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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1473749441
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1473749443
  • Author:  Arjan J. van Weele

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management provides a complete introduction to the important principles underlying the subject area using a flexible managerial perspective. Fully updated, this highly respected textbook covers the latest developments in purchasing and supply chain management with clear and well-structured content complemented by strong case studies that are relevant and engaging. Global examples from Shell, Hewlett Packard, Mattel and Nespresso to name a few, demonstrate the challenges and solutions to problems companies face every day, while the latest research insights add a critical perspective throughout.

 

Table of Content:

  1. SECTION I: Core concepts
  2. 1 The role of purchasing in the value chain
  3. Learning objectives
  4. Introduction
  5. Case study: Purchasing and supply chain management at Damen Shipyards
  6. The role of purchasing in the value chain
  7. Definition of concepts
  8. Importance of purchasing to business
  9. Classification of purchased goods
  10. Challenges and changes in the procurement context
  11. Summary
  12. Assignments
  13. References
  14. 2 Industrial buying behaviour: Â decision-making in purchasing
  15. Learning objectives
  16. Introduction
  17. Case study: Buying computer systems in a car leasing company
  18. Organizational buying behaviour: basic characteristics
  19. Models of industrial buying behaviour
  20. Variables that affect the buying process
  21. Purchasing process management
  22. The linear purchase process model
  23. The extended purchasing model
  24. Role of the buyer
  25. The specification phase
  26. Supplier selection and supplier assessment
  27. Negotiation and contracting
  28. Prices and terms of delivery
  29. Terms of payment
  30. Penalty clauses and warranty conditions
  31. Other arrangements
  32. The ordering process and expediting
  33. Follow-up and evaluation of the buying process
  34. E-procurement
  35. Major bottlenecks and problems
  36. Summary
  37. Assignments
  38. References
  39. 3 The purchasing management process
  40. Learning objectives
  41. Introduction
  42. Case study: Shell Houston
  43. Primary tasks and responsibilities
  44. Professionalizing purchasing: a few principles
  45. Business alignment
  46. Integrated, cross-functional approach
  47. Performance-driven
  48. Purchasing management process
  49. Purchasing and supply (market) research
  50. Purchasing and supply objectives, strategy and planning
  51. Implementation of purchasing policy
  52. Control and evaluation
  53. How purchasing and supply management develops over time
  54. Stage 1 Transaction orientation: serve the factory
  55. Stage 2 Commercial orientation: lowest unit price
  56. Stage 3 Co-ordinated purchasing
  57. Stage 4 Internal integration: cross-functional purchasing
  58. Stage 5 External integration: supply chain management
  59. Stage 6 Value chain orientation
  60. Some observations from practice
  61. Summary
  62. Assignments
  63. 4 Buying business services
  64. Learning objectives
  65. Introduction
  66. Case study: Buying marketing services at a European telecom provider
  67. The increasing importance of services
  68. Differences between goods and services
  69. Towards a classification of services
  70. The pre-contractual stage
  71. Specifying: defining the scope of work for service providers
  72. Selecting service providers
  73. Contracting for services
  74. The post-contractual stage
  75. Involvement of purchasing in contracting for services
  76. Summary
  77. Assignments
  78. References
  79. 5 Contract management for complex projects
  80. Learning objectives
  81. Introduction
  82. Case study: What happened at the Amsterdam metro project
  83. Contract management and contracts: agency theory
  84. The contracting process
  85. Pre-contractual stage
  86. Contractual stage
  87. Contract execution
  88. Post-contractual stage
  89. Problems in contract management
  90. Perspectives on contract management
  91. Contract models
  92. Contract building blocks: pricing and payment mechanisms in contracts
  93. Pricing mechanisms
  94. Payment terms
  95. Penalty clauses, liquidated damages and warranty conditions
  96. Subcontracting and project execution
  97. Contract governance
  98. Summary
  99. Assignments
  100. References
  101. 6 Public procurement
  102. Learning objectives
  103. Introduction
  104. Case study: What is good procurement?
  105. The nature of public procurement
  106. Public procurement law
  107. Scope of the European Directives on public procurement
  108. Scope
  109. Framework agreements
  110. Excluded assignments
  111. Threshold values
  112. Notices and public procurement procedures
  113. Notice
  114. European procurement procedures
  115. Open procedure
  116. Restricted procedure
  117. Competitive procedure with negotiation
  118. Negotiated procedure without prior publication
  119. Competitive dialogue
  120. Innovation partnership
  121. Design contest
  122. Dynamic purchasing system
  123. Procurement process
  124. Defining specifications
  125. Supplier selection
  126. Soliciting bids and awarding contracts
  127. Implications for public procurement
  128. Summary
  129. Assignments
  130. Integrative case 6.1: Procurement of multi-functionals in the Blue Lake Hospital
  131. Appendix 1
  132. Appendix 2
  133. Integrative case 6.2: Technix
  134. Appendix 1
  135. Appendix 2
  136. Appendix 3
  137. Integrative case 6.3: Fred’s Fresh Supermarket
  138. SECTION II: Strategy and planning
  139. 7 Purchasing and business strategy
  140. Learning objectives
  141. Introduction
  142. Case study: Harnessing the power of the network to deliver results
  143. The strategic role of purchasing
  144. Is purchasing strategic … or not?
  145. Purchasing’s role in strategic management theory
  146. Strategic planning and marketing theories
  147. Competitive strategy
  148. Innovation strategy and competence management
