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Sustainability through Buyer-Supplier Relationships : A Qualitative Study about Buyer- Supplier influences on Supply Chain Sustainability in Swedish SMEsBjörkman, Folke, Green, Jonathan January 2024 (has links)
This thesis looks at the challenges of establishing environmentally sustainable supply chains in Swedish Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through the lens of buyer-supplier relationships. Despite SMEs' important role in innovation and employment, there is little research on sustainability in this sector, particularly on buyer-supplier dynamics. Existing literature emphasizes the potential benefits of strong buyer-supplier relationships but does not investigate into their role in SME sustainability efforts. This study aims to fill this gap and provide insights into the barriers to sustainable supply chain development in Swedish SMEs. It aims to educate policymakers and practitioners about the importance of fostering long-term partnerships within SME supply chains. The purpose of this study is to explore how buyer-supplier relationships influence sustainable practices in the supply chains of Swedish SMEs. Utilizing qualitative research methods, the research involved interviews with multiple SMEs to gather insights into the dynamics of these relationships and their effect on sustainability efforts. The study examines the role of trust, communication, and mutual sustainability goals in strengthening these relationships. The findings indicate that robust, trust-based buyer-supplier relationships are essential for fostering sustainable supply chain practices. Such relationships enable better collaboration, which is crucial for SMEs aiming to overcome limitations related to their size and bargaining power. The study also shows that a variety of factors influence SMEs' efforts to become more environmentally sustainable. Examples include industry, customer and supplier size, and new regulations. This thesis contributes to the literature by describing specific challenges and effective practices relevant to Swedish SMEs and suggests that enhancing the quality of buyer-supplier interactions can significantly impact their sustainability outcomes. Practical recommendations are offered for SMEs to optimize their supply chain sustainability, highlighting the importance of strategic partnerships in achieving environmental goals.
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Approche béhavioriste de l'intermédiation logistique : le rôle dynamisant du prestataire de services logistiques (PSL) / Behavioral approach of logistical intermediation : the dynamic role of logistics service provider (LSP)Roveillo, Gérard 13 July 2015 (has links)
La recherche souligne, selon une perspective béhavioriste, l’importance grandissante de l’intermédiation logistique à travers le rôle dynamisant du PSL au sein des chaînes logistiques multi-acteurs. En s’éloignant de son métier historique, en l’occurrence la gestion de simples acheminements, le PSL évolue vers des services à plus forte valeur ajoutée, voire de nouveaux métiers, qui transforment en profondeur le fonctionnement de ces chaînes. S’inscrivant dans une logique d’exploration, la recherche participe à enrichir les travaux antérieurs relatifs au PSL, souvent de nature technique, par une approche béhavioriste. Le PSL est d’abord un acteur, doté d’objectifs propres, qui développe un comportement stratégique singulier ; il ne se résume pas à être un simple exécutant opérationnel d’activités issues d’une externalisation voulue par des chargeurs à la recherche d’une minimisation des coûts. Une telle approche, jusque-là peu explorée, permet de mieux saisir le rôle dynamisant du PSL dans les chaînes logistiques multi-acteurs, tout particulièrement dans le contexte français. Il ressort de la recherche que le PSL a acquis un pouvoir suffisant pour en influencer le fonctionnement. Il occupe une position de choix pour capter durablement de la valeur, autrement dit, bénéficier de transfert d’activités, de compétences et de ressources de la part des chargeurs. / The goal of our research is to underline, from a behavioral angle, the increasing importance of logistical intermediation through the LSP’s dynamic role within supply chains. By digressing from its historical profession, the management of simple carriages to be specific, the LSP is moving towards high added value services, even new trades, which deeply transform the chains’ functioning. By falling within an exploratory logic, this research participates in enriching the previous works about LSP, mainly of a technical nature, through a behavioral approach. At first, the LSP is an actor which has his own goals and who develops a singular strategic behavior: it does not amount to be a simple operational performer of activities coming from an outsourcing required by shippers in search of a minimization of the costs. Such an approach, which has not been explored so far, enables a better understanding of the dynamic role of the LSP in supply chains, particularly in the French context. It comes out of the research that the LSP has acquired enough power to influence its functioning. It is rightly placed to get some value durably, in other words, to benefit from transfer of activities, skills and resources from the shippers.
