En analys av kostnadseffektiva metoder för inköp och logistik
This thesis aims to find a more cost effective model for purchasing and logistics at asmall company. The studied company is a BMX (bicycle motocross) and MTB(mountain bike) retailer. The questions to be answered are: How large parties shouldbe ordered and what mode of transportation is to be used? A literature orientation ofthe field was followed by visits to the company, obtaining information from twodifferent logistics companies and interviews of four other companies in the sameindustry. The study shows that it´s difficult to develop an optimum order quantity fora small company since there often are other factors affecting how large amountshould be ordered. For RITE.SE the demand is relatively low and uneven which makesit harder to find an optimum order quantity. The size of the containers used forshipping also limits the optimum quantity. The result of the study shows that seafreight is the preferred transport from global suppliers and that air freight, which wasalso examined, was not suited for the complete bikes that RITE.SE imported. A fullcontainer with 196 bikes is the optimum order quantity.