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Purchasing principles and management / Peter Bally, David Farmer, David Jessop and David Jones.

By: Baily, Peter J. H.
Contributor(s): Farmer, David H | Jessop, David | Jones, David.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Financial management/Pitman Publishing, 1998Edition: 8th ed.Description: x, 406 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0273623818.Subject(s): Purchasing -- ManagementDDC classification: 658.72
Contents:
Part 1: Objectives and organisations -- Purchasing scope and objectives -- Strategic aspects of purchasing -- Purchasing structure and organisation -- Purchasing evolution and development -- Part 2: Key purchasing variables -- Quality -- The right quantity -- Time -- Source decision making -- Price -- Purchasing negotiations -- Part 3: Applications -- Make-or-buy decisions and subcontracting -- Buying commodities -- Buying internationally -- Capital goods -- Purchasing for resale -- Buying services -- Buying for government and public services -- Part 4: Systems, controls and personnel -- Purchasing systems -- Controlling performance, efficiency and effectiveness -- People in purchasing -- Research into purchasing and supply.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00159625
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Designed to meet the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide to purchasing management. The work looks at topics such as how purchasing operates in different sectors, purchasing variables and purchasing systems.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Objectives and organisations -- Purchasing scope and objectives -- Strategic aspects of purchasing -- Purchasing structure and organisation -- Purchasing evolution and development -- Part 2: Key purchasing variables -- Quality -- The right quantity -- Time -- Source decision making -- Price -- Purchasing negotiations -- Part 3: Applications -- Make-or-buy decisions and subcontracting -- Buying commodities -- Buying internationally -- Capital goods -- Purchasing for resale -- Buying services -- Buying for government and public services -- Part 4: Systems, controls and personnel -- Purchasing systems -- Controlling performance, efficiency and effectiveness -- People in purchasing -- Research into purchasing and supply.

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.