Download or read book The Purchasing Handbook written by Joseph L. Cavinato and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting contemporary trends in purchasing and supply management, this text serves as a complete professional reference book, used to answer day-to-day questions for all sizes of purchasing departments.

Download or read book Purchasing Handbook written by George W. Aljian and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1973 with total page 1315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Reference book on purchasing or materials management - covers the purchasing organization, the development of policy and procedure manuals, the legal aspects, the purchase order, sources of supply, ethics, quality control, pricing, inventory management and forecasting, stock, automation, commoditys, buying capital goods and services, purchasing abroad, training, etc., and includes a glossary of purchasing terminology. Bibliography, diagrams and references.

Download or read book Purchasing Handbook written by George W. Aljian and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1973 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Reference book on purchasing or materials management - covers the purchasing organization, the development of policy and procedure manuals, the legal aspects, the purchase order, sources of supply, ethics, quality control, pricing, inventory management and forecasting, stock, automation, commoditys, buying capital goods and services, purchasing abroad, training, etc., and includes a glossary of purchasing terminology. Bibliography, diagrams and references.

Download or read book The Technology Procurement Handbook written by Sergii Dovgalenko and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rise of cloud services and the digitization of all business units, procurement managers need to understand how to buy technology services in order to generate revenue, drive innovation and retain customers. The Technology Procurement Handbook provides a structured and logical view of the digital buying process. It includes invaluable advice on how to manage digital demand, prepare sourcing strategies, analyze the cost and benefits of proposed solutions and negotiate and implement comprehensive agreements. The Technology Procurement Handbook examines the multiple streams of data that feed into the technology procurement process, such as ITIL service lifecycle data, PMI project management and cloud and software contract provisions. The book includes case studies and extensive practical advice based on the authors experience from recent procurement projects. There is also a chapter on modular contracting for the US market, explaining the use of agile contracts for IT projects.

Download or read book Handbook of Buying and Purchasing Management written by Harry E. Hough and published by CCH Tax & Accounting. This book was released on 1992 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide to purchasing management takes you through all the buying steps and procedures from requisition to delivery of a satisfactory product or service - on time, and at the best possible price. Whether you work for a small company or a corporate giant ... whether you're a seasoned pro in the field, or just beginning a career in purchasing ... this guide will help you do a better job, solve a multitude of day-in and day-out problems, and enhance your success on the job. The book zeros in on the practical problems facing every buyer or purchasing manager, like saving money with proper specifications, ensuring on-time delivery, negotiating the best price, getting the exact quality you need, and combating the ever-present problem of "backdoor selling." It gives solutions, based on years of practical experience, to all the problems that buyers face when buying maintenance, repair and operating supplies, as well as the raw materials needed for high-volume production. This book will show you how to unlock and enjoy the substantial profit opportunities awaiting you when you practice good purchasing techniques; how to set up a purchasing organization to gain negotiating strength you never before thought possible; how to protect your company from costly mistakes, legal or otherwise, make buying less risky, and be sure you always get the quality you want; how to find the best suppliers for any need and determine if they meet your every qualification check; how to simplify the buying process, save time and money, and not sacrifice control; and how to use computers to increase purchasing productivity, without becoming a slave to the machine plus much, much more. Everything is covered in this manual, from setting up an efficient purchasing department and avoiding common mistakes, to all the steps required from the issuance of a purchase order to receipt and acceptance of the product or service. Included also is practical help on preparing a purchasing policy and procedures manual - important if you want consistency, lowest costs, and absolute fairness and impartiality in the purchasing process. Rounding out the coverage is information on how to succeed in global sourcing: finding international suppliers, currency and exchange rates, negotiating with international suppliers, and how to save money on importing. This handbook will be the number-one source you will find yourself turning to in doing your job efficiently and with professionalism.

