TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baily, Peter
AU  - Farmer, David
AU  - Jessop, David
AU  - Jones, David
ED  - Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
TI  - Purchasing principles and management
SN  - 9780273646891
AV  - HF5437 .P7995 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Harlow, England
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - Purchasing
KW  - Management
KW  - Industrial procurement
KW  - Bibliography B2 Supply Chain Management and Purchasing
N1  - Pt. 1. Objectives and organisations -- 1. Purchasing scope and development -- 2. Strategic aspects of purchasing -- 3. Purchasing structure and organisation -- 4. Management aspects -- Pt. 2. Key purchasing variables -- 5. Quality -- 6. The right quantity -- 7. Time -- 8. Source decision-making -- 9. Price and cost -- 10. Purchasing negotiations -- Pt. 3. Applications -- 11. Make-or-buy decisions and subcontracting -- 12. Buying commodities -- 13. Buying internationally -- 14. Capital goods -- 15. Purchasing for resale -- 16. Buying services -- 17. Government and public sector procurement -- Pt. 4. Systems and controls -- 18. Purchasing systems -- 19. Controlling performance, efficiency and effectiveness
N2  - Providing a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function, this text meets the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and satisfies the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general
ER  -