Description
Turn to the collective wisdom of the field’s top experts to consider and solve even the most complex supply management issue
For more than three decades, The Supply Management Handbook (formerly The Purchasing Handbook) has been vital for purchasing and supply professionals in each and every field and industry. This contemporary edition comprehensively updates and revises this classic to encompass the ongoing shift from simple purchasing to a new, more technology-based imperative–identifying and managing supply chain sources and strategies.
Addressing each and every crucial issue from outsourcing to total cost of ownership to negotiations and contract management, an international team of supply management experts offers the authoritative, practical coverage you wish to have to live to tell the tale and thrive in nowadays’s ever-changing supply management environment. Topics include:
Dramatic social and technological changes have brought new roles, responsibilities, and challenges to supply managers – along side exciting new opportunities. This definitive reference is the most trusted and efficient way to prosper on this ever-changing field.