Download or read book The Purchasing Handbook written by Harold E. Fearon and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1993 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a complete and authoritative source of practical information on all aspects of purchasing management. This new edition is the first revision of this classic handbook since 1982, a decade in which many important developments have taken place in business, the economy, and the field of purchasing. Once again developed under the auspices of the National Association of Purchasing Management, Aljian brings the entire field up to date. A special emphasis of this new edition is the coverage given to purchasing policies and procedures in a service economy and in service industries. Previous emphasis in the handbook was on manufacturing-related purchasing issues. Aljian provides up-to-date guidance on all aspects of the general purchasing process from purchasing department through contracts, pricing and negotiation and beyond, to such subjects as purchasing strategy and evaluating purchasing performance. In addition, the handbook also zeros-in on specific subject areas and specific industries, covering in detail global sourcing, raw materials, health care, government purchasing, and other specific subject areas. Targeted coverage is provided on other "special interest" subjects such as materials management, just-in-time, legal aspects of purchasing, scrap and other topics of interest to purchasing managers and corporate departments with which they interrelate.

Download or read book Gower Handbook of Purchasing Management written by Marc Day and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2002, the revised third edition of the Gower Handbook of Purchasing and Supply Management views procurement as standing on the boundary of the firm, looking outwards and scanning the environment for new opportunities and threats. In this respect, as in many others, the new edition is quite different from the previous two, reflecting the many changes that have taken place for businesses over the years. In particular this edition has been slimmed down and focused to assist the reader by working systematically outwards using a purchasing lens to view the wider business world. The aim is to show the potential contribution that purchasing can make as a driver for organizational efficiency and business development. It is this latter requirement, the need for purchasing to generate revenue, that has been identified as being ever more prominent as a demand on purchasing directors’ time and effort. The book is now split into three sections. Part I lays the foundations for building the organization of purchasing in a corporate environment. Part II overlays further applications on the foundations of purchasing organization. The assumption is made that the purchasing activities of a firm are proactive in outlook, gathering knowledge and measuring their current corporate purchasing performance, while also looking to generate revenues for the business. Finally, Part III provides case studies which bring to life some of the learning achieved through the framework laid out in the previous parts. Written by leading practitioners and academics, and published in association with The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.

Download or read book Fire Apparatus Purchasing Handbook written by William C. Peters and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text details the step-by-step instructions needed to write specifications, go out to bid, evaluate the bids, inspect the apparatus, and save your department money. Chief Peters provides insight into various apparatus features, real-life mishaps, maintenance programs, and warranty information that will help you and the department purchase the right vehicle for the job.

Download or read book The Procurement Models Handbook written by Andrea Cordell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building from the previous two successful editions, The Procurement Models Handbook is an essential resource for everyone working in the procurement profession, including those selling directly to it. The authors provide the reader with a useful guide to the business models most frequently applied in the procurement and supply chain arena. Procurement and supply chain management are two of the highest contributors to corporate success in the modern world. This third edition is a new revised international version with additional tools that reflect the value of procurement in our globally-connected world. The authors have included over 50 well-established strategic and operational models that have a proven track record of delivering value over years of practice. Each model is presented pictorially, with explanatory commentary on its practical application to support. These models are designed to save unnecessary cost and deliver significant benefits for their user and have been carefully selected by the authors based on their originality and usefulness for practical application in the context of procurement and the supply chain. The Procurement Models Handbook is an invaluable and enduring source of reference for practitioners and business managers, as well as an essential learning support for business and procurement students.

Download or read book International Purchasing Handbook written by James M. Ashley and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains current practices used in international purchasing to bypass intermediaries and deal directly with foreign suppliers. The text discusses what to do, includes real-life case studies, and uses charts and checklists to organize information. It also discusses using the Internet.

Download or read book The Handbook of Ethical Purchasing written by Rob Harrison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From boycotts of plastics and palm oil by consumers, to the tracking of carbon footprints and modern slavery in their supply chains by businesses, buying ethically has now fully captured the public interest. The Handbook of Ethical Purchasing is designed to help both ordinary people and industry professionals to understand this new movement, its political background and, most importantly, how to become involved more effectively By looking in turn at sustainable supply chain management by companies, green public procurement by governments, and the ethical choices made by consumers, this book operates as a practical handbook for people across all industries and sectors to become involved in the important changes that need to be made. It provides the key principles, language, and techniques that companies, campaigners, certification schemes, and regulators are beginning to use to address the moral, practical, and political problems that commonly occur in this transition to more ethical economies. Written by a leading authority on ethical consumption, Rob Harrison, the book provides the reader with the tools to operate with confidence and effectiveness in an easy-to-access format. It also provides a useful structure to understand this new subject area for students of marketing, supply chain management, and business studies generally.

