Global sourcing trends : changes on sourcing strategies through the years
Casasola Garcia, Eleni Giselle (2023)
Pro gradu -tutkielma
2023
School of Business and Management, Kauppatieteet
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023050340454
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023050340454
Tiivistelmä
Global Sourcing has become one of the most important strategies in purchasing and sourcing since its beginning during the 1960s and 1970s allowing companies to create competitive advantage in a global market, many have been the trends developed especially the ones focused on costs benefits nonetheless, huge global events had had a great impact by emerging new trends with a different focus.
The aim of this study is to analyse how global sourcing strategies have changed during the years and the impact of global events in those strategies. The study identifies trends emerged during the years before and after the global events as well as how their focus and main drivers for companies have changed, moreover it identifies various challenges that companies face in global sourcing.
After analysing the literature chosen for this study, it was found that companies are concentrating more and more in reducing the impact of those global events and looking to implement strategies that contribute to increasing the resilience in their supply chains through collaboration as with external as with internal stakeholders, instead of focusing mainly on reducing costs.
The aim of this study is to analyse how global sourcing strategies have changed during the years and the impact of global events in those strategies. The study identifies trends emerged during the years before and after the global events as well as how their focus and main drivers for companies have changed, moreover it identifies various challenges that companies face in global sourcing.
After analysing the literature chosen for this study, it was found that companies are concentrating more and more in reducing the impact of those global events and looking to implement strategies that contribute to increasing the resilience in their supply chains through collaboration as with external as with internal stakeholders, instead of focusing mainly on reducing costs.