Proposal for improvements in supply chain management at FMC Kongsberg Subsea : with focus on customer-supplier relationships

2006

Masteroppgave i Industriell økonomi og informasjonsledelse, Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad The basis for this master thesis is the principles of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and theoretical approaches to customer-supplier relationships. SCM is a broad management concept addressing the dynamics of supply chains, seeking to manage these in the most optimal manner. Supply chains are value-adding chains of sub-suppliers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and end customers, where the success of each participant is to certain degrees dependent on the supply chain as a whole. The management of supply chains concerns decisions on a strategic level regarding the degree of cooperation among the pa…