Purchasing and supply management
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Purchasing and supply management
Chapman and Hall, 1987
5th ed
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-293) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text provides a general introduction to purchasing and supply - a key part of industrial/commercial management. It includes chapters on quality assurance, buying abroad, construction contracts, supplying merchandise for resale, supplying the public sector, and cost reduction in purchasing and supply.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Fundamentals of purchasing and supply. Purchasing, supply and materials management. Make or buy? Purchase requirements and supplier selection. Purchase orders and contracts. Legal aspects of purchasing. Planning the store. Operating the store. Materials coding and classification. Stock control. Management and planning. Stock control: Practice and procedure. Questions on part one. Part 2: Purchasing Practice and Techniques. Specifications. Suppliers. Professional ethics in purchasing. Quality assurance in purchasing. Buying abroad. Buying commodities. Constructional contracts. Questions on part two. Part 3: Supply Policy and Organization. Supplying merchandise for resale. Supplying the public sector. Cost reduction in purchasing and supply. Personnel for purchasing and supply. Organizing the department. Control. Questions on part three.
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