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透過銷售與營運規劃達成供應鏈轉型─電線電纜產業之個案研究 / Achieving supply Chain transformation through sales and operations planning - A case study for wire & cable industry王元星, Wang, Starsky Unknown Date (has links)
電線電纜產業之個案研究 / The importance of supply chain management continues to grow as managers increasingly understand how effective supply chains enhance the ability to compete effectively in the market place. This paper presents a case study of a wire & cable manufacturing firm in China that undertakes its journey of supply chain management (SCM) transformation through Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) project implementation. The aim was to provide a real-life case example of a supply chain improvement process as presented from a practitioner’s perspective. A supply chain division was just newly established in the case study company and its supply chain journey was still in its infancy, and that made the company’s transformation process become very challenging.
Unlike a traditional case study report focusing on a single project implementation only, this paper describes the whole improvement cycle starting with underlying supply chain issues identification and prioritization throughout the processes of project selection and implementation. This study exemplifies how a company finalized and realized its supply chain strategic direction through a systematic approach. Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model was used in the beginning to conduct a high-level assessment on supply chain opportunities and various brainstorming tools were applied in order to identify the issue with the greatest impact to the organization. Sales and Operations Planning or S&OP is another key element, and a thorough literature review supplemented with practical application is demonstrated in this paper. Little information technology application is presented. Instead, this case focuses more on change management and business process engineering.
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Demand-Supply Chain ManagementHilletofth, Per January 2010 (has links)
Purpose: This research aims to enhance the current understanding and knowledge of the demand-supply chain management (DSCM) concept by determining its elements, benefits, and requirements, as well as by analyzing key elements of the concept. Methodology: This research has utilized the case study strategy and the survey strategy, however, the case study strategy dominates. The case study research has involved five companies originating from Sweden and the collection of empirical data mainly from in-depth interviews with key persons representing senior and middle management. The survey research targeted the largest firms in Sweden and Finland and empirical data was collected through an online questionnaire. Findings: This research has established that the main elements of DSCM include market orientation, coordination of the demand and supply processes, viewing the demand and supply processes as being equally important, as well as value creation, differentiation, innovativeness, responsiveness, and cost-efficiency in the demand and supply processes. It has also been revealed that the main benefits of DSCM include enhanced competiveness, enhanced demand chain performance, as well as enhanced supply chain performance, while the main requirements of DSCM include organizational competences, company established principles, demand-supply chain collaboration, and information technology support. A key element of DSCM further investigated is differentiation focused supply chain design. It has been shown that these efforts can be organized into a process of five stages. In addition, it is important that this process is addressed in parallel with the new product development (NPD) process, that information is exchanged between them, and that they are directed on the basis of the same segmentation model. Another key element of DSCM further investigated is coordination between NPD and SCM. This research has identified several significant linkages between these management directions, which motivate the use of an integrative NPD process where the NPD functions are aligned with the main supply functions in the company and other sales-related functions supporting the commercialization. A final key element of DSCM further investigated is the significance of regarding the demand processes and the supply processes as being equally important. This research has revealed that logistics outsourcing can be risky, if it results in the supply processes being considered less important. Nevertheless, if senior management regards the outsourced processes as equally important as the in-house processes, the effect of logistics outsourcing on company strategies and direction in SCM could be reduced and logistics outsourcing could instead provide an opportunity to improve the design and differentiation of the supply chain. Research limitations/implications: This research has proposed, described, and further analyzed a demand-supply oriented management approach. Such a management approach stresses that the demand processes and the supply processes have to be coordinated and directed at an overlying level, in order to gain and sustain a competitive advantage in competitive and fragmented markets. This research is mainly explorative in nature, and more empirical data, from similar and other research settings, is needed to further validate the findings. Another limitation of the research is that it is essentially limited to Swedish companies (even if some Finnish companies are involved in the survey), however, many of the case companies have a large international presence and are among the top three in their industries, facts which provide some grounds for generalization. Practical implications: This research provides researchers and practitioners with insights into how to develop a demand-supply oriented business. It shows that companies should organize themselves around understanding how customer value is created and delivered, as well as how these processes and management directions can be coordinated. In order for this to occur, the demand and supply processes must be considered as being equally important and the firm needs to be managed jointly and in a coordinated manner by the demand- and supply-side of the company. It is also important that value creation is considered in both the demand and supply processes. Originality/value: Despite strong arguments from both researchers and practitioners for a demand-supply oriented management approach only a minority of companies appear to have effectively coordinated the demand and supply processes. This might be influenced by the lack of research examining how the demand and supply processes can be coordinated, what benefits can be gained by coordinating them, and what requirements are necessary to succeed. This research contributes by investigating these types of aspects further.
