Purchasing and Supply Management

Supply Chain

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978-0-9973780-3-0

Purchasing and Supply Management

Enhancing Competitiveness and Customer Value

Wendy Tate, PhD Stanley Fawcett, PhD Tobias Schoenherr, PhD Bryan Ashenbaum, PhD Craig Carter, PhD Lydia Bals, PhD

Purchasing is more than just buying things. Supply professionals acquire the best inputs—goods and services—available worldwide. More importantly, they acquire, develop, and coordinate the capacity and capabilities of a world-class supply team. This resource will help your students build their purchasing toolkit to succeed on day one.

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Topic 1: What Is Purchasing and Supply Management? Topic 2: The Purchasing Process: Strategic and Transactional Issues Topic 3: Structuring to Meet Customer and Competitive Needs Topic 4: Socially Responsible Sourcing Topic 5: Sourcing Risk Management and Mitigation Topic 6: Category Analysis and Sourcing Strategy Development Topic 7: Outsourcing and Offshoring Topic 8: Supplier Evaluation and Selection Topic 9: Assessing Supplier Financial Health Topic 10: Strategic Cost Management Topic 11: Electronic Sourcing Topic 12: Negotiation: Getting Contracts and Relationships Right Topic 13: Managing Purchasing Performance Topic 14: Buyer-Supplier Relationships and Value Co-Creation Topic 15: Buyer-Supplier Integration Topic 16: The Future of Purchasing

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