... out and whether or not greening efforts lead to any changes in logistics effectiveness and logistics efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on empirical data collected via a survey sent to logistics managers and transport purchasers at Nordic multinationals. The results...

...Daniel Maucher; Erik Hofmann Purpose – Many companies are not satisfied with the methods used to calculate savings for capital equipment purchasing (CEP), and the existing academic literature does not provide adequate suggestions for solving this problem. Therefore, the authors will aim...

... Limited 2012 ABC‐XYZ analysis Purchasing Inventory control Demand forecasting Item classification Mathematical analysis The classification of items is very important to manufacturing logistics of industrial enterprises. It supports the stock management and helps to realize potentials...

...Wu Min; Low Sui Pheng Purpose To develop just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing threshold value (JPTV) models for ready mixed concrete (RMC) suppliers to decide whether or not to switch from an economic order quantity (EOQ) approach to a JIT purchasing approach for the purchase of their raw materials, when...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Purchasing Performance Public sector Private sector Best Practice Procurement: Public and Private Sector Perspectives Edited by Andrew Erridge, Ruth Fee and John McIlroyGower (in association with the International Purchasing...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Purchasing Outsourcing Strategy eProcurement pay back Keywords: Purchasing, Outsourcing, Strategy A total of 50 heads of purchasing, representing over £20 billion of spend, were interviewed for an independent research report...