Purchasing category: 290 books
by Sheila Petcavage, Richard Pinkerton, David N. Burt
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Transform purchasing operations from reactive to proactive supply management
Written for purchasing managers, Proactive Purchasing in the Supply Chain reveals how to use the latest and best procurement practices to help your organization maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of its supply chain....
Purchasing Performance
Measuring, Marketing and Selling the Purchasing Function
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
If the only measure of your organization's purchasing performance is forcing down prices from suppliers then not only is your purchasing team failing to add value, they may also be damaging your supply chain and the medium to long-term competitiveness of your organization. Derek Roylance's Purchasing...
Strategic Purchasing Roadmap
A 7-Step Guide to Cost Optimization
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Purchases from external suppliers represent 20% and up to 80% of companies' total revenue and keeping these expenses down is a critical issue for global financial performance and competitiveness.
As a result, the requirements of Executive Management with respect to the Purchasing Function have...
Capital Equipment Purchasing
Optimizing the Total Cost of CapEx Sourcing
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Compared to other main groups of procurement, capital equipment features numerous characteristics that significantly impact the purchasing process. The process of purchasing capital equipment therefore requires specific attention and above all a systematic approach. To overcome these challenges,...
by Thomas A. Cook
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This book compares the basic skillset of domestic purchasing to that of global purchasing. It provides a very detailed blueprint and best practices guide for avoiding costly mistakes and improving purchasing effectiveness. It also details supply chain globalization impacts on freight, logistics, customs...
by Antonio Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This reference is loaded with necessary resources useful to small business entrepreneurs and those with a product or service to launch. Get expert advice on product manufacturing, merchandise wholesale, retail, import and export distribution and drop shipping. Inside you will find professional trade...
Category Management in Purchasing
A Strategic Approach to Maximize Business Profitability
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2019
Category Management in Purchasing is a comprehensive guide to strategic category management which provides a step-by-step guide to its implementation and use, and enables readers to deliver value and cost savings when sourcing and purchasing. Now in its fourth edition, this text has cemented its place...
Social Buying
A Revolution in Purchasing
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Social networks, online communities and cloud technologies are not only increasingly characteristic of our society, they stand to make an incredible impact on the work methods and technologies of purchasing. In the Information Age, in the words of Prof. Dr. Robert Fieten (board member of the BME),...
Negotiation for Procurement Professionals
A Proven Approach that Puts the Buyer in Control
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Highly effective negotiation skills are an essential element of a purchasing professional's toolkit. Negotiation for Procurement Professionals provides a step-by-step approach to delivering winning negotiations and getting game changing results. It provides purchasers with the necessary tools and...
by Dr Jim Porter
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Purchase Efficiently.
For most of the new businesses, effective purchasing can lead to an increase in profits and improve efficiency. Most of the time, when businesses are troubled because of high prices charged by their suppliers, the managers step in to...
by Susan Smith-Alvis
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
While many of the steps in buying a home are the same as buying a condominium, townhouse, or apartment, there are many critical differences. This new book offers a complete overview of these special, usually smaller, residences. These units can be good options for first-time home buyers, for those...
Understanding the Professional Buyer
What Every Sales Professional Should Know About How the Modern Buyer Thinks and Behaves
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Understanding the Professional Buyer is a practical guide for sales people, giving them insight into the behaviour and strategies of buyers, so that they are able to deal with them more successfully and regain power in the buyer-seller relationship.
In recent years the balance of power between...
On Time, In Full
Achieving Perfect Delivery with Lean Thinking in Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Production Planning
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
"On Time-In Full" is an important work. Tim McLean provides an easy to follow practical approach to building a highly performing supply chain"
-Drew Locher, Shingo Prize Winning Author and Lean Thinker
The most fundamental requirement for a manufacturing or distribution...
The Procurement Value Proposition
The Rise of Supply Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Businesses are going through rapid external and internal organisational changes due to an increased focus on sustainability and corporate responsibility, technological advances, geo-political and macro-economic change, and demographic shifts. If purchasing and supply chain managers are to embrace...