<p>The objective of this study is to determine if and how Swedish businesses measure the efficiency of their purchasing departments.</p><p>In this study I have interviewed six medium to large successful companies and asked them</p><p>· Which ratios they use to measure the efficiency of their purchasing departments</p><p>· Why they use these ratios and</p><p>· How the results of these measurements are used</p><p>I can conclude that although there are no ratios or other measurements that directly measure the efficiency of purchasing indirect measures do exist.</p><p>The measures applied are usually the result of demands from management and the results are reported back to management and used to follow development within a particular field of purchasing. Benchmarking, especially external benchmarking, is unusual.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:his-216 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Smith, John |
| Publisher | University of Skövde, Department of Computer Science, Skövde : Institutionen för datavetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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