‘Defining sourcing strategy for ‘operations’’ SOURCING STRATEGY ‘Factors that play a role in defining the sourcing strategy from an operations management view’ Master thesis Business Administration‚ Change Management University of Groningen Faculty of Management and Organization Master Change Management In association with G.M. Brink Student number: 1503952 Rhonestraat 45 8226 MJ Lelystad 06-52652816; 0320-844663 gbrink@chello.nl; G.M.Brink@student.rug.nl Internal supevisor:
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What is global sourcing and why is it so important? Because companies sourcing from both inside and outside their country borders are better able to compete. The global reality As international demand grows for more and better products and services‚ competition becomes more intense. Firms must keep up with rapidly changing technology while also lowering their costs‚ increasing quality‚ and improving customer service at all stages of the value chain. This is the reality of international trade
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Global sourcing One of the major supply chain developments of recent years has been the expansion in the proportion of products and (occasionally) services which businesses are willing to source from outside their home country; this is called global sourcing. It is the process of identifying‚ evaluating‚ negotiating and configuring supply across multiple geographies. Traditionally‚ even companies that exported their goods and services all over the world still sourced the majority of their supplies
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Stryker produces the following products to be considered for this project. We believe ABC Medical will benefit from the use of these products: - Stryker System 7 Heavy Duty Power Tools - Features - Significantly quieter than previous generations - Longer‚ more reliability battery life - Innovative rotary hand piece offering increased torque and improved power to weight ratio - Integrated SORN Remote Device Management enables real time transfer of data to Stryker support teams - Design
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Citations: "Scotts Miracle-Gro: The Spreader Sourcing Decision." Supply Chain Management. McGraw-Hill‚ 2010. 149-59. Print. "Six Typical Cost Reduction Examples : Raw Materials and Supplies; Water and Waste Water; Energy; Waste Management; Transport and Travel; and Packaging." Costkiller.net : Cost
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Synopsis on PCB manufacturing process The PCB manufacturing process is very important for anyone involved in the electronics industry. Printed circuit boards‚ PCBs‚ are very widely used as the basis for electronic circuits. Printed circuit boards are used to provide the mechanical basis on which the circuit can be built. Accordingly virtually all circuits use printed circuit boards and they are designed and used in quantities of millions. Although PCBs form the basis of virtually all electronic
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A BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING COMPANY (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION). NNPC TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 MAIN PRODUCT AND SERVICE 1.2 THE MAIN CUSTOMER OF NNPC 1.3 ODER QUALIFER OF NNPC 1.4 ORDER WINNER OF NNPC 1.0 OPERATIONAL PROCESS 2.4 INPUT RESOURCES 2.5 TRANSFORMING ACTIVITIES 2.6 OUTPUT PRODUCT AND SERVICES 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 3.7 BENEFITS OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
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General Motors (GM) currently has approximately 90% of its information technology services outsourced‚ which include running data centers and writing applications. CIO Randy Mott‚ who joined GM in February 2012‚ wants to insource 90% of the company’s IT operations within the next three years. “GM has relied heavily on outsourcers to run its global IT. In 2006‚ for instance‚ the company announced it had signed outsourcing contracts valued at around $7 billion” (Thibodeau‚ 2012‚ para. six). According
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Strategic Sourcing Strategic sourcing is an institutional procurement process that continuously improves and re-evaluates the purchasing activities of a company. In a production environment‚ it is often considered one component of supply chain management The following are the steps involved in the Strategic Sourcing : 1. Assessment of a company’s current spend (what is bought where?) 2. Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?) 3. Total cost analyses (how much does it cost to
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considered to be PCB contents on the average‚ this translates into about $5.1 billion decrease of PCB production in 2009. Electronic Equipment Shipment PCB Shipment The following table is this author’s assessment of PCB shipment in 2009 and forecast in the near future: The decrease of PCB shipment from 2008 to 2009 was about $5.7 billion‚ which is in fair agreement of the previous estimate of $5.1 billion (see Page 1). The average selling price of mass-produced PCB is said
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