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Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics
From Farm to Fork
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
With the growth of the food industry come unique logistics challenges, new supply routes, demand dynamics and investment re-shaping the future of the food logistics industry. It is therefore important for the food industry to innovate both with regards to demand management and sustainability of food...
Procurement Methods: Effective Techniques
Reference Guide for Procurement Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
The book supports the training effort for incoming procurement professionals. It is based on practical experience, lessons learned of a procurement professional, and material developed over the years to train internal procurement staff. The goal of the book is to offer current managers a tool to guide...
Public Procurement and Contract Administration: A Brief Introduction
Procurement ClassRoom Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
The first volume of the Procurement ClassRoom Series. This is a guide for beginners and aspiring public procurement practitioners, or anyone looking for a basic source of information on public procurement and contract administration. It is intended to be direct, easy to read, and practical in its approach.
Guide to Supply Chain Management
An End to End Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This essential guide brings supply chain theory to life. Intended for readers with a business interest in supply chain management, the book covers the key topics in eleven chapters, including planning, sourcing, making, delivering and returning, as well as strategy, people, finance, customer service...
Sustainable Value Chain Management
A Research Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The way organizations manage their value chain has changed dramatically over the past decade. Today, organizations take account of economic issues, but they also adopt a broader perspective of their purpose including social and environmental issues. Yet despite its global spread, sustainable value...
Global Lean
Seeing the New Waste Rooted in Communication, Distance, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Just because a problem is invisible doesn’t mean it’s not affecting your operation. While communication, distance, and culture are often ignored as real threats to your results, these unnoticed forces are negatively affecting companies that operate internationally. Globalization has amplified...
by Annette McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2013
The Essential Guide to Government Auctions For Beginners
This book covers several topics including:
- overview of government auctions - state government auctions - state unclaimed property - housing and urban development - internal revenue service
and so much more!...
by Mark McNulty
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
In 2009 over 50% of Canadian dentists were between the ages of fifty and sixty-five. As they decide to move on to retirement challenging questions arise regarding how to sell their practices and finance their retirement. To make matters worse there will soon be more dentists selling their practices and...
Straight to the Bottom Line
An Executive's Roadmap to World Class Supply Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
During the past 25 years, the procurement and supply chain profession has radically evolved. Once a tactical and back-office function, it is now a strategic business opportunity that can be fundamental to the success of any organization. A few leading companies have achieved an enormous competitive advantage...
Leading Procurement Strategy
Driving Value Through the Supply Chain
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2018
Leading Procurement Strategy is a must-read for all senior procurement executives wishing to further enhance their skill set, master the latest developments in procurement strategy and really come into their own as procurement leaders. The expert author team explains how to effectively manage and...
by John Manners-Bell, Thomas Cullen, Cathy Roberson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Emerging markets hold the key to the development of the global logistics industry over the next 20 years. Whilst developed economies struggle to come to terms with huge levels of debt, newly industrialized markets are showing strong growth prospects as manufacturers and investors look at low-cost...
Agile Procurement
Volume I: Adding Value with Lean Processes
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book is the first of two volumes presenting a business model to add value through Procurement. Including several case studies of successful implementation, it demonstrates how the increasing complexity of the business environment requires a significant intervention on the management of processes...
Agile Procurement
Volume II: Designing and Implementing a Digital Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This book is the second of two volumes presenting a business model to add value through Procurement. Including several case studies of successful implementation, it demonstrates how the increasing complexity of the business environment requires a significant intervention on the management of processes...
by Norman A. Katz
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Even the largest companies find managing vendors a daunting task. If you get it wrong then you risk inadvertently penalizing potentially valuable suppliers with misguided, overly bureaucratic or costly processes. Worse the burdens placed on the vendors backfires on the customer entity itself as the...