Basics of strategic sourcing / Selvan Athishtaraj V.

By:

Athishtaraj V., Selvan [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Chennai : Notion Press, 2020.Description: 124 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN:

9781648509759

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HD39.5

Contents:

Preface -- Sourcing concept -- Evolving of strategic sourcing -- Supply market -- Sourcing portfolio -- Spend management -- Negotiation -- Implementation -- Bibliography.

Summary: This book is an outline for identifying potential vendors, conducting negotiations and engaging purchasing agreements to provide goods and/or services that meet procurement needs. In the course of time the role and character of purchasing has been changing constantly. Traditionally, purchasing was seen as merely a supportive and supplementary operational activity with little significance on a firm’s performance. This approach however conveys a rather reactive strategy of purchasing where the focus is on transactions rather than on relations and also more on an operational or tactical level rather than on a strategic one. Market trends with respect to price and quality as well as global and local trends are emphasized in this book which gives more sense in the sourcing and procurement activities. This book also explains about listing down the category to analyse the money spend on manufacturing activities.

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Title notes ( 3 )

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Recommended bibliography book	TBS Barcelona	HD39.5 ATH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		b02518

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Sourcing concept -- Evolving of strategic sourcing -- Supply market -- Sourcing portfolio -- Spend management -- Negotiation -- Implementation -- Bibliography.

This book is an outline for identifying potential vendors, conducting negotiations and engaging purchasing agreements to provide goods and/or services that meet procurement needs. In the course of time the role and character of purchasing has been changing constantly. Traditionally, purchasing was seen as merely a supportive and supplementary operational activity with little significance on a firm’s performance.

This approach however conveys a rather reactive strategy of purchasing where the focus is on transactions rather than on relations and also more on an operational or tactical level rather than on a strategic one. Market trends with respect to price and quality as well as global and local trends are emphasized in this book which gives more sense in the sourcing and procurement activities. This book also explains about listing down the category to analyse the money spend on manufacturing activities.