis deals wit the evaluation of the suppliers in low volume business environment. Current means of suppliers evaluation are analyzed. Then new criteria and means for suppliers evaluation based on softcomputing methods are proposed. The proposed solution is then compared to current evaluation of suppliers.

This Diploma thesis analysis the supply environment of VKV HORÁK s.r.o. according to the requirements of the quality management ISO 9001:2001 regarding the suppliers rating. The thesis also analyses the present way of suppliers rating and brings new, more sofisticated model of rating using the fuzzy logic. The new method should succesfully solve the questions of suppliers rating and should be suitable for the firm according to the resources needed for its application.

Frågor om miljö, mänskliga rättigheter, sociala förhållanden och motverkande av korruption får en allt större plats i diskussioner gällande företag. På grund av detta är det numera inte tillräckligt för företagen att endast tänka på konsekvenserna av deras egna handlingar, eller deras direkta leverantörer, utan företagen måste även ta hänsyn till alla andra företag i deras leverantörskedja. Utifrån detta har studiens syfte tagits fram, vilket är att analysera hur företag redovisar hållbarhetsinformation från sina underleverantörer. Vidare är syftet att undersöka vilka faktorer som kan ha betydelse för vilken och mängden hållbarhetsinformation, från underleverantörer, som redovisas. Dessa faktorer är bransch, som inte tidigare studerats, och storlek, vilket tidigare studerats men i väldigt liten omfattning. Studien har en positivistisk utgångspunkt och en kvantitativ metod där en deduktiv forskningsansats har tillämpats. Studiens empiriska material har samlats in från årsredovisningar och presenteras genom diagram samt tabeller. Analysen har gjorts genom att data ställs mot teorier samt tidigare forskning. Studiens resultat påvisar att de flesta företag som inkluderar hållbarhetsinformation i sin årsredovisning även inkluderar sina underleverantörer. Hos företag som redovisar sina underleverantörer, råder det stor variation på användningen av hållbarhetsindikatorer. Vidare visar resultatet att endast en av de undersökta faktorerna har betydelse på hur företagen redovisar hållbarhetsinformation från sina underleverantörer. Förslag till vidare forskning är inledningsvis att studera varför vissa företag inte redovisar hållbarhetsinformation angående deras underleverantörer. Vidare kan det vara intressant att om några år undersöka om någon praxis upprättats gällande redovisning av hållbarhetsinformation från underleverantörer. / Questions about environment, human rights, social conditions and anti-corruption are a growing area of discussions in business. Because of this, it is not enough for companies to just think about the consequences of their own actions, or their direct suppliers, companies also have to take all the other companies in their supply chain into consideration. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to describe how companies report sustainable information from their suppliers. Further, the purpose is to examine which factors can explain the amount of information from suppliers and which information the companies choose to report. These factors are line of business, which have not been investigated before, and the previous investigated factor size. The paper has a positivistic base and a quantitative method, and a deductive research approach has been applied. The paper’s empirical material are collected by annual reports and presented in charts and tables. The analysis has compared data to theories and previous research. The paper’s results indicate that most companies that include sustainability in their annual report also include their suppliers. There is a wide variation in the use of sustainability indicators for the companies who include their suppliers. Further, the results show that only one of the investigated factors can explain how the companies report sustainability information from their suppliers. Suggestions for future research is to investigate why some companies does not report sustainability information regarding their suppliers. Further, it would be interesting to study this in a few years, to see if any practice has been established regarding the companies reporting of sustainability information from the suppliers.

An intense trauma in the UK farming industry was caused by the foot-and-mouth disease. The Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, chaired by Sir Donald Curry CBE, diagnosed that farming was detached from the other sectors of the economy and was “serving nobody well”. The final recommendations of this commission were focused on efficiency, adding value and diversification. Among the specific recommendations, there was an important emphasis on the need to increase collaboration and cooperation because it “is the best way for small farm business to get the benefits of being a large farm business” (Curry, 2002:34). UK experts in farmer collaboration such as, Parnell (1999a), and The Plunkett Foundation (1992) had previously made clear the need for bigger, better, more effective and efficient Farmer Controlled Businesses. English Farming and Food Partnerships (2004a), also, set the challenge to explore and evaluate new approaches to develop farmer controlled enterprises more imaginatively. Therefore, the main aim of this research was to identify new forms of collaboration between farmers, which might lead to gain greater scale and flexibility in farming operating in an increasingly global food chain. Using an inductive grounded theory approach comprising a series of Delphi iterative face to face interviews, three rounds of guided interviews were completed. These involved 55 experts in the field of business collaboration, selected using a purposive sampling approach. Interviewees included leading academics, government officials and advisors, senior managers and business proprietors of the most profitable and/or innovative UK-based collaborative ventures. The outcome of the research has been to develop three discreet but combinable models of collaboration. Each model requires different levels of commitment from its members and would suit different business situations. All the proposed models offer a business structure flexible enough to be easily adapted in response to changes in the market place, but they also offer the opportunity of combining into much bigger organisations with the potential to integrate small-scale businesses into networks of international companies. This research also reaffirms that the traditional cultural barriers and divisions between the different stages and participants of the food and farming industry were still present and hinder the development of a more competitive sector. Whilst there has been progress in the assimilation of the supply chain concept, most of the businesses involved did not see the other stages of the chain as their potential partners.

Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate whether CSR can be used as a marketing tool by the readymade garment suppliers in Bangladesh to attract international buyers. Method: This study is conducted by applying qualitative method. The data has been collected through semi-structured interview and using secondary data.   Result and Conclusions: The study reflects that that CSR implementation generates various benefits such as, creates good corporate image, reputation and opportunity for innovation and offers competitive advantage.  As international buyers’ foremost requirement is to verify suppliers’ social compliance, the CSR practices and benefits act as marketing instrument by the garments suppliers to attract international buyers and grab more business. Suggestions for future research: This study considered multiple large (1st tier) garments suppliers and multinational buying organization which calls for further research such as, a comparative study on taking both large and small scale suppliers as well as more international buyers. One of the findings indicates that buyers’ support is important in CSR implementation which can also be considered for further investigation. Contribution of the thesis: This study investigates suppliers’ CSR practices from the marketing perspective in relation to buyers in business to business context which has not been considered in previous literature. Further CSR as marketing tool has not been addressed in developing country context while this study includes empirical study on garment suppliers of Bangladesh. This study suggests that managers need to be aware of the significant role of CSR as marketing tool while designing and implementing CSR programs effectively to increase business. Moreover, CSR activities benefit both the company as well as other stakeholders (customer, employee, public, shareholder, government) of the society by way of meeting those stakeholders’ interest.

<p> The purpose of this study is to identify the suppliers’ involvement in innovation and New Product Development (NPD) of wind turbine manufacturing. In this thesis we analysed the sources of innovation and also explored the benefits that the companies derive when they involve the suppliers in the process of innovation and NPD. We present results from the study of 31 wind turbine producers across the globe including, small, medium and large companies. The conclusions are that most of the companies claimed that they involve suppliers in innovation and NPD. In the theory chapter, we have presented different techniques of suppliers’ involvement in innovation: <strong><em>to</em></strong>, <strong><em>with</em></strong> and <strong><em>by</em></strong> (Wintelism) the suppliers. Most of the companies use ‘’<strong><em>to</em></strong>’’ the suppliers technique when they involve suppliers in innovation. Improved quality, lower cost and utilising the suppliers’ knowledge & expertise are the main benefits that companies receive when they involve suppliers in innovation and product development.</p>