  149. From internal to external resource management
  150. Strategic management thinking: implications for purchasing and supply management
  151. Towards purchasing excellence
  152. Strategic management processes
  153. Enabling processes
  154. Purchasing portfolio analysis: principles
  155. Four basic supplier strategies
  156. Global sourcing
  157. Summary
  158. Assignments
  159. References
  160. 8 Outsourcing and risk management
  161. Learning objectives
  162. Introduction
  163. Case study: Outsourcing of IT
  164. Outsourcing as a business concept
  165. Definitions and concepts
  166. Rationales for outsourcing
  167. Success of outsourcing as a business strategy
  168. The outsourcing process
  169. Strategic phase
  170. The transition phase
  171. The operational phase
  172. Risk assessment
  173. Critical success factors of outsourcing
  174. Summary
  175. Assignments
  176. References
  177. 9 Category sourcing: developing effective sourcing strategies
  178. Learning objectives
  179. Introduction
  180. Case study: HP shows how to outsource production while keeping control over suppliers
  181. Reasons underlying cost-savings potential in purchasing
  182. How to identify cost-savings potential
  183. Developing a sourcing strategy
  184. Category sourcing planning
  185. Getting better results from suppliers
  186. The myth of partnership
  187. Summary
  188. Assignments
  189. References
  190. 10 Purchasing, innovation and quality management
  191. Learning objectives
  192. Introduction
  193. Case study: Suppliers as a source of innovation: PSA’s Pluriel project
  194. Purchasing and innovation
  195. The role of suppliers in new product development: early supplier involvement
  196. Purchasing and new product development
  197. Purchasing and quality management
  198. Definition of terms: quality and quality assurance
  199. The costs of quality
  200. Supplier quality assurance
  201. Assessing supplier quality: diagnostic methods
  202. Implementing SQA: consequences for purchasing
  203. Summary
  204. Assignments
  205. References
  206. 11 Purchasing, logistics and supply chain management
  207. Learning objectives
  208. Introduction
  209. Purchasing, logistics and supply chain management: definitions and concepts
  210. Case study: Li & Fung
  211. Materials requirements planning
  212. Basic logistics structures
  213. Just-in-time management
  214. Characteristics of just-in-time management
  215. Order quantities and batch sizes
  216. Quality and zero defects
  217. JIT and the purchasing function
  218. Advantages and disadvantages for the supplier
  219. JIT and supplier selection
  220. Elements of the purchasing information system
  221. Co-ordination problems between purchasing and logistics
  222. Summary
  223. Assignments
  224. Reference
  225. 12 Purchasing organization
  226. Learning objectives
  227. Introduction
  228. Case study: Building blocks of change
  229. Purchasing organization structure
  230. Factors influencing the location of purchasing in the organization
  231. Levels of tasks, responsibilities and authority
  232. Strategic level
  233. Tactical level
  234. Operational level
  235. Organizational structures within purchasing
  236. Structure of purchasing in multi-unit companies
  237. Decentralized purchasing structure
  238. Centralized purchasing structure
  239. Hybrid structure
  240. Line/staff organization
  241. Category sourcing structure
  242. Centralized versus decentralized purchasing: some criteria to consider
  243. Purchasing organization in single-unit companies
  244. Purchasing job profiles
  245. Summary
  246. Assignments
  247. References
  248. 13 Performance measurement and governance in purchasing
  249. Learning objectives
  250. Introduction
  251. Case study: The introduction of a quality programme by an industrial components manufacturer
  252. Factors influencing purchasing performance measurement
  253. Why measure purchasing performance?
  254. How to assess purchasing performance
  255. Measuring purchasing performance: five key areas
  256. Purchasing price/cost dimension
  257. Purchasing product/quality dimension
  258. Purchasing logistics dimension
  259. Supplier relationship dimension
  260. Purchasing’s organizational dimension
  261. Purchasing budgets, purchasing savings and other performance measures
  262. Purchasing materials budget
  263. Purchasing budget indirect materials
  264. The investment and tooling budget
  265. Purchasing departmental budget
  266. Purchasing cost savings: definitions and measures
  267. Ratios and key performance indicators
  268. Sarbanes–Oxley and procurement governance
  269. Purchasing audit as a management tool
  270. Summary
  271. Assignments
  272. Integrative case 13.1: International Foods Industries
  273. Appendix 1
  274. Appendix 2
  275. Integrative case 13.2: European Airlines
  276. Integrative case 13.3: Serving the customer at Joycies Products Ltd
  277. SECTION III: Special topics
  278. 14 Supplier management: cost approaches and techniques
  279. Learning objectives
  280. Introduction
  281. Case study: Building a new headquarters
  282. How is the purchase price determined?
  283. Pricing methods
  284. The learning curve
  285. Supplier assessment
  286. Levels of assessment
  287. Supplier assessment methods
  288. Financial assessment
  289. Supplier development
  290. Summary
  291. Assignments
  292. References
  293. 15 Purchasing, corporate social responsibility and integrity
  294. Learning objectives
  295. Introduction
  296. Case study: Mattel’s reputation at stake through sourcing in China
  297. Business principles and procurement
  298. Towards a sustainable environment: ‘people, planet, profit’
  299. From the Resource-Based View to stakeholder theory
  300. Sustainable purchasing: towards sustainable supply chains
  301. How to drive CSR in supply chain relationships
  302. Circular sourcing
  303. Trust, business integrity and ethics
  304. Summary
  305. Assignments
  306. References
  307. Integrative case 15.1: Legends Car Company
  308. Integrative case 15.2: Nespresso
  309. Glossary
  310. Index

 

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