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A purchasing manager's guide to strategic proactive procurement

David N. Burt, Richard D. Pinkerton

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Details the latest innovations in purchasing and supply management, and the trend in purchasing departments from reactive to proactive status. Case studies show how to add value at the four key stages, how to determine what to buy, and how to integrate the purchasing function with TQM. Contains num

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Details the latest innovations in purchasing and supply management, and the trend in purchasing departments from reactive to proactive status. Case studies show how to add value at the four key stages, how to determine what to buy, and how to integrate the purchasing function with TQM. Contains num

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Details the latest innovations in purchasing and supply management, and the trend in purchasing departments from reactive to proactive status. Case studies show how to add value at the four key stages, how to determine what to buy, and how to integrate the purchasing function with TQM. Contains num

Key concepts: Purchasing, Procurement, Business, Supply management, Purchasing management, Function (biology), Key (lock), Process management

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