A project on Supply Chain

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A case study on Dalda Foods (Pvt.) Limited Pakistan

Tutor:
Petra Andersson
Examiner: Helena Forslund

Authors:
Bilal Ahmad
Umair Abid
Shamaion Sammuel

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Master Thesis 4FE02E, 15 hp

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School of Management & Economics
Department of Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Master Thesis

Authors: Bilal, Umair & Shamaoun

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Working with this thesis has been a very interesting and educational experience. Since, we have applied our theoretical knowledge on a real base empirical data and learnt a valuable knowledge that will be very helpful in our professional career. We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to all those people who helped in accomplishing this thesis work.
Without their co-ordination it would have been very difficult for us to materialize this task successfully.
First of all we would like to express our thanks to personnel at Dalda Foods
(Pvt.) Ltd. It is an honour for us to provide a platform to conduct a research and give company information. Especially thanks to Adnan Rashid Chattha and Kabeer Anwar, who’s we have interviewed and continuously contacted by email and phone.
We would also like to express great respect, thanks and gratitude to our tutor
Dr. Petra Andersson and examiner Dr. Helena Forslund at the school of management and economics, Linnaeus University for their valuable support, guidance and substantial supervision to conduct this master thesis research.
They has made available their courage and support in a number of ways.
Without their help this research would not have been possible to conduct.
Lastly, we want to show our gratitude to our opponents and class fellows for their constructive opposition and reflections to improve this master thesis.
Vaxjo, 27 May 2009

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