ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY GREEN PROCUREMENT: A CASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN KENYA Abstract In recent years‚ the general awareness of the environmental impacts that industrial production gives rise to has radically increased throughout the world. Finding ways to minimise these impacts has become a major concern of the authorities in many countries. In order to promote a more sustainable industrial production‚ different incentives can be used. Among these incentives‚ the consideration
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hallenges to Global Logistics Adapting the Council of Logistics Management definition of logistics‚ “Global logistics plan‚ controls‚ and manages the movement and storage of goods‚ services‚ and related information as it moves across international boundaries from raw material provider to consumer also considering the handling of return goods and containers. While there are some that would argue that there is not much difference between domestic and international logistics‚ there are some substantial
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Content Executive Summary……………………………………………………2 1. Introduction……………………………………………………….….3 2. Production line……………………………………….………………3 3. Managerial challenges of LWT……………………………………..5 4. Job shop………………………………………………………………5 5. Managerial challenges of LWT…………………………………….7 6. Recommendation……………………………………………………8 8. Conclusion……………………………………………………………9 7. References…………………………………………………..………10 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyze and research two types of manufacturing processes
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Indirect Procurement: The Way Forward With the recent global economic downturn and financial crunch‚ companies have come to the realization that in other for them to ride the wave of recession and create a strategic competitive advantage through sustained cost savings and increase the available cash on hand‚ a change in the management of their internal spend is imminent. Identification and usage of a viable tool for procurement and spend management has become a priority We know that businesses
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Sustainable procurement (or Green procurement) is a spending and investment process typically associated with public policy‚ although it is equally applicable to the private sector. It is linked to the wider agenda of sustainable development. Organizations practicing sustainable procurement meet their needs for goods‚ services‚ utilities and works not on a private cost-benefit analysis‚ but with a view to maximising net benefits for themselves and the wider world. In doing so they must incorporate
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Corporation PROCUREMENT STRATEGY Key to Supply Reliability Group 1 OPEMAN November 2010 Procurement Strategy: Key to Supply Reliability OPEMAN Philippine Polypropylene Inc TABLE of CONTENTS 1. Overview of the Company ……………………………………………………… 3 Company Background ……………………………………………….……….. 3 The Production Process ……………………………………………………… 3 Product Applications ………………………………………………………….. 4 Vision‚ Mission and General Business Strategy …………………………… 5 Reliable Material Supply: Procurement Responsibility
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Standardizing the Procurement Process The ACME Development Corporation has charged me with the task of standardizing their procurement processes and practices. In order for me to accomplish this‚ it is imperative that all project managers understand why a standardize procurement process is an important part of the project management lifecycle and what negative impact would occur if we continue to do ‘business as usual’. Let’s start by taking a look at how procurement fits into the project
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Academic research into the adoption and Usage of eSourcing Tools in the UK An Oracle response into new research by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and the University of the West of England Five years on from the 2004 report into the adoption of eSourcing tools in the UK‚ the Bristol Business School of the University of the West of England in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply have looked again at the extent of adoption in both the public and
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THE BOARDROOM In June 2002‚ Tom Dewey‚ supply manager for Builder’s Bank‚ Inc.’s (BBI) New York office‚ wanted to resolve a set of problems arising from the purchase of eighty chairs for the executive boardroom. General Company Background BBI was a large international bank with operations throughout the world. It had recently purchased an office building and had hired the well-known architect Peter Tropper to do the major design and renovation plans. The Supply Department The supply department
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Carry out study of a Classical Guitar and write a report on its history‚ development and construction. The classical guitar‚ sometimes called the Spanish or nylon strung guitar‚ consists of a hollow body made with a top‚ back and sides constructed from thin pieces of wood carved and shaped to give the familiar traditional figure of eight shape. A long narrow piece of wood‚ called the neck‚ is attached to the body at one end and has‚ at the other end‚ a headstock to which are attached six tuning
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