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Purchasing is an important and at the same time critical function in multinational enterprises. Challenges are besides the growing purchasing volume the widespread distribution of organizational units and often a lack of coherence in those processes involving various organizational units. This becomes most evident in strategic procurement. Maturity assessments are a vital tool to create coherence in processes. In this contribution we provide a framework for the development of maturity assessments in strategic procurement for multinational enterprises. This framework covers all important aspects and topics to consider when developing a new procurement maturity assessment program for multinational corporations. From our company-background we also provide some casespecific examples how the framework can be brought to live.
Aspects of sustainability – understood as the ability to manage economic, social and environmental performance at the same time – are becoming more important in Supply Chain Management. This is a challenge as sustainability adds less quantifiable aspects to Supply Chain Management than classic process aspects. On the other side measuring sustainability is crucial for the implementation of modern Supply Chains Management and to manage sustainably in the daily business. This contribution discusses the integration of sustainability in performance measurement and management systems (PMMS) for Supply Chain Management. Therefore in the paper firstly an overview of definitions and developments in performance measurement and management systems and a structure for PMMS are given. Secondly guidelines for good and modern PMMS are discussed. Thirdly existing approaches for Supply Chain Management PMMS (e. g. KPIs, TCO, value driver trees and balanced scorecards and maturity assessments) are presented and the suitability for Supply Chain Management as well as the possibility to integrate aspects of sustainability are examined. Lastly the fulfilment of the requirements and the ability to cope with the challenges of the approaches is discussed.
Sustainability is widely accepted as one of the most important concepts, which allows to reach al long-term success of companies and supply chains in today's turbulent and highly competitive business environment. The concept means a wise balance among economic development, environmental attitude, and social equitiy.
The monograph presents interesting solutions suitable for logistics an supply chain management. It summarises contemporary leading concepts in supply chain management, suggests approaches to the sustainability strategic management and performace measurement, and provides sustainable solutions for logistics activities. The monograph is primarily intended for those aspiring to be leaders in logistics and supply chain management and who are engaged in professional studies.