Strategic Procurement Management: The Story of SCE Company Saving $150 Million Annually

Author: [USA] Emiko Belfield / Ren Jianbiao
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Dr. Emiko Belfield, the author, is the Vice President of Southern California Edison (SCE), the second-largest electricity utility company in the United States. She has been employed at SCE for 18 years and has held various positions, promoting organizational design and development concepts across 12 departments within the company. This book details how SCE implemented the concept of strategic procurement in its supply chain and collaborated with suppliers to save $150 million annually. It is highly practical and systematically elevates theory in the following three aspects:
· Strategic Procurement Practices
· Introduction to Strategic Procurement Methodology
· Explanation of Strategic Procurement Tools
This book is suitable for MBA students, undergraduates and graduate students in management schools, as well as strategic procurement practitioners in numerous enterprises at the current stage of China and consultants engaged in strategic procurement consulting projects for reference and learning. The book is a "toolkit" style, written by the Vice President of SCE (a major U.S. electricity utility company). It details how SCE implemented the concept of strategic procurement in its supply chain and collaborated with suppliers to save $150 million annually, with strong operational applicability. It systematically elevates theory, including three aspects: strategic procurement practices, introduction to strategic procurement methodology, and explanation of strategic procurement tools.
1. Summary of SCE’s Practical Experience: This book summarizes the key success factors of strategic procurement and suppliers, allowing readers to understand the personnel, organizational, and cultural conflicts encountered by SCE during its strategic procurement practices and the solutions implemented by SCE.
2. Complete Introduction to Strategic Procurement Methodology: The author has developed a phased implementation guide for strategic procurement, helping readers fully grasp the methods of conducting strategic procurement based on the author’s summarized strategic procurement methodology system.
3. Explanation of the Application of Strategic Procurement Tools: This book fully reflects the industry’s demand for operability, focusing on the introduction and practical summary of specific strategic procurement tools, using various charts and scorecards to demonstrate the specific activities of strategic procurement.
This book is suitable for MBA students, undergraduates and graduate students in management schools, as well as strategic procurement practitioners in numerous enterprises at the current stage of China and consultants engaged in strategic procurement consulting projects for reference and learning.