Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2004.
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| author | Binder, Joshua R. (Joshua Robert), 1974- |
| author2 | Jonathan Byrnes and Stanley Gershwin. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/347502022-01-28T19:44:44Z Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer Binder, Joshua R. (Joshua Robert), 1974- Jonathan Byrnes and Stanley Gershwin. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Sloan School of Management Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2004. Includes bibliographical references. This thesis proposes an approach to supply base management that relies on differentiation between categories of suppliers. The objective of this thesis is to illustrate, through a real company's example, how profitability analysis can be combined with more typical supply base management approaches to improve a company's bottom line. The central innovation in the proposed approach is the use of an indication of suppliers' impact on company profits to segment the supply base. Previous work on supplier segmentation uses factors such as amount spent at the supplier and the importance of the purchased products to distinguish between suppliers. This thesis builds upon those approaches by adding an analysis of the profit contribution from the supplier and the cost of managing the supplier. Suppliers that cost a lot to manage and contribute little profit require improvement or become targets for supply base reduction. Suppliers that work to reduce the customer's cost of managing them and contribute positively to the customer's bottom line deserve reinforcement and stand as examples for the rest of the supply base. The approach proposed in this thesis provides managers with a tool to evaluate and improve the profitability and performance of their supply base. by Joshua R. Binder. S.M. M.B.A. 2006-11-08T16:31:53Z 2006-11-08T16:31:53Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34750 56607065 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 59 p. 2801592 bytes 2801397 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Binder, Joshua R. (Joshua Robert), 1974- Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| title | Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| title_full | Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| title_fullStr | Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| title_short | Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| title_sort | supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34750 |
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