Purchasing and Supply Management : Creating the Vision /
Purchasing and Supply Management includes the latest management, procurement, and negotiation techniques and the authors have taken great care to integrate the impact of global commerce on the buyers job. Historically, purchasing evolved as a weak part of manufacturing, gained its independence, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
1997.
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| Series: | Chapman & Hall materials management/logistics series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Purchasing and Supply Management includes the latest management, procurement, and negotiation techniques and the authors have taken great care to integrate the impact of global commerce on the buyers job. Historically, purchasing evolved as a weak part of manufacturing, gained its independence, and expanded to a financial contributer to a company's success. A major challenge of the buying job is to manage supply management. To do this, the buyer must know and use the full range of techniques and procedures available to the true professional. This book is dedicated to these functions of supply and all they entail. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 382 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461560272 (electronic bk.) 1461560276 (electronic bk.) |