Sökning: "logistics buyer"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden logistics buyer.

  1. 1. Engaging in green logistics: An eye on shippers, logistics service providers, and their interactions

    Författare :Amer Jazairy; Lars Bengtsson; Robin von Haartman; Andreas Feldmann; Maria Huge-Brodin; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interactions; logistics relationships; LSP; GSCM; logistics buyer; environmental sustainability; third-party logistics; Sweden; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Sammanfattning : The logistics and transport industry places a heavy load on the environment, causing various harms such as air pollution, global warming and resource depletion. The logistics and supply chain management literature assigns the largest share of responsibility for alleviating such harms to two supply chain actors: shippers (i.e. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Green Logistics Networks : Roles & Symbiotic Relationships

    Författare :Mary Catherine Osman; Maria Huge-Brodin; Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert; Jonas Ammenberg; Arni Hallordsson; Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Logistics actors such as the transport buyer, freight forwarder, and haulier are currently in a transition phase towards more sustainable practices typically referred to as Green Logistics Practices (GLPs). One of the more progressive GLPs is completion of freight transport using fossil-free fuels such as biomethane. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Purchasing in power asymmetry - A study of vaccine procurement for developing countries

    Författare :Ala Pazirandeh; Teknisk logistik; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Purchasing; Power; buyer-supplier relationships; humanitarian logistics; global health;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of, and develop a model to explain, interrelations between purchasing strategies carried out by buyers within vaccine supply chains for developing countries and their buyer-supplier power structure. In the humanitarian aid context, availability of required goods (e.g. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Purchasing Power and Purchasing Strategies - Insights From the Humanitarian Sector

    Författare :Ala Pazirandeh; Teknisk logistik; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Humanitarian logistics; Purchainsg; Resource dependency theory; Buyer-supplier power;

    Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, we discuss how buyers practice purchasing strategies in an asymmetric power situation favoring suppliers, and how their purchasing strategies practiced impact their purchasing power and buyer-supplier relationships. Organizations enter exchange relationships to access required resources not produced internally, and are exposed to uncertainty from not being able to fully control or predict flow of resources. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Purchasing process for freight transport services and influence on CO2 emissions

    Författare :Sara Rogerson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Transport buyer; Shipper; Sustainability; Purchasing process; Freight transport; Context;

    Sammanfattning : Companies purchasing freight transport services may through the purchasing process restrict or create opportunities for how transport service providers deliver the transport service. The purpose of this thesis is to explore how the configuration of the purchasing process for freight transport services can influence the reduction of CO2 emissions. LÄS MER