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[en] ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC COST MANAGEMENT ON SUPPLY CHAIN: A RESEARCH ON BRAZILIAN NEWSPAPER BUSINESS / [pt] UMA ANÁLISE DA GESTÃO ESTRATÉGICA DOS CUSTOS NA CADEIA DE SUPRIMENTOS: UM ESTUDO NA INDÚSTRIA DE JORNAIS BRASILEIRAANGELO MARCELO ALVES DE SOUZA 15 February 2007 (has links)
[pt] O objetivo desta dissertação é realizar uma análise
baseada no conceito de
gestão estratégica de custo aplicado à cadeia de
suprimentos de uma empresa
jornalística brasileira. A discussão parte da
necessidade
dos jornais brasileiros,
que estão passando por evoluções importantes, tornarem-
se
mais competitivos
para atender anunciantes e leitores cada vez mais
exigentes e enfrentar os desafios
crescentes da concorrência entre mídias. Desse modo, é
fundamental introduzir
novos conceitos de gestão, com foco na redução de custos
operacionais de
transformação e de movimentação em toda a cadeia, com
simultânea melhoria da
qualidade do jornal percebida pelo leitor, por meio da
gestão dos processos e uso
de técnicas que permitem a integração de todos os elos
da
cadeia desde o acesso
aos insumos físicos ou digitais, até o serviço ao
cliente
leitor ou anunciante. A
análise baseia-se na estrutura do conceito de gestão
estratégica de custos que é
apoiada em três pilares: análise da cadeia de valor,
posicionamento estratégico e
direcionadores de custo em cada ponto em que se agrega
valor ao produto, para
possibilitar o uso dessas informações nas tomadas de
decisões gerenciais. Esta
pesquisa aborda a importância do gerenciamento da cadeia
de suprimentos,
enfatizando o gerenciamento dos custos logísticos e
conceito de cadeia de valor,
considerando os elementos de custo e descrevendo as
principais operações da
aquisição, movimentação, armazenamento de toda matéria-
prima, produção e
distribuição física dos jornais para os leitores. O
trabalho considera o atual cenário
e os desafios estratégicos enfrentados pelas empresas
jornalísticas no mercado
brasileiro, constatando a necessidade das empresas
implementarem ações para
melhorar os fatores de rentabilidade do negócio,
agregando
valor para o acionista,
para o anunciante e para o leitor. / [en] The objective of this dissertation is to produce an
analysis of the supply chain of
the Brazilian press industry based on the concept of
strategic cost management. The
discussion stems from the necessity of the Brazilian
newspaper industry, that is nowadays
facing important evolution, to become more competitive and
to satisfy advertisers and
readers continuously more demanding and to face the
increasing challenges derived from
the competition between medias. In this way, it is
fundamental to introduce new concepts
of management, with focus on the reduction of operational
costs of transformation and
transport all over the chain, with simultaneous
improvement of the quality of the
newspaper as perceived by the clients, either readers or
advertisers. In the newspaper
segment the supply chain includes the process management
and the use of techniques that
allow integration between all links of the chain, since
the access to the primary materials
either physical or digital, until the service to the
readers or advertisers. The analysis is
based on the structure of the concept of strategical cost
management that is supported on
three pillars: analysis of the value chain, strategical
positioning and cost drivers analysis
ateach point that adds value to the product. The research
approaches the importance of the
supply chain management, emphasizing the management of the
logistics costs and the
value chain concept, considering the cost elements and
describing the main operations of
purchasing, transporting, and storage of all raw material,
production and physical
distribution of the newspaper to the readers. The work
considers the present scenario and
strategical challenges faced by press companies in the
Brazilian market, evidencing the
necessity of the companies to implement actions to improve
the yield factors of the
business, adding value to the shareholders, advertisers
and readers.
