TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weele,A.J.van
TI  - Purchasing & supply chain management: analysis, strategy, planning and practice 
SN  - 9781408018965 (pbk.)
AV  - HF5437 .W444 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Hampshire, UK
PB  - Cengage Learning
KW  - Purchasing
KW  - Management
KW  - Business logistics
N1  - Previous ed.: London: Thomson Learning, 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -