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16. On Supply Chain Incentive Alignment: Insights from a cash supply chain and a trucking service supply chain
Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents a framework for describing, a process for identifying, and a model for evaluating misalignments in the supply chain when varying elements such as structure, processes, and management components. The developed approach makes it possible to address and improve the alignment of supply chain structures, processes, and management components. LÄS MER
17. On fit uncertainty-reducing interventions in retail supply chains
Sammanfattning : Fit uncertainty is used in this doctoral thesis to describe the customer’s experience of uncertainty about the physical fit of a product when shopping for experience goods. Experience goods are products whose attributes are difficult to ascertain without physical examination. LÄS MER
18. Supply Chain Designs for Preparedness
Sammanfattning : Purpose of this research The ability to quickly respond presupposes logistics systems designed to be responsive; supply chains must prepare to act if specific circumstances occur. By investigating ‘preparedness’ in a defence logistics context, the overall research objectives are to define ‘preparedness’ and to advance defence logistics as an academic research area. LÄS MER
19. Development of suppliers and supply chains : Supplier development as a purchasing strategy
Sammanfattning : Purchasing is a function that has developed form a more clerical function to a function of strategic importance over the last 20 years. As a result of this development we have observed that many fi rms engage in supplier development activities as a part of their purchasing strategy. LÄS MER
20. Towards System Supply : Development of Small and Medium-Sized Contract Manufacturers
Sammanfattning : One way for a small subcontractor to meet increasing global competition is to develop a system supplying ability, implying a transition in the supply chain toward a larger overall responsibility. As large corporations outsource parts of their manufacturing and services, many small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) suppliers are expected to deepen their capabilities and take on the role of system suppliers. LÄS MER