Intelligent purchasing can make the difference between success and failure of a business operation. Here are methods for selecting, managing, and motivating key outside suppliers, keeping costs within reason, and improving the supply chain over a period of time. Successful purchasing managers must know the products they purchase intimately, and must keep alert to trends in technological development as well as future company requirements. This book outlines basic strategies and shows how to measure performance for cost-efficient and effective purchasing.
- ISBN10 0764100572
- ISBN13 9780764100574
- Publish Date 1 January 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 August 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Peterson's Guides,U.S.
- Imprint Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 100
- Language English