Search for dissertations about: "E PROCUREMENT"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the words E PROCUREMENT.

  2. 1. Improving Procurement Performance with E-business Mechanisms

    Author : Daniel Knudsen; Teknisk logistik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industriell ekonomi; Commercial and industrial economics; e-procurement; e-business; procurement; purchasing;

    Abstract : E-procurement — e-business mechanisms deployed on procurement — offers many recent and innovative methods that can improve procurement in different ways. The key challenge of e-procurement, however, is how to apply the various e-procurement applications in such a way that they improve the procurement practice and sourcing strategy of a company. READ MORE

  4. 2. Project-based E-procurement : towards strategic purchasing in the Swedish construction industry

    Author : Johan Ouchterlony; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : E-procurement; construction industry; strategic purchasing; project based; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the use of E-procurement and the development towards Strategic Purchasing in the Swedish Construction Industry.The rationale behind this study is to bring out the potential for large decentralized finns, such as large construction companies, to exercise strategic purchasing which I have chosen to define as a more centralized approach to the purchasing function in order to enhance all relative benefits for large organizations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Public Procurement of Innovation

    Author : Max Rolfstam; CIRCLE; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation Policy; Technology procurement; Innovative public procurement; Public procurement; Innovation;

    Abstract : Policy-makers in the European Union (EU) have increasingly emphasised public procurement as an instrument that can be used to stimulate innovation. These developments reflect and respond to a growing concern among EU member states and regions about how to maintain competitive advantage in an economic environment increasingly subject to global competition The Lisbon goals set for the EU in 2000 require it to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010. READ MORE

  6. 4. XML-based frameworks for Internet commerce and an implementation of B2B e-procurement

    Author : Yuxiao Zhao; Kristian Sandahl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; E-commerce; XML; ebXML; eCo Framework; UDDI; SOAP; BizTalk; cXML; ICE; Open Applications Group; RosettaNet; Wf-XML; OFX; VoiceXML; RDF; WSDL and xCBL; B2B e-procurement system; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : It is not easy to apply XML in e-commerce development for achieving interoperability in heterogeneous environments. One of the reasons is a multitude of XML-based Frameworks for Internet Commerce (XFIC), or industrial standards. This thesis surveys 15 frameworks, i.e. READ MORE

  7. 5. Toward a more sustainable food system using public procurement

    Author : Elvira Molin; Anna Björklund; Skoglund Wilhelm; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; procurement; food; sustainability; criteria; Environmental Strategic Analysis; Miljöstrategisk analys;

    Abstract : Around 30 % of today's anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions originate from the food sector. Food production is the lead cause of deforestation, biodiversity loss, depletion of fish stocks, and scarcity of fresh water. READ MORE