| Summary: | The company, Aimpoint, most important products are red dot sights which are produced in Malmö and Gällivare. These production plants had a demand of doubling their production capacity during 2003 and during 2004 there is a demand of additionally doubling the capacity. The purchasing department has been under large pressure due to the great increase in production volume. Much of the present work at the department is based on experience and sense. A framework that describes which is the most important aspects (conditions, decisions etc.) to consider for the articles doesn’t exist. The aim of this project is to create a model which can be used to give the purchasing department a better structure in their work. There is also a plan to use the model with four articles and in conclusion to evaluate the suitability of model for Aimpoint. To apply the model, four different articles were chosen, all of them included in a red dot sight. The articles are: a lens, a switch, a diode and a battery, each with individual characteristics and supply market. The model is created of three other models which are connected. One of them is Kraljic’s matrix, where all articles can be classified by their price and supply market complexity. These two dimensions build up four quadrants (routine, leverage, bottleneck and strategic articles). The second model is called the time perspective model and can be found in each of the four quadrants in Kraljic’s matrix. This model describes how the purchasing activities are related to each other in a time perspective. It can be a question of long term strategic activities or short term activities like receiving inspection and order placement.The third and last model is the purchasing dimension model and can also be found in each one of the quadrants of the Kraljic’s matrix. The four dimensions in this model are the technical, administrative, commercial and logistical. For each article one or a few is the most important. After the analyses and the classification most important issues of the articles ...
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