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Purchasing & supply chain management : analysis, strategy, planning and practice / Arjan J. van Weele.

By: Publication details: Hampshire, UK : Cengage Learning, 2010.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxvi, 418 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781408018965 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Purchasing and supply chain management
  • analysis, strategy, planning & practice
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5437 .W444 2010
Contents:
The role of purchasing in the value chain -- Industrial buying behaviour: decision-making in purchasing -- The purchasing management process -- Purchasing and facilities management -- Buying business services -- Public procurement -- Market structures and supply market research -- Outsourcing and risk management -- Purchasing and business strategy -- Category sourcing: getting better performance from suppliers -- Purchasing, innovation and quality management -- Purchasing, logistics and supply chain management -- Organization and structure of purchasing -- Performance measurement and governance in purchasing -- Preparing for partnership with suppliers: cost approaches and techniques -- Buying and supply management in retail -- Purchasing, corporate social responsibility and ethics.
Summary: Introducing readers to the key principles underlying purchasing and supply chain management, this text provides them with an in-depth discussion of purchasing and supply issues both from a strategic and managerial perspective.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HF 5437 .W444 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 51618

Previous ed.: London: Thomson Learning, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing readers to the key principles underlying purchasing and supply chain management, this text provides them with an in-depth discussion of purchasing and supply issues both from a strategic and managerial perspective.

The role of purchasing in the value chain -- Industrial buying behaviour: decision-making in purchasing -- The purchasing management process -- Purchasing and facilities management -- Buying business services -- Public procurement -- Market structures and supply market research -- Outsourcing and risk management -- Purchasing and business strategy -- Category sourcing: getting better performance from suppliers -- Purchasing, innovation and quality management -- Purchasing, logistics and supply chain management -- Organization and structure of purchasing -- Performance measurement and governance in purchasing -- Preparing for partnership with suppliers: cost approaches and techniques -- Buying and supply management in retail -- Purchasing, corporate social responsibility and ethics.

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