Purchasing Buying list 4

Procurement Management in the Supply Chain Environment

A Practical Guide to Understanding Procurement Management and Enhancing Procurement Effectiveness and Efficiency

by Zhenying Jiang
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017

This book focuses on how to increase operational efficiency and lower total cost through improving the whole process of procurement and supply chain. The book represents new research on process reengineering. It focuses on how to increase operational efficiency and lower total cost through improving...

Building Effective Value Chains

Value and its Management

by Tom McGuffog
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016

The value chain describes the full range of activities that firms and workers do to bring a product from its conception to its end use and beyond. This includes activities such as design, production, marketing, distribution and support to the final consumer. Value chain activities can occur within...

You Can Reduce Contract Risk

by R. Joy Jackson, FCIP, RF
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016

Many business decisions a bind one party to another through contracts. These contracts have many names - they are called purchase orders, easement agreements, facility rentals, etc. By using appropriate tools and resources, you can simply manage and assign risk to the appropriate party through the...

The Strategic Procurement Practice Guide

Know-how, Tools and Techniques for Global Buyers

by Ulrich Weigel, Marco Ruecker
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017

This practice guide on procurement strategy brings together methods and tools used by global purchasers across different industries. The authors lay major focus on the themes of global sourcing, risk management, and the dynamic topic of negotiation strategy. The authors present their perspectives...

Coordinate Business Resources

by Global Training Material
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016

The My Mentor series of professional development eBooks empower individuals to succeed in their workplace through targeted business knowledge and practical exercises. This comprehensive ebook explains how to to coordinate business resources in your workplace, to ensure adequate resources...

A Roadmap to Green Supply Chains

Using Supply Chain Archaeology and Big Data Analytics

by Kevin L. Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015

This book shows the relationship between the sustainability movement and supply chains. It provides a guide for supply chain professionals, as well as government officials, corporate executives, and institutional leaders on how to direct their purchasing power so that they source products that not...

Basics of Supply Chain Management

by Jayanta Kumar Bandyopadhyay
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015

The practice of supply chain management has become widespread in most industries. It is now included in the curriculum of many business schools in the United States and in many countries around the world. A number of professional associations, such as the American Production and Inventory Control...

Secrets of Supply Chain Management!

by Andrei Besedin
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2018

The global economy of today is diverse and so rich that considering suppliers could result in a task that would be most times be overwhelming. Ask every single successful entrepreneur today; they will tell you that an effective supply chain management is a crucial component to the business success....

You Don't Know What You Don't Know

by Terry Lammers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

ESSENTIAL READING FOR ANYONE READY TO BUY, GROW, OR EXIT A BUSINESS No matter what stage of business ownership you’re in, Terry Lammers will help you understand how to navigate the twists and turns of the business cycle and steer your enterprise toward success. In humorous, straightforward anecdotes,...

Guide to Producing Garments in Vietnam

Vietnam Garments Insider

by Chris Walker
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017

Thank you for buying my book that prepares you for garment manufacturing in Vietnam. My aim is to share knowledge and insight so that your fashion dream can be realized in Vietnam. I prepare you to meet Vietnamese sewing factory owners. My name is Chris and I have been working with garment...

Buyology

Truth and Lies About Why We Buy

by Martin Lindstrom
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008

How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today’s message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds, we’re barely aware...

Kick the Dealer, Not the Tires!

Stop Car Dealers From Using Your Credit Against You

by Mark Marine
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2005

A voice of reason has emerged from the credit and car selling industries. In clear, easy-to-follow language, Mark explains how to avoid everything you hate about the car buying experience. If you're going to borrow money to buy a car, you need to read this book.

Guide to Supply Chain Management

by David Jacoby, The Economist
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014

Globalisation, technology and an increasingly competitive business environment have encouraged huge changes in what is known as supply chain management, the art of sourcing components and delivering finished goods to the customer as cost effectively and efficiently as possible. Dell transformed the...

Outsourcing: The Competitive Advantages

by Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013

There are a number of core strategic questions which firms need to answer when entering into an outsourcing arrangement. The most significant is to what extent a firm should be prepared to outsource areas of potential competitive advantage. If one takes the view that outsourcing is driven...