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Title

The purchasing handbook : a guide for the purchasing and supply professional / Joseph L. Cavinato, Ralph G. Kauffman, editors in chief.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Cavinato, Joseph L.
• Kauffman, Ralph G.
• National Association of Purchasing Management.

Description

xv, 1082 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The Purchasing Handbook has been comprehensively revised and updated. The Sixth Edition of this industry standard purchasing/supply reference provides accurate, up-to-date information concerning every aspect of the field of purchasing and supply management. From development of supply strategies to the impact of e-commerce and the Internet, this no-nonsense handbook provides all-new viewpoints on every decision that confronts managers in their day-to-day purchasing activities."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Industrial procurement
• Purchasing departments > Management

Note

• "Sponsored by the National Association of Purchasing Management."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. The Strategic Contributions of Purchasing and Supply. Ch. 1. The Future of Purchasing and Supply. Ch. 2. Creating Supply Advantage by Leveraging the Strategic Nature of Procurement. Ch. 3. Purchasing in the New Firm of the Future -- Pt. 2. The Strategic Approaches of Purchasing and Supply. Ch. 4. Development of Supply Strategies. Ch. 5. Knowledge of Supply Markets. Ch. 6. Purchasing as Relationship Management. Ch. 7. Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Ch. 8. Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. Ch. 9. Global Procurement Synergies. Ch. 10. Challenges of Outsourcing in Supply Chain Procurement: How Best to Cope with the Changing Opportunities. Ch. 11. Identification and Evaluation of Sources -- Pt. 3. Organization and Competencies of Purchasing and Supply. Ch. 12. Competencies and Skills in Today's Purchasing. Ch. 13. Developing a Purchasing Organization. Ch. 14. Re-engineering Purchasing and Supply. Ch. 15. Human Resource Management.
• Ch. 16. Purchasing Performance Evaluation. Ch. 17. Ethics and Responsibility -- Pt. 4. Components and Capabilities. Ch. 18. Electronic Opportunities and Electronic Commerce - New Technologies for Purchasing. Ch. 19. Supplier Price and Cost Analysis. Ch. 20. Total Cost of Ownership. Ch. 21. Purchasing and Supply Negotiations. Ch. 22. Contract and Subcontract Administration and Management. Ch. 23. Quality Assurance. Ch. 24. Value Analysis. Ch. 25. A Practitioner's Guide to Forecasting. Ch. 26. Inventory Management. Ch. 27. Legal Aspects of Purchasing. Ch. 28. Investment Recovery. Ch. 29. Managing Budgets and Operations. Ch. 30. Marketing Purchasing and Supply. Ch. 31. Supplier Performance Evaluation -- Pt. 5. Item and Industry Practice. Ch. 32. Purchase of Raw Materials and Commodities. Ch. 33. MRO Materials. Ch. 34. Software and Intellectual Property. Ch. 35. Capital and Its Impact on the Organization. Ch. 36. Services and Nontraditional Goods.
• Ch. 37. Construction Services Procurement. Ch. 38. Transportation and Related Services. Ch. 39. Purchasing in the Service Industry. Ch. 40. Purchasing and Supply Management in the Process and Extractive Industries. Ch. 41. Public/Private Purchasing -- Pt. 6. Purchasing and Supply Information Resources.

ISBN

0071345264

LCCN

99028707

OCLC

ocm41185122

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries