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The Inner Lives of Markets
How People Shape Them-And They Shape Us
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
What is a market? To most people it is a shopping center or an abstract space in which stock prices vary minutely. In reality, a market is something much more fundamental to being human, and it affects not just the price of tomatoes but the boundaries of everything we value.
Reading the newspapers...
by Francesco Di Meglio
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2002
In The Power of Knowledge in Real Estate & Investments, Francesco Di Meglio has written a down-to-earth, easy-to-understand practical guide for anyone buying or selling a property.
Francesco has seen it all in his more than 25 years in the real estate business, and he distills his knowledge...
Managing the Retail Supply Chain
Merchandising Strategies that Increase Sales and Improve Profitability
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Buying, merchandising and the supply chain are inextricably linked. Product merchandisers play a key role within retail, as profits can be affected by how successfully they undertake their work. Merchandisers set prices to maximise profits and manage the performance of ranges, planning promotions...
The Educated Franchisee
Find the Right Franchise for You
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
There is nothing more expensive than ignorance -- let The Educated Franchisee serve as your guide for selecting a franchise that meets your needs!The Educated Franchisee will teach you:-- How to find a franchise that is right for you.-- How owning a franchise can create wealth.--...
Strategic Supply Management
Creating the Next Source of Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2007
The popular press is loaded with stories about supply problems affecting many industries. Extensive outsourcing of major portions of a firms value chain, relentless pressure from customers to improve product and service functionality and to reduce costs across almost every industry, and steep global...
Supplier Evaluation & Performance Excellence
A Guide to Meaningful Metrics and Successful Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2008
Understanding supplier performance is vital to ensuring a well-functioning supply network. This how-to book will help you develop and implement an evaluation process to help you reduce costs, lower risk, and improve both the performance of your company and your suppliers. This practical text includes...
Spend Analysis
The Window into Strategic Sourcing
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2008
A growing number of senior executives are coming to realize that strategic supply management can be a significant driver of improved corporate performance and better risk management. Spend analysis is the most critical component, and the starting point, of strategic supply management and is essential...
Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals
Research, Process, and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
In many organizations, procurement has evolved from a tactical, transaction-oriented department into a strategic function responsible for establishing spend management objectives for the entire organization. While the tools they use and the skills they possess have increased overall effectiveness and...
Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning
Synchronizing Demand, Supply and Resources for Peak Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2002
Operational excellence cannot be achieved by technology alone. An effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) process is essential to successfully implement any integrated management system, such as enterprise resources planning or supply chain management. This book illustrates the effective real...
Procurement Project Management Success
Achieving a Higher Level of Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Procurement Project Management Success integrates supply management best practices and processes with those applicable from the field of project management. It explains how to initiate, plan, manage, and complete both simple and complex procurement projects successfully. Through the use of scheduling,...
by Lei Lei, Leonardo DeCandia, Rosa Oppenheim;Yao Zhao
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book, developed in collaboration with the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management and based upon research projects conducted with over 100 participating corporations, combines theory and practice in presenting the concepts necessary for strategic implementation of supply chain management techniques...
The Supply Chain Revolution
Innovative Sourcing and Logistics for a Fiercely Competitive World
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Across a range of industries, once-leading companies are in trouble: Walmart, IBM, Pfizer, HP, and The Gap to name a few. But others are thriving. The difference is how the company’s leaders view their supply chain: Is it just about cutting cost or do they see its hidden tools for outperforming...
by Palani Murugappan
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
The word "Cost Reduction" usually sends shivers to any employee as the first thing that comes on their mind is they may be next in line to be retrenched (worst case scenario). Alternatively, the cost reduction exercise may case many existing privileges to be removed. Thus, any cost reducing...
Enterprise Contract Management
A Practical Guide to Successfully Implementing an ECM Solution
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Globalization, increased economic and geopolitical uncertainty, technological advancements, and a rise in the number of regulations and legislations have led to a significant rise in the importance, volume, and complexity of modern contractual agreements. Yet, in spite of these profound changes, many...