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Att larma eller inte larmaGANJBAR, LINDA, NORDSTRÖM, SANDRA January 2013 (has links)
: Outsourcing har blivit en mycket vanlig företeelse i det moderna samhället och textilbranschen anses vara den geografiskt mest spridda industrin i världen med produktion oftast belägen i Asien. Outsourcing till trots finns det fortfarande vissa moment i värdekedjan som i stor utsträckning utförs i butik i Sverige trots att i stort sett alla andra tillverkande och sammansättande moment utförs i fabrik i låglöneländer. Ett av dessa moment är larmning av varor. Syftet med studien är att undersöka och beskriva hur larmning av konfektionsplagg går till i svenska A-läge butiker samt analysera om förflyttningen av momentet bakåt i värdekedjan skulle kunna påverka detaljhandelns tidsbudgetering och lönsamhet. Frågeställningarna för studien är: På vilket sätt påverkar larmningsmomentets placering i värdekedjan butikens tidsbudgetering? Samt: Hur påverkas butikers lönsamhet av att larmningsmomentet förflyttas bakåt i värdekedjan? Den empiriska studien är indelad i tre delar; kvantitativa observationer i form av tidsstudier utförd hos tre butiker; kvalitativa intervjuer med sex tillfrågade butikschefer; samt kvalitativa intervjuer med huvudkontor från valda modeföretag. Tidsstudien har visat att larmningsmomentet av ett plagg i genomsnitt tar 7,7 sekunder. I ett presenterat exempel där en butik tar emot 4 000 plagg i veckan blir det totalt 8,6 timmar som i en butik lägger på larmningsmomentet per vecka. Studien har visat att om larmningsmomentet skulle outsourcas från butik till fabrik skulle tidsbudgeteringen i butik kunna omfördelas så att mer tid läggs på varumärkesbyggande åtgärder som integrerad informationsflöde från detaljist till huvudkontor, kundservice, försäljning samt vård av butik och lager. De insparade timmarna skulle också kunna tas bort från budgeten om butiken önskade, vilket inneburit en direkt kostnadsbesparing. I analysen presenteras ett exempel baserat på tidsstudien där de 8,6 timmar som läggs på larmningsmomentet multipliceras med en uppskattad personalkostnad per timma. Kvantifierat till ett år och med 100 butiker i fokus blev besparingen så stor som 8 452 100 kr för en butikskedja, förutsatt att inga oanade kostnader skapades. Studien har därmed kunnat visa att förflyttningen av larmningsmomentet bakåt i värdekedjan kan minska butikers kostnader och därmed påverka företagets Vinstmarginal (VM) och i förlängningen skulle det kunna generera högre Räntabilitet på Totalt Kapital (RTOT), även om det är med en hundradels eller tusendels procentenhet. / Program: Textilekonomutbildningen
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An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Collaboration in the Wind Industry Supply ChainSukiasyan, Lena January 2010 (has links)
No description available.
