This report is compiled to evaluate and optimise the current purchase and traceability process of MR Production & Service and presents recommendations on how the organisation should design documentation for its Quality Management System regarding purchasing and traceability to meet the standards of ISO …

The special introduces the topic for young purchasing professionals or purchasing students. It focuses on more complex negotiations that can take several negotiation rounds. The special discusses the negotiation context, the negotiation process, and the negotiation strategy. It continues with discussing …

This plan is written because the company Napco beds has taken over the brand Norma approximately one year ago after the brand declared bankruptcy. Napco beds is a company that owns different brands named Napco, Nextday and Norma respectively. The client for this plan is Norma. In 1884 Norma started with …

Entrepreneurship is often used as a synonym for starting up a new business. Existing SMEs — from purchasing to succession — are all too often left out of the picture. This booklet tells the stories of those involved in handing over their businesses to the next generation. It’s an honest and straightforward …

This paper provides guidance for developing risk-based management tools to improve the procurement (purchasing) performance of SMEs. Extant academic literature only offers little support on developing such tools and does not consider the wide variety of SMEs. The paper defines a procurement tool for …

The Dutch equestrian sports market has gone through many changes over the past years. The equestrian sports market increased by 16% between 2001 and 2006, a time where the brand HV POLO had a strong growth in business. Between 2006 and 2011,the company noticed change as the equestrian sports market …

Paper for the WION - Werkgemeenschap Inkoop Onderzoek Nederland - 2015, 3rd version. Purchasing within Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is important for the overall SME firm performance. However, purchasing within SMEs is not the same as purchasing within larger organisations and there is limited …

To reorganize the purchasing function and purchasing process of the supply department in order to increase the trans paring of the purchasing system, and finally make the purchasing system to be more efficiens and effective.

This report is written for the design of a new production facility to product the Ginaf HD5380T mining truck. Several requirements were studied to reach an output of five trucks per week. The study relates to: • Purchasing, which parts should be purchased centrally at Ginaf Veenendaal and which products …

Horizontal collaborative purchasing (HCP) has often been cited as a way for hospitals to address the challenges of the rising healthcare costs. However, hospitals do not seem to utilize horizontal collaborative purchasing on any large scale, and recent initiatives have had mixed results. Focusing on …