The Leenders’ text provides a comprehensive introduction to the purchasing and supply chain management field, supported by 50 case studies. Cases cover purchasing and supply chain issues in a variety of settings, from process industries to high tech manufacturing and services as well as public institutions. Supply Management concepts, both strategic and tactical, have been expanded throughout the text, particularly in new chapters on Supply Law and Ethics, Public Supply, and Supplier Relations. While all basic tenets of the purchasing function and cost issues remain, the coverage of the field is state of the art highlighting the supply chain approach.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 – Purchasing and Supply Management
Chapter 2 – Supply Organization
Chapter 3 – Supply Processes
Chapter 4 – Information Systems and Technology
Chapter 5 – Quality, Specification and Service
Chapter 6 – Quantity and Inventory
Chapter 7 – Transportation and Delivery
Chapter 8 – Price
Chapter 9 – Cost Management, Discounts, and Negotiation
Chapter 10 – Supplier Selection
Chapter 11 – Investment Recovery
Chapter12 – Supply Law and Ethics
Chapter 13 – Research and Metrics
Chapter 14 – Global Supply
Chapter 15 – Public Supply Management
Chapter 16 – Capital Goods
Chapter 17 – Services
Chapter 18 – Make or Buy, Insourcing, and Outsourcing
Chapter 19 – Supplier Relations
Chapter 20 – Strategy in Purchasing and Supply Management
CASE INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 – Purchasing and Supply Management
Chapter 2 – Supply Organization
Chapter 3 – Supply Processes
Chapter 4 – Information Systems and Technology
Chapter 5 – Quality, Specification and Service
Chapter 6 – Quantity and Inventory
Chapter 7 – Transportation and Delivery
Chapter 8 – Price
Chapter 9 – Cost Management, Discounts, and Negotiation
Chapter 10 – Supplier Selection
Chapter 11 – Investment Recovery
Chapter12 – Supply Law and Ethics
Chapter 13 – Research and Metrics
Chapter 14 – Global Supply
Chapter 15 – Public Supply Management
Chapter 16 – Capital Goods
Chapter 17 – Services
Chapter 18 – Make or Buy, Insourcing, and Outsourcing
Chapter 19 – Supplier Relations
Chapter 20 – Strategy in Purchasing and Supply Management
CASE INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX