The Purchasing Handbook: A Guide for the Purchasing and Supply Professional

Part I: The Strategic Contributions of Purchasing and Supply. The Future of Purchasing and Supply. Creating Supply Advantage by Leveaging the Strategic Nature of Procurement. Purchasing in the New Firm of Nature. Part II: The Strategic Approaches of Purchasing and Supply. Development of Supply Strategies. Knowledge of Supply Markets. Purchasing as Relationship Management. Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. Global Procurement Synergies. Challenges of Outsourcing in Supply Chain Procurement: How Best to Cope with the Changing Opportunities. Identification and Evaluation of Sources. Part III: Organization and Competencies of Purchasing and Supply. Competencies and Skills in Today's Purchasing. Developing a Purchasing Organization. Re-engineering Purchasing and Supply. Human Resource Management. Purchasing Performance Evaluation. Ethics and Responsibility. Part IV: Components and Capabilities. Electronic Opportunities and Electronic Commerce--New Technologies for Purchasing. Supplier Price and Cost Analysis. Total Cost of Ownership. Purchasing and Supply Negotiations. Contract and Subcontract Administration and Management. Quality Assurance. Value Analysis. A Practitioner's Guide to Forecasting. Inventory Management. Legal Aspects of Purchasing. Investment Recovery. Managing Budgets and Operations. Marketing Purchasing and Supply. Supplier Performance Evaluation. Part V: Item and Industry Practice. Purchase of Raw Materials and Commodities. MRO Materials. Software and Intellectual Property. Capital and Its Impact on the Organization. Services and Nontraditional Goods. Construction Services Procurement. Transportation and Related Services. Purchasing in the Service Industry. Purchasing and Supply Management in the Process and Extractive Industries. Public/Private Purchasing. Part VI: Purchasing and Supply Information Resources.