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[en] INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: THE CASTROL DO BRASIL LTDA`S CASE / [pt] SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO E A GESTÃO DA CADEIA DE SUPRIMENTOS: O CASO DA CASTROL DO BRASIL LTDAMARCIO DA SILVA VIEIRA 25 October 2005 (has links)
[pt] A gestão da cadeia de suprimentos (Supply Chain
Management - SCM) é um
novo conceito de gerenciamento dos processos de negócios
empresariais que
extrapola os limites das companhias para incluir também
seus principais clientes e
fornecedores. Com esse conceito a integração e a troca da
informação entre as
empresas tornam-se cada vez mais importante para
performace destas empresas e
de suas cadeias de suprimentos. A consolidação da SCM em
diferentes industrias
tem-se desenvolvido com o auxílio de Sistemas de
Informação (SI). Nesse
contexto, a presente dissertação tem como objetivo mapear
e analisar os principais
processos de negócio da Castrol do Brasil (subsidiária de
uma multinacional
inglesa do segmento de petróleo, a British Petrolium) sob
a perspectiva de seus
Sistemas de Informação (SI) - tanto os sistemas limitados
às fronteiras desta
empresa, como também os sistemas responsáveis pela
interface desta empresa com
alguns dos membros mais importantes de sua cadeia de
suprimento, focando,
porém, na parte produtiva e nas operações logísticas
(outbound). A partir deste
estudo elabora-se uma crítica à SCM da Castrol do Brasil
sob a perspectiva dos SI. / [en] The Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a new concept of
enterprise
business processes management that surpasses the limits of
the companies to also
include its main clients and suppliers. With this concept
the integration and
information exchange among companies has become more and
more important for
these companies performance and their supply chains
systems. The SCM
consolidation in different industries has been developed
with the Information
Systems (IS) assistance. In this context, the current
dissertation aims to map and
analyse the main businesses processes of Castrol do Brasil
Ltda (which is a British
multinational subsidiary of Petroleum segment - BP) under
the perspective of its
Information Systems (IS). The dissertation will consider
either those systems
limited to this company boundaries, as well as the systems
responsible for this
company`s interface with some of its most important supply
chain members,
focusing, however, on productive part and logistic
operations (outbound). From
this study, a critic can be elaborated to Castrol do
Brasil Ltda SCM, under IS
perspective.
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[en] GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT GLAXOSMITHKLINE / [pt] GESTÃO DA CADEIA DE SUPRIMENTOS GLOBAL NA GLAXOSMITHKLINE - GSKANDRE LUIZ MENDOZA 21 May 2007 (has links)
[pt] As companhias farmacêuticas necessitam dirigir atenção à
demanda
crescente em trazer medicamentos ao mercado em uma forma
econômica. A
pressão sobre o preço está aumentando, e as vantagens de
ter um período de
exclusividade da utilização de suas patentes estão
diminuindo, enquanto a
produção de produtos genéricos está crescendo em todo
mundo. Ter um portifólio
de novas drogas é crítico, mas também é crítico ter
habilidade de trazer essas
drogas ao mercado em uma maneira eficiente e de baixo
custo. Entretanto, as
companhias farmacêuticas não podem mais contar unicamente
em pesquisa e
desenvolvimento e marketing para sobreviver, mas devem
também confiar nos
valores agregados pela gestão da cadeia de suprimentos
(Supply Chain
Management - SCM). Neste contexto, o presente trabalho tem
o intuito de
analisar o modelo de SCM global utilizado por uma grande
empresa de
medicamentos (Glaxosmithkline-GSK), através da
apresentação das principais
características de sua cadeia de suprimentos, da análise
do planejamento e
gerenciamento do suprimento e da demanda e da análise de
práticas de SCM
implementadas por esta empresa na Europa. / [en] Pharmaceutical companies need to address the growing
demand for
bringing medicines to market in an economical way. Price
pressure is increasing,
and the advantages of having a buffered patent window is
decreasing as generic
manufacturing is on the rise. Having a pipeline of new
drugs is critical, but it is
also critical the ability to bring them to market in a
cost effective and efficient
manner. However, pharmaceutical companies can no longer
solely rely on
research and development and marketing to survive, but
must also rely on supply
chain management to deliver value. Within this context,
this dissertation intends
to analyze the supply chain management model of a major
pharmaceutical
company (GlaxoSmithkline - GSK) throughout an overview of
the key
characteristics of its supply chain, supply and demand
management and some
examples of projects implemented in Europe.
