Product Description: "This book is about utilisation and development of logistics resources, traditional physical ones such as warehouses and vehicles and more modern ""soft"" ones such as business relationships and knowledge. Taking the starting point that the value of any resource always depends on how it is combined with other resources, the book presents ""the art of systematic combining""...read more

Product Description: This is the first textbook on purchasing to develop the supply network perspective. The study of purchasing has traditionally focused on the procurement of goods and services by companies. In recent years, greater emphasis has been placed in research on purchasing and on the relationships that exist between companies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: As industry has become more specialized, purchasing has developed into a vital strategic resource. This study identifies the major issues involved and provides critical analysis, overturning many theories and assumptions surrounding purchasing...read more