Essentials of Supplier Management: Become a Competitive Winner with Ease: Become a Competitive Winner with Ease

Author: Wang Cheng
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: In the new competitive environment, companies are increasingly facing pressure to shorten delivery times, improve product quality, reduce costs, and enhance services. At the same time, traditional standardized production methods no longer allow companies to continue to gain benefits. The market environment requires companies to have the ability to customize products or services according to the special requirements of each customer. As a result, strategically savvy companies begin to seek a flexible approach—namely shifting to the implementation of supply chain management, collaborating with supply chain partners to jointly explore ways to reduce operational costs. And supplier management is a key link in supply chain management, suppliers have become important strategic levers! This book will present the essential methods and techniques for using this important lever, such as supply strategy, supplier relationship management, supplier evaluation, supplier control, supplier incentives, and other related work.