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[en] A CONTRACT FOR COORDINATING CAPACITIES OF TWO MANUFACTURERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN / [pt] UM CONTRATO PARA COORDENAR CAPACIDADES DE DUAS MANUFATURAS EM UMA CADEIA DE SUPRIMENTOS.CRISTINA DE LAS NIEVES ARANEDA FUENTES 05 May 2008 (has links)
[pt] Contratos de fornecimento coordenadores são fundamentais
para resgatar a eficiência de sistemas de produção
prejudicada pela progressiva redução da integração
vertical. A maior parte da literatura sobre esse assunto
trata da análise contratos entre manufatura e varejista, ou
que maximizam o lucro de uma das partes. Entretanto, na
prática, contratos entre duas manufaturas são mais
freqüentes e de análise mais difícil, pois ambas têm suas
vendas limitadas pelas capacidades que decidiram no médio-
prazo. Esta pesquisa analisa um contrato de reserva de
capacidade, envolvendo incentivo e penalidade, concebido
para coordenar as decisões de médio-prazo de duas
manufaturas autônomas sobre suas capacidades para um único
período de planejamento e diante de demandas estocásticas.
Sob esse contrato, a fornecedora promete vender para o
comprador, a um preço com desconto, tudo o que ele vier a
pedir até uma certa quantidade previamente estabelecida.
Caso o comprador peça mais do que essa quantidade, pagará o
excedente a preço de mercado; se pedir menos do que essa
quantidade, ele pagará uma penalidade previamente
estabelecida por cada unidade que deixar de pedir. A
fornecedora reserva a capacidade necessária para produzir a
quantidade estabelecida, até que o comprador faça seu
pedido e, depois, usa a sobra de capacidade para vender no
mercado. Modelos de otimização estocástica são utilizados
para avaliar o aumento que o contrato pode propiciar no
lucro de cada parte e, também, quão próximo de um máximo
ideal ele pode levar o lucro conjunto da díade. Análises
numéricas realizadas em diferentes situações indicam que o
contrato pode promover coordenação total e permite
diferentes distribuições do ganho. / [en] Coordinating-supply-contracts are key to restoring the
production-systems eficiency lost with the progressive
reduction of vertical integration. The bulk of the
literature on this subject focuses on the analysis of a
contract between a retailer and a manufacturer, or on
contracts that maximize the profit of one of the parties.
However, contracts between two manufacturers are
more frequent in practice, and harder to analyze because
both parties have their actual sales constrained by their
medium-term capacity decisions. This research analyzes a
capacity-reservation contract with reward-and-penalty
designed to coordinate the single-period medium-term
capacity decisions of two autonomous manufacturers facing
stochastic market demands. Under this contract, the
supplier will sell to the buyer, at a discount price,
whatever he orders up to a certain previously agreed
quantity. If the buyer's order is in excess of this
quantity, he will purchase this excess at market price;
if it is short, he will pay an agreed per-unit penalty
for
what he fails to order up to this quantity. The supplier
reserves the capacity for producing the agreed quantity
until the buyer announces his order, and then uses the
remaining capacity for selling to the market. Stochastic
optimization models are used to evaluate the improvement
the contract can bring to each party's profit, and also
how
close it can take the dyad's joint profit to an ideal
maximum. Numerical analyses carried out in different
settings indicate that the contract can achieve full
coordination and allows different distributions of the
gain
between the parties.
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