Developing purchase planning
Rudenko, Anton (2018)
Rudenko, Anton
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018053111533
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018053111533
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Global competition gets tougher and more intense forcing companies not only not to slow down but also to conquer new markets, niches, goals in pursuit of greater financial and op-erational results. There are 2 major ways of striving for such progressive goals: increase of sales indexes (e.g. quantity, margins, frequency) or operations optimization providing a company with additional free capital which may not only be treated as a profit but also re-invested stimulating growth. The key objective of the thesis was to develop a list of practi-cal solutions which can help improve company`s operations and efficiency.
The imperfections and issues in the operations were examined and analyzed to improve efficiency and sustainability of the operations department. The research questions were “What are the requirements for a well working purchase planning processes?”; “What kind of challenges and benefits do current operations have?”; “What corrections should be made to reduce mistakes and bring cost efficiency?”.
The research method used was qualitative method focusing rather on the meaning of the collected data than on the quantity. Thus, the interviews conducted were analyzed accord-ing to the vast theoretical foundation by implementation of various analysis methods such as brainstorming and SWOT-analysis.
The final outputs introduce a great number of new solutions enhancing company`s opera-tions and, consequently, verifying the achievement of objectives set. In pursuance of the implementation of the Pareto`s rule, proposed development ideas were sorted in accord-ance with their contribution, easiness of implementation, and the amount of required re-sources. Ranking points out solutions bringing value faster with less investments and more significant output which may help organizations determine ideas to be implemented primarily.
The imperfections and issues in the operations were examined and analyzed to improve efficiency and sustainability of the operations department. The research questions were “What are the requirements for a well working purchase planning processes?”; “What kind of challenges and benefits do current operations have?”; “What corrections should be made to reduce mistakes and bring cost efficiency?”.
The research method used was qualitative method focusing rather on the meaning of the collected data than on the quantity. Thus, the interviews conducted were analyzed accord-ing to the vast theoretical foundation by implementation of various analysis methods such as brainstorming and SWOT-analysis.
The final outputs introduce a great number of new solutions enhancing company`s opera-tions and, consequently, verifying the achievement of objectives set. In pursuance of the implementation of the Pareto`s rule, proposed development ideas were sorted in accord-ance with their contribution, easiness of implementation, and the amount of required re-sources. Ranking points out solutions bringing value faster with less investments and more significant output which may help organizations determine ideas to be implemented primarily.