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Procurement Principles and Management

Procurement Principles and Management

Author(s):
  • Peter Baily
  • David Farmer
  • Barry Crocker
  • David Jessop
  • David Jones
    • Author: Peter Baily
    • ISBN:9789352868322
    • 10 Digit ISBN:9352868323
    • Price:Rs. 855.00
    • Pages:612
    • Imprint:Pearson Education
    • Binding:Paperback
    • Status:Available


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    Now in its eleventh edition, Procurement Principles and

    Management has been essential reading for practitioners and

    students of purchasing and procurement for nearly 50 years. This

    new edition will provide the reader with a reflection of mainstream

    practice alongside insight into developing ideas and approaches.

    This book has been updated to cover the continuous change and

    development in the field of purchasing, and carefully balances

    emerging philosophies with proven and established thinking and

    practice in the profession."

     

    Table of Content

    Part 1 Procurement Objectives and Development
    1 Procurement scope and development
    2 Strategic procurement and supply chain management
    3 Public sector procurement
    Part 2 Key Procurement Issues
    4 Outsourcing
    5 Quality management
    6 I nventory management
    7 L ead time and time compression
    8 S ourcing strategies and relationships
    9 Price and total cost of ownership (TCO)
    10 Negotiations
    Part 3 Applications
    11 Project procurement
    12 Procurement of commodities
    13 I nternational and global sourcing
    14 Capital procurement
    15 Retail procurement and efficient consumer response (ECR)
    16 Services procurement
    17 Corporate social responsibility
    Part 4 E-Procurement Systems and Contract Management
    18 E-procurement systems
    19 Contract management and performance measurement

    Salient Features

    Specifically readers will note the following new elements:
    ¦ a new, thorough consideration of contract law;
    ¦ improvements in negotiation;
    ¦ additional material exploring offshoring/onshoring;
    ¦ a more thorough treatment of performance measurement;
    ¦ the inclusion of a section on risk;
    ¦ considerable expansion of MRP, Lean and Agile theories;
    ¦ more detailed coverage of ABC analysis, TCO, Kraljic, supplier
    preferencing, Bensaou, CSR-Triple Bottom Line concept;
    ¦ additional examples of services/tangibles procurement;
    ¦ culture has been given much more focus;
    ¦ supplier appraisal and supplier relationship management (SRM) have
    been expanded considerably."