Purchasing and Supply Management (12th Edition): 12th Edition

Author: Lien
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is an excellent textbook on supply chain management. The author provides insightful explanations of new procurement and supply relationships in the increasingly competitive global environment: it explores and researches the development of supply chain management from various perspectives; discusses the importance of establishing new supply-demand relationships, achieving integrated management of logistics, information flow, and capital flow from suppliers, manufacturers, distributors to the end-users, for the low-cost and high-efficiency operation of the entire supply chain. The book provides numerous case studies, figures, and tables, offering readers a guide for analyzing and addressing practical issues. It is an outstanding work in the field of supply chain management, translated from its latest 12th edition. The book maintains its consistent systematicity and completeness while also being innovative. It not only adds a new chapter on e-commerce to reflect the trend of electronic procurement but also incorporates the latest research findings in each chapter. The book explores the significance of integrated management of logistics, information flow, and capital flow from suppliers to end-users from multiple perspectives, including strategic management, e-commerce, performance measurement, and environmental policies, for the low-cost and high-efficiency operation of the entire supply chain. It includes a wealth of cases to serve as references for readers in analyzing and solving problems. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, MBA students, and researchers in procurement and supply management, as well as for training and self-study for managers at all levels and professionals in the field of procurement and supply.