Dealing with an important topic for all manufacturing units, this book discusses the procedures, policies and systems required to govern and monitor the systematic and cost-effective procurement of material and to manage related activities.It deals in detail with the entire process of material management in its actual application. Key aspects focused on include: purchasing and how it works; sourcing the right material; management of inventories; international trade and materials management; and the logistics of material management.
- ISBN10 0761932755
- ISBN13 9780761932758
- Publish Date October 2004 (first published 1 October 2004)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 16 September 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 191
- Language English