Purchasing and supply chain management / Kenneth Lysons.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management in its fifth edition is a much revised and enlarged version of its successful textbook. It meets the requirements for an integrated approach, drawing on the many disciplines from ethics and human resources to suppliers, sourcing and strategy that contribute to a full knowledge of purchasing practice and techniques. *Covers the syllabus of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply in respect of the Foundation Stage subject Introduction to Purchasing and Supply Chain Management and the Professional Stage subject of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management II: Tactics and Operations. It also largely covers the specialist options in Purchasing. *New title reflects recent developments and growing importance of SCM. *Thoroughly revised and up-dated to take account of major changes in the subject: . *New material on: Storing supplies. *Expanded sections on Evolution of Purchasing Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce; Outsourcing; Social Responsibility to the Environment

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• I Introduction and Strategy
• 1 What is Purchasing?
• 2 Purchasing and Information Technology
• 3 Logistics and Supply Chains
• 4 Purchasing and Supply Chain Strategy
• 5 Supply Organizations and Structures
• 6 Purchasing Procedures
• II Strategy Tactics and Operations: Purchasing Factors
• 7 Specifying and Managing Quality
• 8 Matching Supply with Demand
• 9 Sourcing and Supplier Information
• 10 Buying at the Right Price
• III Strategy Tactics and Operations 2 - Buying Situations
• 11 Contrasting Approaches to Supply
• 12 Global Sourcing
• IV Strategy Tactics and Operations - Logisitics
• 13 Storing Supplies
• 14 Transporting Supplies
• V Strategy Tactics and Operations - Support Tools Supplier Relationships and Purchasing Performance
• 15 Human Resource Aspects of Purchasing
• 16 Negotiation
• 17 Support Tools
• 18 Purchasing Research Performance and Ethics