Purchasing in a multicultural world

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Since the 1980s, when geopolitical research workers refer to globalization, they often say, "Think globally, Act local." More precisely, the term "glocal" was invented by the sociologist Roland Robertson. According to the latter and his associates, it means "the co-presence of both universalizing or particularizing tendencies and/or the co-presence of sameness and difference, and of homogenizing and heterogenizing trends in globalization". Actually, "glocalization" expresses the simultaneity or coexistence of both the global and local interactions.

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[...] Kryger M., Gormley C., Foresman A. (2018), How will Chinese New Year will affect your business? East West Design Manufacturing Distribution. Burke J. (2000), Child labour scandal hits Adidas. The Guardian.com. Chimamanda A. (2009), The danger of a single story. TEDGlobal. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story Appendices Appendix 1 – Overall interviewee's introduction Appendix 2 - Semi-directed interview guide PART YOUR EXPERIENCE, AS A BUYER Job overview Could you tell us a little about yourself and your role and responsibilities within the company please? Who are your target customers/products? [...]

[...] Therefore, Amazon's supplier are eager to work with Amazon because they are confident in the business's future. ‘This is indeed a virtuous circle for our vendor-customer partnership,' as Federico said. What does a successful relationship between you and your cross-cultural suppliers look like? Philippe works with freelancers located in LCC. Having a wide knowledge of the tricks and on the culture. One brake to Eric was the English language barrier and getting its network. For both, he had to learn them from scratch. Plus, innovation is vital in the motorbikes industry no matter market you are. [...]

[...] In the end, how can purchase teams in multinationals adapt to our cross-culture markets and even create value from it? We will first focus our analysis on what challenges are to overcome cross cultural barriers for buyers in multinationals. Then, we will focus on what tools or management to use to do so. Eventually, we will put an emphasis on how valuable cross culture is for big firms. I. Literature review Research question reminder: - How challenging is cross-cultural environment for multinational purchasers? [...]

[...] Having their point of view on a topic, they may not know was very interesting for me to improve and assess my research work. In the end, I would like to thank them all for their support and feedback throughout this year of writing. Table of acronyms & abbreviations AMZL: Amazon Logistics (warehouse) Associate: Amazon worker in any of its warehouses B2B: Business to Business CNY: Chinese New Year ERP : Enterprise Resource Planning EU: Europe FCs: Fulfilment Centers IPOs: International Purchasing Offices LCCS: Low Cost Countries NPD : New Product Development PIMM: Purchasing Integrated Maturity Model PMM: Purchasing Maturity Management RFI: Request For Information RFP: Request For Proposal Research & Development SCs: Sortation Centers Specs: Specifications SRM: Supplier Relationship Management The USA: The United States of America Vendor: supplier VMI: Vendor-Managed Inventory Introduction Since the 1980s, when geopolitical research workers refer to globalization, they often say, “Think globally, Act local.” More precisely, the term “glocal” was invented by the sociologist Roland Robertson. [...]

[...] ‘This is what big corporations are looking for in a Globalized world,' Federico said. How significant is it to create a strong and sustainable relationship with your foreign vendors? How to achieve it according to you? After having worked with its suppliers for two seasons for at least five years, and having a trustful relationship from Philippe's side and its supplier side, he can have good price no matter the volume ordered. He needs to be aware of LCC market environment since he is likely to be deceived on tailoring time, cost or payment terms. [...]