Purchasing and Supply Chain Management : Analysis, Planning and Practice

by van Weele, Arjan

• ISBN13: 9781861529787
• ISBN10: 1861529783
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-27
• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA Higher Education

Summary

Over the past few years purchasing and supply management has been increasingly accepted as a key area for the improvement of a company’s competitive advantage. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management introduces the reader to the key principles underlying purchasing and supply management. It provides them with an in-depth discussion of purchasing and supply issues both from a strategic and managerial perspective. Views on purchasing issues are, when possible, illustrated with research results from national and international specialist literature. This new edition includes new material on the value of the Internet for purchasing market research, developing new leveraged purchasing strategies and portfolio management, how to get better results from suppliers, developing cost models and procurement and the EC-Directives.

Author Biography

Arjan van Weele holds the NEVI-Chair on Purchasing and Supply Chain Management both at Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Technology Management and Nyenrode University, Center for Supply Chain Management, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Analysis

The Role of Purchasing in the Supply Chain

Industrial Buying Behaviour: Decision Making in Purchasing

The Purchasing Process: The Buyer?s Role

Markets and Products

The Purchasing Management Process

Planning

Purchasing Market Research

Purchasing and Business Strategy

Sourcing Strategy: Getting Better Results from Suppliers

Purchasing and Supply Strategy, Electronic Market Places and E-Procurement

Purchasing Engineering and Quality Control

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Getting Organised for Purchasing

Purchasing Performance Measurement

Practice

Supplier Assessment: Cost Approaches and Techniques

Negotiating Techniques and Rules of Conduct

The Purchasing Function in Trade and Retail Companies

Buying in a Facilities Environment

Public Procurement and EC Directives

Summary & Assignments

Bibliography

Index

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