Purchasing & Supply Management (15th Edition)

Description

The Fifteenth Edition of Purchasing and Supply Management provides a comprehensive introduction to the purchasing and supply chain management field, supported by over 45 case studies. Cases cover purchasing and supply chain issues in a variety of settings, from process industries to high tech manufacturing and services as well as public institutions. The text focuses on decision making throughout the supply chain. Based on the conviction that supply managers, in concert with suppliers and distributors, have to contribute to organizational goals and strategies, this edition continues to focus on how to make that mission a reality.

Key Features

• Chapter 4 has been extensively revised to reflect the evolution in cloud-based computing.
• One-third of the cases have been replaced with new cases that cover topics such as negotiation, outsourcing, risk management and sustainability.
• Emerging issues including sustainability, challenges of managing risk in a global supply chain, and collaboration are addressed throughout the text.

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: Purchasing and Supply Management
2. Chapter 2: Supply Strategy
3. Chapter 3: Supply Organization
4. Chapter 4: Supply Processes and Technology
5. Chapter 5: Make or Buy, Insourcing, and Outsourcing
6. Chapter 6: Need Identification and Specification
7. Chapter 7: Quality
8. Chapter 8: Quantity and Inventory
9. Chapter 9: Delivery
10. Chapter 10: Price
11. Chapter 11: Cost Management
12. Chapter 12: Supplier Selection
13. Chapter 13: Supplier Evaluation and Supplier Relations
14. Chapter 14: Global Supply Management
15. Chapter 15: Legal and Ethics
16. Chapter 16: Other Supply Responsibilities
17. Chapter 17: Supply Function Evaluation and Trends
18. INDEXES
19. Case Index
20. Subject Index