You'll find numerous valuable keys to success in virtually every area of purchasing management, expertly documented in this bestselling, on-the-job handbook. Whether you work in a one-person department or in a complex operation with hundreds of buyers and purchasing executives, you'll benefit immediately from the easy-to-follow tips and techniques you'll find in these pages. Review the samples of more than 50 different purchasing forms for useful ideas for your own department learn about important legal and ethical practices ... put sure-win purchasing strategies into action ... note how today's corporate environment has changed the purchasing function ... implement proven techniques for pricing and contract administration ... become an effective negotiator... get tips on managing your department for increased productivity ... and much morel. Extensively revised and updated to reflect the challenges and thinking of the 1990s, the Fifth Edition of this encyclopedic handbook retains its incisive focus on issues of major significance to the manufacturing sector, while examining purchasing practices for the new service economy. You'll be crystal clear on the policies and procedures that affect both the manufacturing and service industries with the guidelines presented here. Plus! The Handbook's top-notch contributors, all leaders in the field of purchasing management, examine the very latest techniques and strategies in team buying; new EDI applications; buyer/supplier partnering; computer advances; international sourcing; quality assurance and customer satisfaction; just-in-time (J.l.T.) purchasing systems; hazardous material disposal; purchasing raw materials, commodities, and MRO supplies; purchasing for resale and more! Prepared under the auspices of the National Association of Purchasing Management, this longtime classic also examines the related problems of materials management, inventory, traffic, and the host of other jobs that often fall under the purchasing Department.
Contributors
Preface
Part 1 : Organizing and Operating the Purchasing Function Chapter 1 : The Purchasing Function Chapter 2 : Purchasing Organization Chapter 3 : Purchasing Policies, Procedures, and Systems Chapter 4 : Computers in Purchasing/EDI
Part 2 : Fundamentals of Purchasing Chapter 5 : Sourcing Chapter 6 : Global Purchasing Chapter 7 : Pricing Chapter 8 : Negotiation Chapter 9 : Contract and Subcontract Administration and Management
Part 3 : Management Responsibilities and Strategies Chapter 10 : Purchasing Strategy Chapter 11 : Evaluating Purchasing Performance Chapter 12 : Ethics and Responsibility Chapter 13 : Quality Assurance Chapter 14 : Value analysis and Purchasing Research Chapter 15 : Forecasting Chapter 16 : Inventory Management Chapter 17 : Legal Aspects of Purchasing Chapter 18 : Investment Recovery Chapter 19 : Managing Budgets and Operations Chapter 20 : Managing personnel
Part 4 : Purchasing Practice by Class of Materials of Industry Chapter 21 : Purchase of Raw Materials, Commodities, and MRO Items Chapter 22 : The Acquisition of Capital Assets Chapter 23 : The Purchase of Services Chapter 24 : Purchasing for Resale Chapter 25 : Purchasing Inbound Transportation Chapter 26 : Purchasing in the Service Industry Chapter 27 : Public/Not-for-Profit Purchasing
