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.



Suitable for undergraduate Business or Engineering students taking a module in Purchasing and Supplies Management, MBA and CIPS students.



Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE: OBJECTIVES AND ORGANISATION

1 Purchasing scope and development

2. Strategic aspects of purchasing

3 Purchasing structure and organisation

4. The purchasing and supply environment

PART TWO: KEY CONSIDERATIONS

5. Quality

6. Quantity

7. Time

8. Source decision-making

9. Price

PART THREE: SPECIALIZED ASPECTS

10 Purchasing negotiations

11. Make or buy decision, outsourcing and subcontracting

12. Buying commodities

13. International purchasing

14. Capital goods

15. Purchasing for resale

16. Buying for government and public services

PART FOUR: SYSTEMS AND CONTROL

17 Purchasing systems

18 People in purchasing

19. Research into

20. Research into purchasing and supply