Download or read book Handbook of Theories for Purchasing Supply Chain and Management Research written by Tate, Wendy L. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear and coherent book introduces agent-based modelling (ABM) to those who are not familiar with nor have been previously exposed to computational simulation. Featuring examples, cases and models, the book illustrates how ABM can, and should, be considered as a useful approach and technique for the study of management and organisational systems.

Download or read book Purchasing Models Handbook written by Andrea Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Procurement written by Nicola Dimitri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can organizations ensure that they can get best value for money in their procurement decisions? How can they stimulate innovations from their dedicated suppliers? With contributions from leading academics and professionals, this 2006 handbook offers expert guidance on the fundamental aspects of successful procurement design and management in firms, public administrations, and international institutions. The issues addressed include the management of dynamic procurement; the handling of procurement risk; the architecture of purchasing systems; the structure of incentives in procurement contracts; methods to increase suppliers' participation in procurement contests and e-procurement platforms; how to minimize the risk of collusion and of corruption; pricing and reputation mechanisms in e-procurement platforms; and how procurement can enhance innovation. Inspired by frontier research, it provides practical recommendations to managers, engineers and lawyers engaged in private and public procurement design.

Download or read book Handbook of Supply Chain Management written by James B. Ayers and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-08-29 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you invest millions on new systems you don't want yesterday's solutions. You need a global view of end-to-end material, information, and financial flows. Managers today have the same concerns managers had last year, 10 years ago, or 50 years ago: products, markets, people and skills operations, and finance. New supply chain management processe

Download or read book International Handbook of Public Procurement written by Khi V. Thai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s, government at all levels is under increasing pressure to do more with less. However, despite the U.S. government spending about 15 to 20 percent of its GDP on contracts for goods and services, there is a paucity of reference books for public procurement officials and very few textbooks for courses on the subject. Filling this void, the International Handbook of Public Procurement provides the knowledge necessary to understand how procurement works and how to improve the cost-effectiveness of procurement systems. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book focuses on the managerial, economic, political, and legal aspects of this topic. It begins with a conceptual framework and highlights various reforms occurring in certain countries. By examining these improvements, readers are able to apply this knowledge to their own strategies. The next section presents selected cases that illustrate the public procurement process, examining systems in various nations including Germany, China, South Africa, Cambodia, Uganda, and Estonia. The book also discusses the rise of electronic procurement systems (E-procurement) and reviews the benefits of these efficient systems. Other topics presented in this comprehensive volume include practical discussions on contract negotiations, bidding, price strategies and cost analysis, and an insightful chapter on the market’s response to contract award announcements. A virtual encyclopedia from numerous international experts, this book was assembled by Khi V. Thai, Professor at Florida Atlantic University and Editor of the Journal of Public Procurement. Dr. Thai has provided technical assistance in the area of public procurement to governments across the world. Empowering those on all sides of the issue, this volume dispenses advice valuable to government officials and contractors, as well as providing a comprehensive text for public administration students.

Download or read book The Category Management Handbook written by Andrea Cordell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Category management is one of the biggest contributors of commercial value in the area of procurement and supply chain. With a proven track record of successful delivery since the early 1990s, it helps organisations gather and analyse key data about their procurement spend before subsequently creating and delivering value-adding strategies that change the value proposition from supply chains. The aim of category management is to find long-term breakthrough strategies that help lift an organisation’s commercial performance to a new level. Because of its strategic long-term orientation and complex execution, category management has long been the preserve of commercial consulting companies – in effect a ‘black box’ toolkit shrouded in expensive methodologies. This practical handbook lifts the lid on category management by providing readers with a step-by-step process and established toolkit that allows them a ‘do-it-yourself’ approach. Each activity is presented as a simple tool or technique for practitioners to apply to their own organisations. To support each activity, easy-to- use templates and checklists have been provided, together with simple but practical hints and tips for implementation. This handbook is a ‘must read’ for all procurement and supplychain managers looking to find significant improvements in their organisations. Its practical approach cuts through long-winded consultant-speak and provides an easy-to-use practical toolkit for everyday application.