IT in supplier portfolio management - utilisation and influence: case studies in the automotive industry
2005 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how IT is utilised in supplier portfolio management (SPM) in the automotive industry and how SPM is influenced by IT. This study explains and describes how the management of suppliers that deliver parts that go directly in to the final product in the automotive industry can be characterised and how IT is used to support it. Furthermore, the influence of information technologies on the management of these suppliers in the automotive industry is investigated. Therefore, two case studies with two leading European car manufacturers were conducted. The main conclusion this study shows it that information technologies are in this context mainly used to support supplier management by automating processes and to make good communication and effective supply chain management possible.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2005.
Keywords [en]
Social Behaviour Law, SPM, Supplier Portfolio management, IT, automotive industy, information technologies
Keywords [sv]
Samhälls-, beteendevetenskap, juridik
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-48208ISRN: LTU-EX--05/013--SELocal ID: 5ae2690d-798f-4681-825c-33c4b3df00d7OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-48208DiVA, id: diva2:1021548
Subject / course
Student thesis, at least 30 credits
Educational program
Industrial and Management Engineering, master's level
Examiners
Note
Validerat; 20101217 (root)
2016-10-042016-10-04Bibliographically approved