Reflects the changing role of purchasing in industrial operations. New areas explored include sourcing, the manufacturing of quality, supplier management, materials management, and institutional and government purchasing.

Purchasing and Materials Management: Text and Cases (McGraw Hill Management Series)

Business & Money

Dobler, Donald W.

Burt, David N.

Lee, LaMar

Management & Leadership

Mcgraw-Hill College

This best-selling text's hallmark has always been its fundamental treatment of the basics. In the thorough revision the change of title reflects the fact that purchasing is a field in transition: In most industries it is evolving into purchasing and supply management. Major new areas in the sixth edition include global sourcing, supplier and supply chain management, the use of cross-functional teams in new product development, commodity management and sourcing, and early purchasing and supplier involvement in specifications development, New topics include total quality management, parternering and strategic alliances, and just-in-time purchasing and outsourcing developments

Purchasing and Supply Management

The best-selling textbook in purchasing and supply management through several editions, this book presents a practical framework for students to apply how firms actually manage the enterprise-wide functions of purchasing and supply in today's business environment. This edition represents a complete and thorough revision of the book, now explaining purchasing and supply management in the context of the supply chain, which has begun to dominate the literature in the field."World Class Supply Management: The Key to Supply Chain Management, Seventh Edition", reflects that change in focus, right down to the title (formerly called, more traditionally, "Purchasing and Supply Management"; now with the subtitle that specifically references the book's increased focus on supply-chain issues). New chapters have been added to the beginning and end of the text, to frame the new discussion of supply chain issues. The book has also been thoroughly updated to reflect the realities of purchasing and supply management in the digital age.

World Class Supply Management

Processes & Infrastructure

McGraw-Hill/Higher Education

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Transform purchasing operations from reactive to proactive supply management
Written for purchasing managers, Proactive Purchasing in the Supply Chain reveals how to use the latest and best procurement practices to help your organization maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of its supply chain. The ability of purchasing to dramatically increase return on investment, reduce costs, improve quality, and shorten time to market is highlighted throughout this practical guide.
Essential topics such as legal issues, green purchasing, negotiation, ethics, price-cost analysis, production-inventory control, purchasing risk management, sourcing, and demand-logistics management are addressed. Real-world case studies in each chapter demonstrate the strategies presented in the book. A detailed planning model for implementing these world-class procurement methods is also contained in this definitive resource.
The authors combine extensive industry, educational, research, and consulting experience to cover topics such as:
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<li>The latest "best-in-class" purchasing methods, tools, procedures, and systems</li>
<li>Price-cost analyses and how to fight price increases</li>
<li>How to organize the purchasing department to achieve maximum value added in the supply chain</li>
<li>Green purchasing</li>
<li>Purchasing risk management programs and procedures</li>
<li>How to separate strategic from tactical buying</li>
<li>Step-by-step checklists for major purchasing functions</li>
<li>How to overcome obstacles</li>
<li>Forecasting methods for demand management</li>
<li>How to transform the purchasing department from a cost center to a value-added operation</li>
<li>Social responsibility and ethical issues</li>
<li>Planning steps and basic management skills</li>
<li>Preparation for relevant certification programs</li>
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Proactive Purchasing in the Supply Chain: The Key to World-Class Procurement

Petcavage, Sheila

Pinkerton, Richard

McGraw=Hill

Supply Management is a major revision of the classic text in the field of procurement. The Eighth Edition builds on the strengths of prior editions, while including state of the art coverage and enhancements to help prepare students for the globalized world of business they will enter.

Supply Management

Call it purchasing, supply management or sourcing, the role of procurement within organizations is changing significantly. Purchasing departments are moving at last from reactive to proactive status, responding to management demands that they add value to the enterprise rather than retain their traditional role as cost centers.

Proactive Procurement: The Key to Increased Profits, Productivity, and Quality

PRENTICE/HALL

Call it purchasing, supply management or sourcing, the role of procurement within organizations is changing significantly. Purchasing departments are moving at last from reactive to proactive status, responding to management demands that they add value to the enterprise rather than retain their traditional role as cost centers. How can organizations maximize the advantages inherent in strategic procurement? At the same time, how can purchasing managers "catch up" and indeed facilitate this paradigm shift? The answer lies in the integrated procurement system (IPS) introduced in this book. Drawing on 65 years as practitioners and professors of procurement, the authors employ a mix of action steps and dramatic case studies to show you how IPS aggressively seeks out added value at four key stages: 1. Determining what to buy; 2. Identifying and developing appropriate relationships with desired sources of supply; 3. Obtaining the lowest costs for purchasing and converting materials/services; and 4. Ensuring the quality, quantity, and timeliness of the procured materials. A truly universal system, IPS is being successfully adopted by forward-thinking manufacturers, service firms, governments, hospitals, and construction companies. Similarly, IPS encompasses every department from engineering and inventory control to marketing and finance. Each sector will find detailed applications in this book.

A Purchasing Manager's Guide to Strategic, Proactive Procurement

Pinkerton, Richard L., Ph.D.

Amacom Books

Introduces an advanced strategic sourcing and supply management process that provides competitive advantages in the areas of defect-free raw materials, components, and finished products and services; reduced time-to-market; reduced product cost; technology access and control; and reduction in business risks. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The American Keiretsu: A Strategic Weapon for Global Competitiveness

Doyle, Michael F.

Irwin Professional_Pub

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