Proactive Purchasing in the Supply Chain: The Key to World-Class Procurement (Mechanical Engineering)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071770615 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 784 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Petcavage holds the Lifetime Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) Designation. He was recognized by the National Association of Purchasing Management as a NAPM Professor in 1992. She has more than 15 years of purchasing and operations management experience and is an active member of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), where she is the editor of their News Publications. Ms. Pinkerton is co-author with Dr. A past Dean of the Graduate School of Administration a
"Ridiculously good price/value. I purchased the book to further my" according to Timothy Cluer. This book lives up to expectations on what a book about proactive/strategic procurement should be. I read the book 'Purchasing' by frequent ISM article contributors Mary Lu and Michale HArding (part of the Barron's Business Library set) and as informative as that book was, this book expands on many important topics such as contract ma. Will work great to keep in the office as a reference guide Exactly what I needed for Supply Chain Mgmt class. Will work great to keep in the office as a reference guide as well.. "Book review" according to Julian Kirk. It is the book but is poorly done. Other ebooks have page numbers that are easy to follow with the class. This book does not do that.
Pinkerton is co-author with Dr. Petcavage, is Assistant Professor and Business Coordinator at Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus. He is a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) with a lifetime designation. Petcavage holds the Lifetime Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) Designation. Burt, Professor Emeritus of Supply Management at the University of San Diego, has more than 50 years in the fields of procurement, supply management, and value network management. Pinkerton is Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Logistics at California State University, Fresno. Sheila D. Ms. He was recognized by the National Association of Purchasing Management as a NAPM Professor in 1992. Burt of
The ability of purchasing to dramatically increase return on investment, reduce costs, improve quality, and shorten time to market is highlighted throughout this practical guide.Essential topics such as legal issues, green purchasing, negotiation, ethics, price-cost analysis, production-inventory control, purchasing risk management, sourcing, and demand-logistics management are addressed. A detailed planning model for implementing these world-class procurement methods is also contained in this definitive resource.The authors combine extensive industry, educational, research, and consulting experience to cover topics such as:The latest "best-in-class" purchasing methods, tools, procedures, and systems Price-cost analyses and how to fight price increases How to organize the purchasing department to achieve maximum value added in the supply chain Green purchasing Purchasing risk management programs and procedures How to separate strategic from tactical buying Step-by-step checklists for major purchasing func