Gain a thorough understanding of the critical role of purchasing in the supply chain with one of today's leading-edge strategy and purchasing books--PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, 5E. This turnkey solution provides current and complete coverage that makes it not only a useful book, but also a valuable professional reference tool. This edition presents the most recent critical developments in the field as well as the impact of the recent recession and ongoing business uncertainty on today's supply chain. This leading author team draws from firsthand experience and their relationships with executives and practitioners worldwide to present numerous cases, memorable examples, and unique insights that enable readers to better understand today's purchasing process.

Product Description: The supply base represents a wealth of opportunity that can bring significant value to an organization’s brand value, competitive position and future security.This book discusses the process of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) – a discipline used to strategically plan and manage interactions with suppliers...read more

Product Description: Highly effective negotiation skills are an essential element of a purchasing professional's toolkit. Negotiation for Purchasing Professionals provides a step-by-step approach to delivering winning negotiations and getting game changing results...read more

Product Description: This is the ground-breaking new book for aspiring purchasing and supply chain leaders and anyone with a keen interest in this rapidly evolving field. For too long business has focused on short-term cost advantages through low-cost country sourcing with little regard for the longer-term implications of global sustainability...read more

Category management is a technique used to understand markets, analyze spending and make purchasing decisions that save money.  It provides a way to move from accepting mediocre goods and services at high cost to managing supply in a way that delivers real value.  By altering how goods are categorized and supplied, category management helps shift sourcing from an error-prone transaction to a value-creating endeavor.Aided by case studies and practical examples, this book provides a clear definition and understanding of category management.  Jonathan O'Brien presents a step-by-step process for implementing category management in line with a company’s overall business strategy.  Using this process, readers will be able to analyze complex sourcing situations and develop innovative and creative sourcing proposals.Case studies focus on transnational organizations (GlaxoSmithKline), many of them US-based (Haynes, Sara Lee).

Product Description: The publication of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, Eighth Edition marks the 28th anniversary since the first edition was published, and it continues its claim to be the most comprehensive textbook on purchasing and supply chain management currently available...read more

Product Description: Strategies for any company to transform its sales and marketing efforts in a way that truly accelerates revenue growth Revenue Disruption delivers bold new strategies to transform corporate revenue performance and ignite outsized revenue growth...read more

Product Description: Retail Buying, Ninth Edition, is known for its clear depiction of retail buying, reflecting what buyers face every day in their pursuit of excellence. Focusing on the changes in today’s market, the book addresses topics such as diverse ethnicities and the nuances of purchasing abroad...read more

Product Description: Retail Buying Practices and Policies in a Global Economy details every aspect of a buyer’s job and includes step-by-step videos that detail the completion of Excel® spread sheets for assignments and in-depth instruction...read more

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