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

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Purchasing and supply chain management provides a highly structured and comprehensive approach to the fundamental principles and practice of purchasing and supply chain management. It adopts a rigorous managerial perspective on the process of purchasing and analyses its role, position and importance within business processes. The book is logically structured into three distinct sections: analysis, strategy and planning, and practice. Learning objectives, varied and interesting case studies, thought provoking discussion questions, chapter summaries and the use of a highly accessible style and language reinforce the reader's understanding of the core management issues and concepts.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Analysis
• 1 The role of purchasing in the supply chain
• 2 Industrial buying behaviour: decision making in purchasing
• 3 The purchasing process: the buyer?s role
• 4 Markets and products
• 5 The purchasing management process
• 6 Purchasing intellegence and market research
• Part II Strategy And Planning
• 7 Outsourcing and risk management
• 8 Purchasing and business strategy
• 9 Sourcing strategy: getting better results from suppliers
• 10 Purchasing and supply strategy: electronic marketplaces and e-procurement
• 11 Purchasing, new product development and quality control
• 12 Purchasing and supply chain management
• 13 Getting organized for purchasing
• 14 Purchasing performance measurement
• Part III Practice
• 15 Supplier assessment: cost approaches and techniques
• 16 Negotiating techniques and rules of conduct
• 17 Buying for retail companies
• 18 Facility management and buying of services
• 19 Public procurement and EC directives
• Bibliography
• Index